Brentwood High School Case Study

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honors classes to them just because they assume they will not be capable to handle them. There is not a motivation to encourage them to take highly demanding courses, and since they are new in the system, they are unable to complain for something different. In addition, even if they complain, they are excluded from the option of taking a harder class because of the English level they can handle.
The argument is unfair for those who excel in mathematical and scientific ability but lack of English proficiency. Math and science languages are universal. Most elements in the periodic table are written and pronounced almost in the same grammar form, for example the element Hydrogen, which in Spanish is “Hidrógeno” or Sodium whose translation in Spanish
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If new students who just arrived to this country want to take honors chemistry, they will not be able to meet the requirements stated in the curriculum, therefore they will be excluded from the opportunity because of the lack of records but not necessarily due to lack of …show more content…
An AP Statistics course is offered at the school but only one teacher is in charge of it. There are three periods during the day where it can be taken and in each class there is a total of thirty seats per class period that will add up to a total of ninety students who can register for this class. Usually, at the beginning of the year, Joseph Sapia, the AP Statistics teacher, points out that nearly 80 students register for the class every year but he ends up the year with approximately 30 students. The requirements to take this class are passing

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