To be specific, I found Professor Ortega's lecture on "Latinos and Child Welfare" fascinating. He unraveled the complicated issue of academics for Latinos in the United States. Primarily, he illustrated how unfair/unkind the educational system was/remains to the Latino youth. It is interesting to note that the Latino population is younger than the non-Latino white population. If schools and teachers do not provide the resources/materials that these individuals need, our education system in this country will be doomed! It was appalling to hear that schools deliberately do not provide enough desks/classroom space for the upperclassmen because of their conviction in the idea that a good amount of the students will not make it through to graduation day. It is my hope that in the future the education system be re-structured so as to promote academic success and encourage the Latina/o students to obtain a higher education. Knowledge is power and the only way to bring about change for the future is by using knowledge as the foundation.
That being said, this past semester I really wish that we could have discussed more ways in which the educational system could be re-structured in the future and how to avoid this from ever happening again.
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I completely agree with this post! It is appalling that schools purposely do not provide enough desks/classroom space for their students because they do not think that they will graduate. How sad is that?? The teachers need to have more confidence in their students, and believe that they can graduate and someday receive a higher education. In addition, the proper resources/materials need to be provided to the students. It is not fair that they are not getting these things!
I agree with this post. In my SOC 102 class, we have discussed the school system specifically. In addition, in conducting my research for the final project, I have found that education for Latinos is no better in Michigan. In addition, there is a high rate of poverty among children. How will they escape? How could they possibly achieve a good education? The future looks grim.
Yeah, his lecture was definitely a good one. What was mentioned about education, and schools pretty much assuming and almost hoping that students drop out reminds me of the movie Freedom Writers. This movie shows the life of teenagers in L.A. during all the riots in the 90s. The school in this movie refused to give the students newer books and more academically advanced books just because they assumed that the students would just rip them up. It's sad to think that this is actually not far from the truth, but it's actually the truth itself!
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