“...We gotta prove to the Mexicans how Mexican we are, and we gotta prove to the Americans how American we are… It’s exhausting… nobody knows how tough it is to be Mexican American”(Abraham Quintanilla). In fact nobody knows how tough it is to be a Mexican American student. Historically there has been evidence that many students drop out, postpone their plans for education, or even struggle in between classes and a job to help out their families financially and parents want the best education for their children since they helped out to make that a reality.

The incident that took place in Lemon Grove, California 1930 was when Alvarez went against the board of the Lemon Grove school. Students with family of Mexican descent were being placed …show more content…
These walkouts were inspiring everyone to come together. The first school to commence the walkouts that day was the East Los Angeles High school. Many obstacles were overcome, it took time but no one said it was going to be easy especially not fast. For example they gave them the used resources, which of course would discourage someone not matter in what social class you belong to. Due to the fact that teachers had little concern for their students the dropout rate was high. Who wouldn’t want to drop out since the only thing they gave vocational education instead of high education basically an educational tracking system. The school wanted to stop this as soon as possible and so did the FBI, the FBI started to put surveillance on everyone involved or at least the ones they thought were the masterminds. Each time the students met to try and do more walkouts or different things the police and FBI always was a step ahead of them it was because within all of them their was one who was ratting them out. As of a resul thirteen chicano leaders were arrested on a basis of conspiracy which they faced sixty-six years in prison. One who was also affected was Mr. Castro he was not allowed to teach but the parents started to not give up on their children and fought resulting in Mr. Castro on being released and being able to go back as a …show more content…
They fought for education that included them and helped them feel identified, not pushed away. The path was not easy they faced offensive behavior against them. Though the class did not influence bad behavior towards other cultures. They were said to be racists and their ethnic studies books were being banned to avoid being taught to hate the country. After having to deal with this students were dropping out of school, most of it because teachers did not make them feel as if they had the knowledge to make it to college. One even said “We try to live life in a positive way, where is all this negativity from”(Palos). Most Chicanos were discriminated and profiled as lazy, uneducated people. Yet they were seen trying to depend their educational rights and also help keep a class that taught them of their strengths and did not invent weaknesses to make them feel inferior. They decided to fight for their rights they testified at a legislative meeting. Actually the class personally made an open invitation for Tom Horne to experience what the actually do and learn in the course but he declined to attend. The students along with their teachers and parents protested for every bill possible that went against their education and ethnic studies courses. That was not enough and it led to them sitting outside a press conference waiting for Tom Horne. He did not show up