Demographics of Indonesia

Each year, millions of students apply to college. They spend hours slaving over applications, essays, and admissions tests so they can be accepted into their dream school. It has been said that hard work reaps great rewards, but often in the college admissions process, more than ambition and an impressive application is required to get into a university. In today’s world, race can play an important role in determining whether a student is accepted or rejected. Although colleges are no longer…

Health Issue Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible and progressive brain cell degenerative disease that causes a steady decline in memory and mental functioning (“Overview,” 2015). As the most common form of dementia, the causes of Alzheimer’s disease may vary and result from a combination of multiple disorders that alter brain changes such as, clumping of amyloid plaques, tangled neurofibrillary or loss of connections between nerve cells in the brain (“Alzheimer's Disease,” n.d.). Currently…

Gibsland – Coleman School Complex is the smallest school in Bienville Parish. Gibsland’s physical plant consists of two separate school buildings connected by a covered external walkway. The school is a complex school therefore, one side consist of K – 6th grade students and the other 7th – 12th grade students. The school has a typical one – story ranch style layout, with average classroom sizes not exceeding 900 sq. ft. The physical school building is over 30 years old and has only…

Introduction Based on the data given, one can find the racial and gender breakdown of Walters Elementary School. Beginning in the 2004-2005 school year, the enrollment of white males was at 17.34% and white female enrollment was at 14.30%. Hispanic male enrollment for the 2004-2005 school year was at 11.08%, while Hispanic female enrollment was at 23.41%. Black males were enrolled with a 23.41% enrollment rate, while black females were at a 23.50% enrollment rate. In the 2005-2006 school year,…

The observations I’ve made while doing my residency at Cesar Chavez Leadership Academy have been quite fascinating. Although, I’ve only been at Cesar Chavez for a few months, I was informed that 8 years ago this school was a failing school and the government toke over. The school was not stable; most teachers would leave after a year or two. Cesar Chavez did not offer any physical activity programs that would help students’, nor did they offer any program that would help students achieve…

This is my first journal entry and I was asked to give my opinion on the topic of diversity and what the U.S. demographics would look like in 2050. But first, I would like to honor the names of the people, who lost their lives at Mother Emanuel AME Church: Cynthia Hurd, Sharonda Singleton, Myra Thompson, Tywanza Sanders, The Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, Daniel Simmons, and especially, the inspirational Reverend Clementa Pinckney (Perkins, Huntsberry, & Chappell,…

As of 2010, the population in New York, NY was roughly 8,175,133. According to the Census Quick Facts Sheet, the racial population consists heavily of three races in 2010: White alone (44.0%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (28.6%), ending in Black or African American (25.5%). The remaining races all fall under 15%: American Indian and Alaska Native (0.7%), Asian (12.7%), Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.1%), Two or more races (4.0%). Segregation trends between 1980/1990 and 2010…

Hollywood has many influences on people 's views and opinions. Hollywood has a way of stereotyping individuals in a vision they believe is true. Latinos have been in Hollywood films for a very long time, yet they are typically cast in supporting roles in every film they have ever acted in. For example, in Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the main leads are white actresses while the supporting male lead is a Latino, playing a Gardner. Latinos are never given a main role; the roles they do have are always…

ASIAN AMERICANS Cultural and ethnic identity of Asian students may clash with the American school system due to their beliefs that it is important to work together as a group and maintain an allegiance to their family. The American school system tends to give emphasis to individualism and a healthy competition between students. An Asian student will no doubt see that their ability to do well in school as a duty that they have to help maintain the family structure and failure to do well in…

When it comes to identifying myself, it 's very important for me to let know others that my race matter and it shouldn’t define me in a bad term. I still question myself about my race and where I come from. Every morning, I wake up looking back at the mirror and the first thing I see is my skin complexion. Although, race and ethnicity sound kind of similar, I’ve learned that race focus on appearance while ethnicity is more culture wise. Latinas are expected to have big heavy accent, big eyes,…