Chicano Obstacles In School

The creation of countries, end of segregation, women's suffrage, etc. can be credited to disobedience. America was created because we disobeyed England; we thought that taxation without representation was unfair. Our motive was freedom and justice; the outcome was American people with more rights. In the 50s and 60s, people of color and allies protested segregation with “sit ins”. They disobeyed the laws of segregation and sat in restaurants or other locations designated for white people.

That expanded her horizon to here feminine nature. Her Chicano Spanish was considered a ‘bastard’ language to Spanish speaker. Anzaldua thought that women in her culture should take pride in their selves and their language. Her language is not the same as the known Spanish and she will not change her speech patterns. Anzaldua says “I am my

In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldua argues for the permission to define her own Chicano/ Feminist voice without being hindered by stereotypes and limitations. Gloria argues that, “wild tongues can’t be tamed, they can only be cut out,” but specifically argues that different accents stir up one big culture. She says “We oppress each other trying to oust Chicano each other, tying to be the “real” Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos.” meaning each Spanish is a variation of two languages, and that there’s different ways she speaks to others in certain situations like having two tongues. Gloria also argues that she shouldn’t be embarrassed by her language and accent by saying “I am my language” meaning her language is what makes her special and unique.

Me and my mom had to go to kealakehe school to see what I need for me to get in this class and they told me that I needed a state ID. I went to the DMV and I got my ID they I was registered for the GED. After waiting for couple weeks I have to take a test for math and readying to see what class I 'm supposed to be in because there was different level of classes. But as I was euphoric of doing what I can do to get my GED I was most likely over getting that GED because the person that had my case had no chance of answering my phone calls an I wasn 't moving anywhere with my education

There are three fallacies of relevance which included personal attack, scare tactics and two wrongs make a right. This film talks about a very passionate and kind teacher want to group up all the students who all are very segregated in class 203. Base on the film, Mrs. Gruwell just starts her first official year as an English teacher and her students almost all African American, Latino, or Asian. All the students are being isolated in diverse groups and those groups also the reasons to form some violent gangs.

Judith Ortiz Cofer: The Myth of the Latina Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria The Myth of the Latina Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer is a story covering Latina Women in America. Judith is from Puerto Rico and for much of the passage, discusses her life as a Latina and how she would be judged for doing common people activity. She would be ridiculed for her clothes and labeled illegal or a prostitute.

In his 2nd period class his teacher reported that he disruptive and needs verbal reminders daily since she started as his teacher. Ms. VanDemark and Mr. Parrot reported during science class on 1/18 that Damarcus was rude, argumentative toward adults and peers, was sexually inappropriate toward other students, defiant, and disruptive. Mr. Parrot stated that when Damarcus was asked to correct his behavior he told him to leave

"Three years later, when Grandma discovered I would be one of the first blacks to attend Central High School, she said the nightmare that had surrounded my birth was proof positive that destiny had assigned me a special Task. " - Melba Pattillo Beals. This book is an autobiography about Melba who was one of the "Little Rock Nine" who integrated the all white Central High School. Melba wanted to prove that whites didn 't have charge over her, that she was free. However, this isn 't easy; Melba and the rest of her friends are being threaten from phone calls and letters to brutally attacks.

Being taken from an education of ten plus years of studying only American history, and then placed into courses with a Chicano point of view can change a vast majority of people’s minds. b.) One of the girls in the film talks about how she didn’t even go to school on a regular basis, because she didn’t like it. She felt as though the people in power were bringing her down. Another young man talks about how society somehow allows, and even pushes for people like him to drop out of school.

Fortunately, I still have a heart with persistent and unremitting. About two years ago, when I was just a college freshman in America, I thought the most two words was “give up”. As a native born American, he or she would never understand me, who is an English as a second language learner, how hard would be learning English to me. I really did not have the confidence and courage to finish the two years college courses because my English level did not reach the college level, also I have to take care of my family and my two little children. Based on the above factors, which always made me had the idea of giving up.

In Josephine Alibrandi’s last year of school, she was in her own words “awarded the insulting task of being her deputy”. So Josie took on the leadership responsibility of being deputy school captain, she also made a speech in the debate, which is a competition that her school had against St Anthony’s. Josie made a lot of friends and also enemies while she was deputy school captain, but she

She also went to Radcliffe to continue more of her studies, for 2 years, (Britannica). One of the reasons Annie jump Cannon is an influential woman to me is because of how hard she worked in college and continue to study. Many women did not go college and for some that did learning about a difficult was work.

Michelle Rhee had a lot of responsibility trying to reform inner cities public schools in Washington, D.C. I acknowledge her proposal, but I’m not sure if her way actually solved low test scores by firing teachers. Perhaps there were other ways, other solutions, or other methods such as swapping teachers around to work in a different classroom for different weeks because each teacher teaches different from the next. One thing I do not understand is how come the testing sheets were not collected from each classroom and school immediately after the testing was completed? Why were these lingering around in the school for who knows how long.

Sookan changed because she was now learning new stuff and had to take care of herself when she got beat. Since it was the first day she had ever gone to school, she did many things wrong. Each time she did the something wrong her teacher would punish her. At the very end she even got

Erin Gruwell, a young Caucasian female who decided to forgo attending law school and instead became a teacher at a newly race integrated school that locates in a poverty stricken and high crimes area. In the movie, the time frame is after the L.A. riot and racial tension are still at high level. Gruwell, who grew up in an upper middle class family, had to make a drastic transformation to her new environment when teaching at Woodrow Wilson High School, which consists of a multiracial and divided students body. Gruwell was very much out of her element in the beginning because she expected that the teachers, administrators, and students to be working together. However, she began to slowly understand the isolation and hatred existed among the students.