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    According to the Pew Hispanic Center‚ the rate of high school dropouts that are Hispanic is staggeringly higher than other ethnic groups. Furthermore‚ the rate of dropouts that go on to get a GED is also significantly lower. Some 41% of Hispanics are high school dropouts‚ and of that 41% only 1 in 10 gets a GED. In an interview with Dr. Rosemary Gonzalez‚ she was told the statistics from this article‚ and asked to comment on her thought in general about the level of Hispanic drop out. Dr. Gonzalez

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    Marina de Oliveira Ventura Beginning my personal analysis of ‘At Land’‚the waves mean that Maya is being dragged away from her own life. When she wakes up in the beach again‚ she has the opportunity of starting all over again‚ as the water represents a new start. As we see the waves in a reverse motion‚ they look like a carpet‚ as she was privileged to start again. As she climbs the rocks on the beach‚ the transition of the wild to the table means a transition in our own life: when we stop being

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    Professor Gessler March 28‚ 2014 Arth 300 Roles of the Artist: Maya Lin There are one out of four roles that every artist could play and the one that I believe Maya Lin plays is “Artists make a visual record of the people‚ places‚ and events of their time and place”. I believe that this is how i have see her portrayed in this film because all of the landmarks and monuments that she had made were all so great due to the personal factor of having the historicals names and times written on them

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    change”: The Mississippi Freedom Schools and Student Engagement‚ he thoroughly explains how students in the Freedom Schools during the 1960s were able to use techniques and practices to “nurture agents of social change”. This document informs the reader on how important the Freedom Schools were then and even in citizen’s lives today. His thesis‚ which is‚ “Through the analysis of student engagement in the Mississippi Freedom Schools‚ it becomes clear that the schools were instrumental in forging a

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    The Chicago School of Criminology focused on the environment of the person‚ rather than focusing on the person’s rational capability or physical attributes. The Chicago School took an approach at identifying criminality as something that is somehow created by the ecology of the physical settings that a person finds himself growing up within. Two notable figures of the Chicago School were Clifford Shaw‚ and Henry McKay. Both of these scholars had grown up in rural settings‚ only to then relocated

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    on Campus” by Eleanor J. Bador‚ “Fremont High School” by Jonathan Kozol‚ and “Of the 1%‚ by the 1%‚ for the 1%” by Joseph E. Stiglitz‚ show many ways of how society forms one person’s life in a way they cannot control. America displays their citizens as equal‚ but these reports published by the authors suggest otherwise by explaining the unequal lifestyles of the high‚ middle‚ and low class of America. There

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    On September 21‚ 1887‚ the first known policy regarding Indian schools was published; The Use of English in Indian Schools. This document was pulled out from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs written by Commissioner F.D.C. Atkins. The report was written from the perspective of the Commissioner because he insisted the sole use of English within all Indian schools. Commissioner Atkins wrote this outline to the Congress with the viewpoint that it was a subject not only of significance

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    Maya Angelou has accomplished and was known for many things. She has won and received numerous awards for her amazing poetry. Maya was an astonishing actress and playwright‚ and singer. Her acts as a civil rights activist helped change the lives of minorities today. Maya A was one of the most important humanists of the 20th century!!!!!! Maya was well known for her writing. She has written numerous books of poetry and several memoirs. Her most famous memoir‚ ¨I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings¨‚ is

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    Authors Benjamin Barber and Diane Ravitch write about America and how society is standing idle and failing to address the issue on education. Barber’s “America Skips School” focuses on the cold - shoulder approach America takes towards its children’s education‚ while Ravitch’s “Back to Basics: Test Scores Don’t Lie” takes a different approach to the rebuff caused by peer pressure to specific races and sexes. Both essays present a common point of view by combining various nonfiction elements:

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