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those who are in kindergarten as opposed to systems of education for those who are in college. According to Altschul Mexican American children tend to have lower academic achievement than others, even other immigrants. This is indicated by lower test scores (2011, para. 2). Additionally, Mexican Americans are less likely to finish high school or attend college (2011, para. 1). Since this is the case, is the role of education less important in the eyes of Mexican Americans? What are some…

Did you know there's a war in our education system? One of the greatest middle school books of all is being banned in the classroom! How terrible!The Giver should be aloud in seventh grade classrooms. The Giver has a meaningful message, a story kids will actually enjoy, and it deals with real world problems. To Start off it has a meaningful message My first piece of evidence is “Some dangers are worth it.” If we do not let kids learn and see the very human like things in the giver how will they…

Throughout our weeks reading, there were many poems that caught my attention. However, there is one poem in particular that I would like to discuss in this journal because it accurately depicts the flaws in our current educational system. The poem is called, “What’s Genocide?” by Carlos Andrés Gómez. The poem begins by Carlos’s speaker addressing the fact that the school principal is trying to censor his use of profanity in the classroom because it is not appropriate for students to hear vulgar…

The sibling rule instilled in residential community magnet schools are denying the opportunity for students academic advancement due to insufficient spaces taken by younger siblings. Parents such as Mr. Hartig are outraged by this rule and are advocating for change in order to ensure their child’s opportunity at receiving a better education. Dallas Independent School district sibling preference policy creates an unfair opportunity for qualifying students, giving an unfair advantage to students…

college credit, which can open doors to study abroad or a second major. Disappointingly, AP exams and SATs are expensive: CollegeBoard charges $92 per AP exam and $42 per SAT. These costs are never explained, so I have to assume it covers creating the test and assessing the students’ responses. The cost does not cover actually sending the student’s responses to the student, because for SATs it’s an additional $18 for a breakdown of your scores. For AP exams it’s not even a possibility;…

You can have two different types of mindsets in this world, you can have a creator or victim mindset. A creators mindset is where you find solutions to your problems, they have what you call personal responsibility. Victim mindset people are the ones who make excuses for themselves to make it feel like they are not at fault. These two kinds of people are usually in a different time in their life, either they are not mature enough to take responsibility or they have not been taught differently.…

Christopher is a 15 year old boy with a mild form of autism called asperger's. Also of people who know Christopher think he cannot be independent and assume that he is not as smart as the average kid but infact he is gifted in mathematics and very independent. Christopher actually prefers to be on his own and independent. People misunderstand Christopher because of his disability. Most people just assume that Christopher is incapable of being independent, but in fact he is very capable of being…

to crime and to hurt other. I have been able to learn that mentally ill people are nice, they just desire help from other through the CSUB health center. Many people having mild mentally illness, it can easily to happens when we lost job, fail the test, divorce, and fear to do something etc. Those people who consider mentally ill people are dangerous are more dangerous because they are hurting other feeling. 2. In the journal, “An overview: Are mentally ill people are really more dangerous?”…

Throughout the world, many people are multitasking at this very moment. Whether it be texting and watching TV, doing homework and talking to someone, or even texting and driving, someone on this planet is probably doing it. However, many educators and scientists are debating whether or not performing multiple tasks at once is actually the best way to complete various assignments. Multitasking is too distracting for both students and adults. It lowers work quality and efficiency, it slows…

Self-fullfilling prophecy is the idea where an individual acts based off a prediction, causing the prediction to become true. For example, if you wake up one morning and predict that your day will be dreadful , you will tend to notice the dreadful situations that occur during the day, hence making your prediction come true. According to The Antioch Review, Self-fulfilling prophecy is how people respond to a certain situation and what that situation means for the individual. Once the individual…