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Module Four Part IV Blog Assignment

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Statistics showing depression rates among college students in 2021 Vocational teaching in the U.S. From the beginning of the formation of the school system in the United States, there has been constant change and reform, which has brought great benefits to many students. Schools initially existed in bad conditions and it took one reformer to change the quality of desks, chairs, and blackboards. Then, in a later time period, many immigrants started arriving in America in order to offer their families a better life which meant sending their children to school. The problem with this was that these immigrants came to this country with nothing but the clothes on their backs, so how were they going to afford to send their children to an expensive school? This is when the public school system started becoming more recognized all across the country. The next period of reform came during the separate but unequal time frame where many families argued for the integration of black and white studen...
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Module Three Part III Blog Assignment

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  Reform laws and programs along with activists have worked so hard to get our education system to the way it is now, where any child no matter their race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, is able to attend public school and get a good, if not a decent education. Unfortunately, it is still not as ideal as we would like it to be because of the lack of open mindedness that continues being passed down to individuals from generation to generation. In the Ted Talk, Kandice Sumner stated that although we follow a nonsegregated and equal doctrine, we are even more segregated than ever. This statement had me, along with many others I’m sure, contemplating its meaning. Busing is a system Sumner shared her experience with, that allows children of underserved urban school to attend suburban schools that have many more resources available, allowing those students to engage in a more advanced and expanded curriculum.  Separate but equal, in my opinion will not exist for a very long time...
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Module Two Part II Blog Assignment

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          One of the quotes that stood out to me the most throughout the reading is “much of what developed under the guise of a democratic and differentiated curriculum was in fact a way to reinforce the kind of class, gender, and race prejudice that existed in society.” This quote in my opinion, summarized Part II. There was a section where the experiences of Henry and Julian Nava was explained, which also stood out to me. Henry was the oldest of the two children of Mexican immigrants and him along with Julian were enrolled in specialized occupational programs for those that were going to be industrial or domestic workers. Henry and Julian, along with many other Mexican immigrants were judged based off the few IQ tests taken, that declared that Mexicans were slow learners. Henry finished these courses and enrolled in the Navy where he became traumatized and feared for his younger brother to ever see the things he saw, which is why when he returned to the ...
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Module One Part I Blog Assignment

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  Reflection Part I of School: The story of American public education Part I of the book has been very interesting so far. It introduces the creation of the school system in America and the various factors that affect each school in the system such as race, ethnicity, and economic status. One of the phrases our group ranked states “systems have price tags” and that was evident throughout this chapter. The start of this section discusses how education is necessary in order for a republic to survive but just like everything else in the world who had access to it first? The rich. Rich parents were able to afford to send their children to schools because the start of this system was reliant on funding from citizens and not from the government. Low income and some middle class families were most likely not able to afford it; therefore, they could not send their children to school. As years passed, this system got better and more and more children could attend school regardless of their ...
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Literacy Development

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  Introduction My name is Vanessa Baiza and I am currently a junior at NJCU majoring in biology with a minor in psychology. After graduating, I am hoping to attend medical school or a physician assistant program which is one of the reasons I added a minor. Ever since I was younger, I was always interested in becoming a doctor or working in the medical field and in recent years, that interest grew more and more. I wish to make a difference in the future within the racism that exists in medicine and how that shapes health care around the world today. This shifts into the reason why I chose to take this class out of the other courses available.  This class’s description states how we will be covering aspects of race, ethnicity, and culture within public school education in America throughout the years. This is something I found interesting because social media talks a lot about how we as minorities aren’t taught certain things in school while other schools in predominantly w...
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