Education is an effective method of reducing intolerance and prejudice at least temporarily. (Schaefer, 2006) Theory suggests despite a lack of clear cut evidence that the continued effort to educate society will be an aspect in a reduction of prejudice. (Schaefer, 2006) Education of police officers and military personnel is already in place and helping to make a difference in the perception of minorities. There are drawbacks to educating the public, a lack on clear and
Given that the essay depicts Richard Rodriguez's past regarding his Spanish-speaking home life and his English-speaking school life, he recalls the issues that arose from the differences therefore, the following people who could be the intended audience for the essay are ESL teachers, children in the same circumstances as Rodriguez, adults who have been in the situation, and potential adoptive parents of a Spanish-speaking child.! ! Significance/Connection: Richard Rodriguez talks about bilingual education and mentions why he disagrees with it. He believes bilingual education is not the right program for students to enroll in to adapt to American society. He thinks bilingual programs are a disadvantage because they don't help students fit in, instead of just letting the kids learn amongst other kids and feel socially accepted.
One should not think of being bilingual as disadvantage, but as a way to learn and educate themselves. Having bilingual education offers a completely different world for students of different ethnic background and therefore creates a comfort zone necessary for the maturation of a child to an adult. In his autobiography the Hunger of Memory Rodriguez argues that supporters of bilingualism fail to realize the power of assimilation, and how those who are bilingual and are not realizing "while one suffers a diminished sense of private individuality by becoming assimilated into public society, such assimilation
Swayne Francis English 12 Hunger of Memory In the text “Hunger of memory” the author Richard Rodriguez writes about his life as a Mexican decedent, who was born and raised in America. When Rodriguez was a kid, he experiences the difficulty of the transaction from speaking Spanish to learning and speaking English. He was taught Spanish by his parent, which became his first language but being that he was living in America and attending school meant that he had to learn English. Rodriguez parents were Mexican emigrants who were fluent in Spanish and rarely spoke English, so they had difficulties communicating with Richard in English. Rodriguez realized that living in America meant that he would have to become fluent in English despite the culture of his family because it was the only way he could become a legit member of the American society.
Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood: Pathos A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood, about the struggles he faced growing up as a bilingual Hispanic in American society. Throughout his essay, Rodriguez discussed such topics as assimilation and heritage. He goes into depth about the pros and the cons of being forced to assimilate to the American culture. Growing up Hispanic in America was a struggle. This was due to the fact that he was a Spanish-speaking boy living in an English-speaking society, and he felt like he was different than the other children.
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodríguez Hunger of Memory is an autobiography of the writer Richard Rodríguez and his transition from youth to manhood told through a series of recollected stories. The premise of his writing was centered mainly on his struggle to maintain both his Mexican heritage and closeness to his Spanish-speaking family, while at the same time being assimilated into American culture and obtaining an advanced education. Within the book Richard Rodríguez illustrates his contempt for affirmative action and bilingual education, two practices that had directly burdened his life while growing up. One of his main conflicts was grounded in his own family unintentionally being pulled away from him by losing the most important medium of relation, their language. Through his narrative, Richard Rodríguez makes a convincing argument against the implementation of affirmative action, even as one who stood to benefit from the program.
Pietri encourages the immigrants to keep their language alive. That is, they should not change their language for any reason. He speaks further that the language will help them to have a close relationship among themselves. Accepting American language creates hatred among them when they compare how better they can speak English among themselves. As pietri writes, ”Manuel/died hating all of them/Juan/Miguel/Milagros/and Olga/because they all speak broken english/more fluently than he did”(54).
To help spread acceptance and tolerance, the people of the United States need to work together and stop the negative stereotypes and prejudicial thoughts and actions. Being aware of those around us is one way that the people of the United States can reduce prejudice. Learning all that we can is just another way the appreciation for diversity crosses cultural barriers. Understanding the history of a culture that is part of your ancestors, or one that is important to your close friend is a simple way that the tolerance of those people can be spread even
Michael Tang English 21B/ Section Michelle Solotar June 1, 2011 America Is A Better Place For Children To Learn America is still referred as the country of innovation even when our youth is considered to be receiving poor education. “We Should Cherish our Children’s Freedom to Think” by Kei Ho raises a debate as he compares our country’s education with Japan’s system. Ho believes this freedom should be more appreciated, as he feels others tend to take this aspect for granted. Other foreign countries like Japan do not allow students complete freedom of expression. He states that it is important for children to use creativity to form their identity, expressing their thoughts with their personal individuality.
After all, reaching out of the comfort zone takes courage, especially if that involves different cultures and different languages. Throughout the video I tried to present some key scenes that communicated the differences between confining yourself to an ethnic group jut because it seems confortable, and exploring beyond your boundaries and merging with the students that surround you. To achieve this, I start the video showing an immigrant student that only relates with peers from his homeland, but this causes him to have trouble understanding his classes and homework. Then,