So when Mama left, Esperanza went downstairs and saw Abuelita cook breakfast. When Abuelita saw Esperanza, she told her that Mama had left. But Esperanza nodded. After they had breakfast, Abuelita started the needlework and Esperanza went upstairs and slept a little more. Then a couple of hours later, it was 6:00 a.m already. She looked for Abuelita, when she saw Mama, the kind owner, and….a boy. He looked about 6 years old. when Mama saw Esperanza looking at them, she smiled and told her to introduce herself. Before Esperanza could say anything, he told her that his name is Amador and that he is the owner of where Mama works. He explained that they had come early, because it was her first day and he wanted Mama to get used to, not having harsh time. That moment when Esperanza thought he really was a nice man. Then when she looked the little boy, Amador also introduced him too. His name was Pablo and that he was his son. He always go…
It didn’t take long for both the parents and the kids to know this was the home for them. That night, Ana heard the kids pray to God so they could behave so the Mayorga Del Rios could be their family. Ana and Erik knew this was the kids for them. After seeing the kids pray Ana asked herself, ”How could you say no?”…
Sylvia Rivera, a well known activist and drag queen present at the Stonewall Inn spoke of the typical raids that gay bars faced,“The routine was that the cops get their payoff, they confiscate the liquor… A padlock would go on the door. What we did, back then, was disappear to a coffee shop or any place in the neighborhood for fifteen minutes. You come back, the Mafia was there cutting the padlock off, bringing in more liquor, and back to business as usual” (Rivera). On the night of June 28th, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn, and arrested 13. The raid in Stonewall was not new; the police raided Stonewall regularly, and patrons normally complied. Typically, the police would lineup the bar patrons and do a routine check to see what…
The next day, Mister Percy called all the servants down to alert us that a small sum of money had been stolen and to “warn” us that he’d teach us a lesson from stealing from him by selling the thief. I was terrified even though I hadn’t committed the crime that I had been accused of. I went to bed that night but couldn’t sleep with the thought in the back of my mind that my son could grow up to be sold down the river. I knew what I had to do. It was one of the hardest choices I had to make, there was no other option.…
As a child with a free spirit, she was shunned by her family. She was a bad fit everywhere. She was even called out by her third-grade teacher during a Spanish lesson. Bailey, being fluent in the language, corrected the teacher whenever she made a mistake. The teacher sent home a note asking her mother to direct Bailey to stop correcting her. Her mother said, “No, I’ve been trying to get her to speak the language again, and if she corrected you, you said it wrong.” It was the first time her mother defended her, and it changed everything!…
In Julia Alvarez's Yo!, Yolanda Garcia's family and friends get their chance to tell the truth about Yo. They express their feelings and their stories about Yo, including how she's always told lies, how she stole the plot for a story from a student, and how her college professor kept trying to prevent her from ruining her life and her talents. Alvarez tells Yolanda's story through other characters, while Yo is denied the privilege of defending herself. It is ironic because initially, the novel is based on Yolanda and how angry her loved ones are after she publishes a book that exposes personal things about each of them. In this novel, these very people are working to set the story straight and portray the true Yolanda Garcia that they know, a liar, a plagiarist, and a dropout.…
2. Selena and her brother don 't seem to be as bothered by the difficulties the father describes. Why do they not share his feelings?…
This year, my first year in Color Guard and Marching Band, I’ve learned discipline and what it means to be a part of something bigger than me. Working with the other girls on guard, we work as a team to learn our routines and how to stay in sync with our flags which takes a lot of hard work and repetition. During our long, strenuous rehearsals, it is important to stay focused and pay attention to directions. By setting an example for the younger members, I hope to show them what it takes to be successful in what we do, because it cannot be done without a huge amount of commitment and pride to represent West and our Marching Band program.…
As a looked in my school library in which I teach I found numerous selections to choose from but didn’t find many Mexican folktales. I then searched on a database that my school librarian uses here at school to research and purchase books called Titlewave. As I was searching on this database I came across a couple of more selections that led me to research them a little more to find out about the author and origin of the stories and began looking on the Scholastic and Amazon for more information. I then remembered that I had a book bin that has a few books on Mexican folktales and found the story Borreguita and the Coyote in my collection of books. This book was a good fit for my audience and led me to research a little more to check for cultural…
Isaiah is a delightful seven year old boy who lives with his family in Chino. In his family are parents, Esther, Cesar and sisters; Sylvia and Samantha. Isaiah’s sisters are ten and eighteen months and his parents are in their forty’s. Upon entering their home, Isaiah had just come home from school and was like a tornado flowing through the house. He was quite indeed a rambonxious noisy seven year old who couldn’t stay still for a moment. During the course of the visit we did homework, had a snack, and played.…
The supervisor talked with Marta and has asked her why she is so often late. She burst into tears. She had to drive her six-year old boy to school every morning. The school gates do not open until 6:30 and she has to wait until this time to drop off her son safely. This particular morning, bowing to the pressure she felt from her work team, she dropped her boy off before the gates opened. She worried about him the entire morning. She knew that she had to get to work on time. She understood the effect that her habitual lateness was having on her group’s effectiveness. Yet there was no one she could find to take her boy to work in the morning.…
The text tells about the first working day of a young teacher. Miss Enderby, the headmistress of the school, introduces Miss Lacey, a young teacher, to her first class. The children behave quite while listening to headmistress but after they start talking. As Anne is alone with the children in the classroom, she nervous about the situation. Suddenly she remembers advice given her at her college: it says that the best way out in such a situation is “Stand quite still, be quite calm, and gradually the children will become conscious that you are waiting. Never, never attempt to shout them down.” Anne waits but she loses her temper and shouts the children down. The children obey and the order returns.…
Upon completion of this course, the trainees/students with the necessary competencies, should be able to perform the duties, responsibilities and acquired attitude relevant to the job titles of an:…
Internship or on the job training is one way by which we students are given an opportunity to apply the theories and computations that we have learned from school. It also helps us to obtain applicable knowledge and skills by performing in actual work setting. Colleges and universities require their students to undergo such training within a specific number of hours as part of the curriculum…
An intern is someone who works in a temporary position with an emphasis on on-the-job training rather than merely employment, making it similar to an apprenticeship. Interns are usually college or university students, but they can also be high school students or post graduate adults seeking skills for a new career. Student internships provide opportunities for students to gain experience in their field, determine if they have an interest in a particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain school credit. Internships provide employers with cheap or free labor for (typically) low-level tasks, and also the prospect of interns returning to the company after completing their education and requiring little or no training.…
