...Read Paper The book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian” is about a Native American teenager named Arnold “Junior” Spirit, and his life during his first year of school. The author Sherman Alexie makes the situations humorous when they are sometimes difficult and emotional. The story is setting is mainly on the Spokane Indian Reservation, where alcohol is clearly more important to the residents than a quality education. Junior decides to transfer to a higher quality school that is more than twent miles away, and is also a all white school, called Reardan High School. The transfer however is difficult because he is the only Indian at the school besides the school mascot, and in the transfer he also loses his best friend because he is considered a traitor. The transfer isn’t all bad though, Junior tries out for the basket ball team and makes it on the varsity team as a freshman. The story continues to describe the struggles of going through life as the only Indian in an all white school, with all the disabilities that he has been given, and family members being taken by alcohol, that make his life more difficult than an average teenager. Resiliency is a term that means the act of rebounding or springing back. There are many events in this book that I would believe as being difficult for a person of any ethnicity or background, as being difficult, let alone being the only Native American, with many disabilities, at an all white school. Junior comes to many obstacles...
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...change themselves. In this case, “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X and “Yes, One Book Can Change Your Life, Even in Prison” by Dwayne Betts, both men went through different aspects by just picking up a book to read to further their education. Changes in Malcolm X and Dwayne Betts articles both have similar and outcomes based on their knowledge they gain. Although both articles have different aspects, they proved that reading can help you out for the better. In “Learning to read” by Malcolm X, he changed his last name by stating X stood for what he had been and what he had become. In this article Malcolm X gave himself a “homemade education”. This article basically explains how knowledge is the key to success. Malcolm X worried about having streets sense but not book sense. He set a goal and made it come true. He took it step by step every day, because he motivates...
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...In "The Achievement of Desire," an autobiographical essay, Richard Rodriguez reflects on his life as a young boy as he suffered to balance life in the academic world and the life of a working class family. Through out his essay, he identifies as a “scholarship boy”, someone who pushes his family and friends away all for the sake of “knowledge”, a definition he found in a book he came across called The Uses of Literacy by Richard Hoggart. Rodriguez explains that in order for him to achieve success, it was necessary to disconnect himself from the life he knew before education. Even though leaving home and branching out towards new ways of thinking are considered key elements in education, it does not necessarily mean that we have to alienate ourselves in the process to become successful. Rodriguez is present in three different forms in his essay, the child, the graduate student who first comes across The Uses of Literacy, and the adult who has “completed his path” in education. The first section in his essay focuses on his life and the difficulties he faced growing up in a bilingual environment. We notice how he associates academic success with alienation from a very young age; as he mentions in his essay “He takes his first step toward academic success, away from his family” (Rodriguez, pg. 4). Rodriguez also focuses on his parents a lot and elaborates how they helped shape the person he is today, and not strictly in a positive way. In the begging of his essay, Rodriguez mentions...
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...corporations around the nation have a direct correlation with Americans being consumed by fast food and overall having poor health. Schlosser also talks about the impact fast food has on Americans as a society by pointing out some interesting facts, such as Americans spend more money on fast food than higher education which I personally find very alarming. The book is split into two sections: First, “The American Way” goes in depth about the beginnings of the fast food industry and how the major fast food restaurants came about and evolved. Second, “ Meat and Potatoes “describes the chemical flavoring of the food,...
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...Narrative Introduction In the essay “Achievement of Desire” Rodriguez is known as “the scholarship boy.” He was the top of his class, because he was always reading books rather than spending time with his family and friends. He would isolate himself from them, as he thought education was the most important thing in his life and in order to gain that education, reading and doing well in school came first. Although when he was younger he did not like reading, “reading was, at best, only a chore”, he later realized “books are going to make me educated” (347-348). At home education was not the greatest, his parents had little education and he was so embarrassed of it. In the third grade he would come home from school and he would ask his parents for help but they would not understand. He stated “I was oddly annoyed when I was unable to get parental help with a homework assignment” (339). At some point everyone needs to get help at home with homework and if you aren’t able to like, Rodriguez, it would be very frustrating. The major problem that Rodriguez had was he wanted to advance himself so much that he separated himself from his home life, which caused him to lose sight of himself. When he was still living at home and going to school he would hardly have real conversations with his parents. His head was always in a book reading, to find ways to better his knowledge. After leaving home and attending college for a few months, he came back home and noticed that he and his parents were...
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...In the excerpt “Learning to Read,” Malcolm X shows the concept of self-teaching to become a literate person. As a Malcolm X was learning new vocabularies and reading books in prison, his view of the world and he himself have changed. Malcolm X is able to express in writing words about how he feels at the moment and realizes the idea of American master narrative in history books. Throughout history texts, almost all historical events are written by white man's perspective and or by dominant views of how history had happened. Malcolm X’s argument regarding the importance of reading from self-education will bring benefits to one’s future is largely effective. Though this excerpt is an anecdote from Malcolm X’s prison experience, there are underlying...
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...Traditional Education vs. Online Education Education is becoming one of the most important things in a person’s life, most people are trying to obtain an education. Most countries have a concern on the quality of the education provided to the people so that those people will be able to improve upon the resources that are available. If the quality of the resources that a person has available is good, the quality of that entire country will also be good. The advancement of technology has had a large impact on education. Before this advancement of technology the implementation of education was only traditional. Currently, this has changed because of the advancement of the technology has allowed the education system to be implemented online along with traditionally. Both traditional education and online education are not alike in several ways for example the cost and student equality. There are many factors that are alike between online and traditional education for example the books and paper required to take the class. With any type of education the main factor for a student in deciding to go to a traditional college or an online college is the cost. The students who attend a traditional education setting may spend more money than a student enrolled in online education. If the student chooses not to live on the college campus then that student will need to spend money on gas for the transportation to and from school. If the person chooses to live away from home while...
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...Narrative Introduction In the essay “Achievement of Desire” Rodriguez is known as “the scholarship boy.” He was the top of his class, because he was always reading books rather than spending time with his family and friends. He would isolate himself from them, as he thought education was the most important thing in his life and in order to gain that education, reading and doing well in school came first. Although when he was younger he did not like reading, “reading was, at best, only a chore”, he later realized “books are going to make me educated” (347-348). At home education was not the greatest, his parents had little education and he was so embarrassed of it. In the third grade he would come home from school and he would ask his parents for help but they would not understand. He stated “I was oddly annoyed when I was unable to get parental help with a homework assignment” (339). At some point everyone needs to get help at home with homework and if you aren’t able to like, Rodriguez, it would be very frustrating. The major problem that Rodriguez had was he wanted to advance himself so much that he separated himself from his home life, which caused him to lose sight of himself. When he was still living at home and going to school he would hardly have real conversations with his parents. His head was always in a book reading, to find ways to better his knowledge. After leaving home and attending college for a few months, he came back home and noticed that he and his parents were...
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...School, we value each student’s success. We believe that community involvement benefits our students and gives them the motivation to go above and beyond their expected potential. Our staff for early childhood level, has come up with a Community Involvement Plan that will allow students, teachers, and family members to work together and create a striving learning environment. This involvement plan will include resources that will positively influence our students learning in our classrooms. This plan will also go into depth about our first grade Read Across ABC elementary program. Jacksonville Public Library The public...
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...Peeling Away the Bark: Examining the Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter "The Education of Little Tree," by Forrest Carter is about a young Cherokee boy named Little Tree who is orphaned and goes to live with his Cherokee grandparents. Since its publication debut in 1976 "The Education of Little Tree" has never been out of print. It hit the consumer shelves with ecstatic reviews in prestigious publication such as the New York Time and the Atlantic Monthly. The book sold more than a million copies and in 1985, a new publishing house, the University of New Mexico Press obtained publication rights and it continues to be their biggest seller, selling more than 1 _ million copies. At first read, the small 216-page book would seem suitable for young readers up through High School (Recommendation by publishers is grades 9 through 12). The book has its moments that make you smile and wonder. When it was first introduced into our school systems as required reading, schoolchildren around the country formed Little Tree fan clubs. Yet, shockingly enough, the book, "The Education of Little Tree" was publicly exposed as a fraud the year it was published. However, despite this evidence, in 1991, 15 years after its publication and 12 years after the author's death, "Little Tree" won the Abby Award and made it onto the New York Times' bestseller list. The Abby Award is given out each year by the American Booksellers Association to honor "hidden treasures." Ironically the Award began in...
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...Digital Media and Technology Professor November 28, 2013 Education in Digitalization Our group decided to do our paper on the topic of Education in the Digital age which was our first project of the year. Education has changed so much over the years and it has done that very fast. From having textbooks and covering them to now classes having I pad’s in them and almost diminishing textbooks from school. As technology advances everyday, we can only imagine how our education will be in schools in even just 5 years. Research, studying, student testing, disabled education, hybrid classes and the changing roles of teachers in today's digital age are some of the main topics I will be talking about. Textbooks are not only very important for a students education but also puts a hole in their wallet. On average a student spends roughly $1,200 a year on textbooks whether you are renting them or buying them. That is a staggering number for a book that sometimes doesn't even help you too much in class. A single sheet of paper to make costs just 5 cents, but that adds up with how many pages are in a book overall. Some of the jobs that textbooks make were more than I expected. You can have jobs such as authors, illustrators, publishers, editors, lumbar people, paper mill workers and shippers. The authors are the people who write the text in the book, the illustrators can print in the pictures into the book, the editors look for any misspelling or misprint that the author...
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...Stephanie Collado Professor Gronsky ENG 103 Book smart or Street smart From when we were little kids to grown adults it is put in our heads that education is the most important experience to have in our life. It lets you be able to achieve any dreams and goals that you want. On the other hand there are people who are successful without school education and succeeded in receiving their careers with talent and hard work. This is what people call street smarts, things that people learn from their own personal experiences or what they see markets more in the social world. People argue that if you don’t go to college and get a degree you won’t have success or wealth, and some people argue that not going to college gives you more freedom and is less time consuming. Having street smarts helps people understand each other better on a more personal level then being judged on how smart or dumb the person is based on a degree. College isn’t accessible to everyone; some people have to be really smart or born into a wealthy family to attend. Having a college education gives people a professional look and the confidence to get a good paying job that will help support their lifestyle. College also lets people express themselves, letting them become comfortable in being social and speaking in front of large groups of people. When going to college some people don’t realize that they are taking out a loans and debts that they’ll have to set an exact plan to follow...
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...live, enough food to eat, and good clothes to wear. I was born in a Bhutanese refugee camp of Nepal. In the camp, there was a lack of everything. For basic needs, there was not a enough food to eat, not good clothes to wear, limited access to proper education, and few opportunities. There was not proper place to sleep, not good water to drink. In the miserable situation of the refugee camp, it was very strenuous to find any kind of job. My parents were not well educated to have a decent paying job to send me to private school. My father usually muddled through minimum wage jobs to fulfill our wants. In the camp, every house and school had unfinished flat roofs. I can still remember in winter, we could the feel thunder storm outside of the house sitting in the kitchen in front of a burning fire. Water would not stop dropping from every house because of unfinished flat roofs. Every year many people died from various diseases like asthma, cancer, tuberculosis, diabetes, and pneumonia. I grew up in a unexperienced society where culture, religion and family tradition were valued more than the education. Hopelessness and despair had abounded me and every other young teenager who wanted to study. It was very difficult to get education with limited access. In the strenuous situation of the Bhutanese refugee camp, I endured to read and write my own language...
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...The Web is Beneficial in Education When it comes to the web, everyone has their own opinions, especially when it comes to education. I personally think the web is an excellent tool when it comes to education. I am a mother of eight children whom all of get above average grades. I also attend college to fix, repair, and network the web with a 4.0 GPA. My family has a strong dependency on the web for everything that we could possibly need it for. Judith Levine mentions that almost everything her students get off the web is trash fish (223). I am certain this is true, but not entirely. If a student wants to take the time and research information on the web to make sure it is not trash then they will, like my children do. Although there is quite a bit of trash on the web, there is also quite a bit of knowledge, if the student wants to find it. Saying that students are not critically thinking when they use the web is making a poor assumption when that could be written up as sheer laziness. Some students take what they see at face value without doing any other outside research just to be done with the homework. I think the web should not be the blame on lack of education but the laziness of the students. I think that if a parent of teacher teaches a student how to use the web to enhance their education experience instead of downgrading the whole web in general students will learn more. In her article, Judith Levine states that students do not read because they are surfing. (223)...
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...Kathryn Nelson Wright Human Development 13 March 2014 Sex education and adolescents is something that is more common now than back 50 or 60 years ago. More parents and schools are educating adolescents in sex education. When it comes time for parents to their sons and daughters the mother-daughter relationship is the most significant. As for the sex education in the public school system, there is actually a debate between public schools whether to teach sex education in the public school system and what to teach. In some states they have decided to teach sex education and some have decided not to Sex education has many significances in an adolescent’s youth and where they learn it and who educates them about it can result in good and bad outcomes. “Some evidence suggests that compared with Caucasian American Families, African American families may better prepare girls for menarche” (Berk). Mothers are known to be the parent to form that relationship with their adolescent daughter about puberty and sex. When mothers talk to their daughters the two things that the mothers mainly mention are marital sex and menstruation. Unfortunately, not all females have that family support when it comes to talking about puberty and sex. According to the book Family Relations, females who had no sex education were just as likely to engage in premarital sex as females with some background of education. When it comes to parents educating boys, wet dreams and masturbation were the two...
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