Literacy Development
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...