Mexican American Education
Throughout the term we have worked on a variety of writing assignments, each designed to develop skills needed for critical analysis and argumentation. On day one of the class we went over our course goals and every assignment or in-class exercise—no matter how mundane or seemingly non-academic the task—was designed specifically in order to meet the course outcomes.
Your job in this portfolio of your work is:
1. To demonstrate to your audience (myself as well as the English Department at Edmonds Community College) that you understand the goals you set out to accomplish.
2. To show me through your writing (point to specific examples) that you successfully achieved these writing goals.
With these goals in mind, you should think …show more content…
The paper's foundation lies on the fact that Mexican American students struggle in U.S. schools and the current system set up does not address these students needs. It argues that the educators of today need to come together and change the current system to take into account the significant faults that the system has. The first two paragraphs introduce the issue and provide necessary background information for the reader. The paper then delves into the changes that need to happen building upon the common hardships that these students have through a study on the College Assistance Migrant Program, conducted by Professor of Education, Reynaldo Reyes. The introductory paragraphs lead smoothly into the first point that I make in my paper, transitioning with "these students don't start out with the same learning environment, causing them to struggle. Very few programs available for students address the common hardships that these students have"(2). The smooth transitions help connect the paragraphs, resulting in a fluid paper. Even the texts analyzed in the study connect with each other by supporting the common goal of improving Mexican American education. The complexity of the task of improving Mexican American education is highlighted by the way the body paragraphs analyze the school contexts of their education as well as, the goals of current programs …show more content…
My work does not perfectly execute every single bullet point of the course outcomes, rather it incorporates the main ideas of each outcome and, depending on the paper, uses the specific aspects of each main idea that are useful for that paper. Having a logical organization and train of thought for supporting a claim is something that my papers each do in their context. Each paper has a different means of doing this. For example, the "Los Estudiantes and the Non-Nons" clearly has a different tone and structure from "One for All or All for Nothing." Taking into account these differences and the different contexts of each paper, my writing, to the best of its current abilities, has utilized the concepts of the English 131 course outcomes to produce papers that make a complex argument about something that relevant
Your job in this portfolio of your work is:
1. To demonstrate to your audience (myself as well as the English Department at Edmonds Community College) that you understand the goals you set out to accomplish.
2. To show me through your writing (point to specific examples) that you successfully achieved these writing goals.
With these goals in mind, you should think …show more content…
The paper's foundation lies on the fact that Mexican American students struggle in U.S. schools and the current system set up does not address these students needs. It argues that the educators of today need to come together and change the current system to take into account the significant faults that the system has. The first two paragraphs introduce the issue and provide necessary background information for the reader. The paper then delves into the changes that need to happen building upon the common hardships that these students have through a study on the College Assistance Migrant Program, conducted by Professor of Education, Reynaldo Reyes. The introductory paragraphs lead smoothly into the first point that I make in my paper, transitioning with "these students don't start out with the same learning environment, causing them to struggle. Very few programs available for students address the common hardships that these students have"(2). The smooth transitions help connect the paragraphs, resulting in a fluid paper. Even the texts analyzed in the study connect with each other by supporting the common goal of improving Mexican American education. The complexity of the task of improving Mexican American education is highlighted by the way the body paragraphs analyze the school contexts of their education as well as, the goals of current programs …show more content…
My work does not perfectly execute every single bullet point of the course outcomes, rather it incorporates the main ideas of each outcome and, depending on the paper, uses the specific aspects of each main idea that are useful for that paper. Having a logical organization and train of thought for supporting a claim is something that my papers each do in their context. Each paper has a different means of doing this. For example, the "Los Estudiantes and the Non-Nons" clearly has a different tone and structure from "One for All or All for Nothing." Taking into account these differences and the different contexts of each paper, my writing, to the best of its current abilities, has utilized the concepts of the English 131 course outcomes to produce papers that make a complex argument about something that relevant