While her elementary and middle school consisted mainly of blacks and Hispanics, Pennington, her high school consisted of mostly white, rich, preppy Americans. She experienced racism for the first time in her life, but instead of allowing this to hurt her, she ended up developing a stronger and more confident personality. She gained more leadership skills and became extremely involved with mentoring programs at her school. Her high school years also taught her to embrace and appreciate her culture even more because she was the first and only Vietnamese student. Every time she was faced with hardship, she remembered the struggles that her parents faced and it gave her strength to continue on her journey.
On the latest international reading test, U.S. teens from more affluent schools were at the very top of global rankings, while those from schools with high poverty rates were near the bottom. To many educators, including the teachers walking the picket lines in Chicago, the inescapable conclusion is
She doesn't believe that the 50's should be taken 'literally' because from the 50's there were changes in values that caused racism and sexism discrimination against women. Many of the existing social problems could have been avoided or ignored. Racial conflict was intense in many places, but many suburbs were exclusively white. The poverty rate was higher than today, but at least it was falling. Teenagers had more babies than they do now, but access to good jobs-even with only a high school education-enabled young men to marry their pregnant girlfriends.
Title: Good Sporting Behavior 1. Good sporting behavior means *a. behaving ethically in sports b. acting as your coach acts c. acting as your teammates act d. being a nice person Title: Sporting Behavior Among High School Athletes 2. According to research conducted by the Josephson Institute using data collected from 4,200 high school athletes, which of the following statements is not true? a. Girls tend to exhibit better sporting behavior than boys.
1. High level of language development Graciella entered school speaking very little English, but caught right on. By the end of first grade, she was one of the top readers in the class. In the past, Graciella’s brother has accompanied his mother to parent/teacher conferences to translate. This year, they’re thinking that Graciella may be able to do a better job.
During my senior year of high school everyone kept reminding me that because I was a white, female, American that I needed to have more credentials, such as, community service and stellar grades to help me stand out and apart from the rest of the white, female, Americans for the admittance and application process. Graduating top 25 in my class and possessing many hours of community service I was admitted to CSU Fort Collins campus. One of my friends who was an average student with no extracurricular activities and was also a Hispanic female was admitted as well. Another friend of mine who was also an average student with very minimal extracurricular activities and was a white, female, American was denied admittance. In Diversity in Higher Education: Perceptions, Opinions, and Views it talks at length about how the higher education admittance and the idea of a diverse student body are constantly being challenged.
If you compare the two texts “Student narcissism on the rise” by Janice McDuffee and “Do Today’s Young People Really Think They Are So Extraordinary” by Catherine West, you get two very different opinions about this topic. Catherine West believes that there are no actual studies that suggest young people today are more narcissistic than the young people a couple of years ago. However Janice McDuffee refers to a study from 1982 to 2006, conducted by Jean Twenge, with 16,475 students involved. She says that this generation, “Generation Me”, focuses more on the individual. Twenge’s study shows that: “…feeling good about yourself has always been a primary virtue.” Also the new generation is highly optimistic about the future.
Assess the sociological explainations of why girls acheive better results than boys (20 marks) There are many reasons why girls do better than boys in education . It is proven that boys mature later than girls and that girls are often ahead in language, it is said that at the age of 11 average boy is 9 months behind an average girl. Female expectation and behaviour also contribute to the fact that statistically girls are doing better than boys and I will now develop and assess some of these factors. Women expectations and plans for the future have changed over time. Sue Sharpe (1976) have carried a survey which led to her discovering that girls priorities were marrige and family over career and education however when repeated in 1994,
Now if the male is also a college graduate the pay gap will increase to $2,482 a month and total of $1,192,000 during their whole career (Henslin, 2010, p. 316). According to Henslin (2010) “The pay gap is so great that U.S. women who work full-time average only 72 percent of what men are paid” (p. 318). The pay gap isn’t just based of gender but also physical appearance plays a role. Not only does a tall male make more than a short male by $166,000 but tall women also make more than short women. But we go back to the gender inequality because taller men make more than taller women.
e. For example, educators can be known to boost the students test scores in order to keep their job or get an increase in pay (Koch). f. In the last yearly study 80 percent of 700,000 top students in high school admitted to cheating (Koch). g. Students tend to cheat when they are under stress to pass a class or simply that they didn’t bother to study for the exam. h. Educators and students are both cheating in schools, but at the same time the school administration is allowing this to happen. III.