As time goes on, Rodriguez realizes that he must know English to “fit in” with the society. He becomes frustrated that his parents do not know English, so they cannot help him in school. Eventually, Rodriguez pretty much forgets Spanish and has some difficulty conversing with his family, however he is still able to communicate with them. 7. As previously stated, narrative and first-hand accounts of situations allow us to further understand Rodriguez, which helps amplify the magnitude of his
Devin Dufrene Essay 4 April 14, 2009 Failure Failure! Some students are afraid of it, Then again some students are given grades and passed anyway. Students should not be given grades and diplomas if they did not learn the necessary information and earn the grade. In this essay I will respond on how I agree with Mary Sherry in “In Praise of the F Word “on how students are hurt later in life First, if student doesn’t learn necessary information in high school he or she will not be able or having a lot off trouble in the after life with college or there new job. In example, if a student gets by in his English class not caring and not trying to learn, but his teacher likes the student so he passed him, when that student goes to college he will have trouble because he doesn’t know how to write a correct essay because he was given the grade.
Instructor: Subject: - English 91 Due date: - 05/14/2012 Rewards Program in School In the United State most of school districts face educational problem that makes students fail to pass their levels. To find a solution most of school districts are trying out different kinds of methods that can change student’s attitude towards education. One of the methods that are being tried is PASS (promoting Achievement and Student Success). Fog City School district is planning to try PASS in its under-performing high schools because many of the high schools in Fog City School district have low performance of students in test scores, achievement gap and truancy. PASS provides different type of positive solutions that can help change students performance
Then in an attempt to disguise the problem they are more likely to misbehave and disrupt the class. Eventually they leave school uneducated and struggle into adulthood. Therefore it is essential that teaching staff are able to recognise and respond to children that are showing signs of possible dyslexia as soon as possible. 'All the research shows that early diagnosis and support can help compensate children who are dyslexic, meaning they're not affected to such an extent,’ (Katrina
With the appreciation of diversity and the embrace of multiculturalism, attitudes will change because the school system will realize that too long have they marginalized the abilities of minorities and children of different cultures. When teachers in the school system have learned to stop the prejudice and give all children a fair share then it will break the child’s mind set that they do not measure up to their peers and will prove that each child given an opportunity can equally
“Se habla Espanol” by Tanya Barrientos (2011) brings readers to a greater understanding of what it is like to struggle with learning a language. She tells what it is like to appear to be fully able to speak fluent Spanish but to be English-speaking only. People judge her by her appearance and name and assume that she can speak Spanish. However, even after six Spanish-speaking classes she still struggles to put together full sentences. Barrientos came to the United States as a young child and upon arriving in the new land she took on the new language, leaving her native language behind.
Kids are no longer pushed to excel in schools. The school system tries to convince children that they are all doing well when it is not true. When schools allow students to retake all their tests for better grades, students will not strive for perfection on their first attempt. If they do not have letter grades or finals, it is difficult to evaluate student success. These policies will keep children’s feelings from being hurt, but if Eunice cannot do poorly, she has no motivation to do better.
The fact that American born students lack the ability to exercise self-discipline has been tested and proven, but what if that really isn’t the problem? If the teachers don’t buckle down on their students and make sure they learn the information, aren’t they also to blame? Teachers and school administration have various and multiple ways to enforce self-motivation and self-discipline, as long as they have help from the parents too, right? Maybe those are a few ideas to think about before putting the whole blame on the students. In the second paragraph of the March 2006 article by Patrick Welsh, he stated that, “Kids who had emigrated from foreign countries often aced every test, while many of their U.S.-born classmates from upper-class homes with highly educated parents had a string of C’s and D’s.” Social status does have a little to do with what grade a student receives, yes, but if s/he wants to excel in school s/he will set their mind to it, regardless of what sort of background they come from.
There are pros and cons, with the pros outweighing the cons, bilingual education continues to grow year after year and it is encouraging students to become bilingual for increased career opportunities. Until two decades or three decades ago, Spanish speaking in schools was frowned upon and sometimes illegal. It led to many child, teens, and adults struggling in school and advancing at work. There used to be segregation between Mexican Americans and Whites, to keep Spanish language away to maintain English language dominance. Now there are places helping non-Hispanic Americans to learn languages and become effectively
However, a simple checklist for use of languages by students may have been more conducive to help aid in explaining students’ loss and/or gain of knowledge. There would be a need for many categories and uses, obviously, the only two languages used would be English and Spanish, but in my classroom now it would require at least four or more languages on a checklist. The other aspect would be for what purpose the language was used for and when it was used. This demonstrates the usefulness of this system by possibly showing explanations for how students approach novel ideas and problems in classes, but it would be extremely difficult for the teacher as an observer to record every single instance of language use. Perhaps, English use could be taken off the checklist for simplicity’s sake and a video camera may be more effective at helping a teacher in finding other language use.