be me‚ who grew up great yet still wants more. My experience as an African American male has led me to pursue a degree in History and minor in African American Diaspora studies. Something that made me stick out from the others growing up was the fact I was African. The African community was very large but in school growing up I was one of the few blacks‚ let alone Africans that I knew during my time. Even when I was moved to a more diverse school‚ I really didn’t meet many other people of my heritage
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Segregation in Schools "African American and Latino students continue to lag behind white students on achievement exams‚ in high school graduation rates‚ and college completion rates."(Bowman‚ Kristi L. ‚ vol. 1‚ no. 1) "Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading‚ compared with 38 percent of white boys‚ and only 12 percent of black eighth-grade boys are proficient in math‚ compared with 44 percent of white boys."(New York Times) Segregation in schools has been around
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n High School‚ college seemed to be the scariest thing that I could think of. Whenever I thought about it my stomach would immediately begin to spin in circles. Although I was ready to go off and be by myself and meet new people I was scared to death at the same time. I didn’t know much about the "college experience" and what I did know (or thought I knew) scared me. I pictured hard classes that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with‚ people that wouldn’t like me‚ long hikes to get to my classes‚ and
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For my job shadowing experience‚ I went to the Henry Ford museum. I wasn’t around any of my fellow students‚ but there were other people there. The experience was mostly directed towards a group‚ and explaining a majority of the jobs that you could have there from guest services to security. It wasn’t really personalized or narrowed down‚ so you got a lot of exposure in just eight hours. The people who were overseeing this mass job shadow‚ Jim and Tim were pretty lively. It was pretty clear that
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Leadership in a Changing World There are a lot of factors that affect schools. A few of those factors are: environmental and contextual issues. It is these two factors that influence or shape the school’s climate and community. It takes the collaboration of our administrators‚ school improvement team‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and the community to bring the change and help needed to advance the vision of the school. A school is capable of fully functioning at a high level with all of the stakeholders
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Students should not attend school year-round. Keeping schools open year-round would have negative consequences. For example‚ it would cost extra money to keep schools open for the year. District 39 would have to reorganize its budget in order to keep up with year-round school. This is because the district would have to pay to keep school services functioning‚ such as clubs‚ buses‚ school lunch‚ and electricity just to name a few. It would cost a lot of money to keep the entire building air-conditioning
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Writing has been an essential tool to me since I started learning in pre-school. It allows me to express myself through different use of words and has been proven useful many times even till now. Despite that‚ I do not really have much of an interest when it comes to writing mainly because I could not master the art of writing and tend to have a lot of problems when doing so. I have tried improving it through many different methods‚ but to no avail. Looking back‚ there are many factors then led me
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School Cafeteria Lunches Think of what teenagers are learning at school and how it affects their lives. These lunches can in turn‚ affect what students eat outside of school in a potentially harmful way. School cafeteria lunches serve meals that can potentially be dangerous to one’s health. Including healthier lunches or not in cafeterias can be argues both ways. Students take into account what they eat in school and what they will eat outside of school. This essay discusses the effects of
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laptop that contains an exact copy of all my textbooks. I imagine the ease of being able to pull out my fully typed lap report or essay and being able to send it to the teacher via e-mail. Thankfully‚ schools have been transitioning into a more technological era and are taking the steps necessary to implement technology into the classroom. There are many aspects a school has to consider when making this technological leap‚ but the most important factors by far are the engagement of the students‚ the
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It has been an amazing experience attending Dimmick Grade School. I have had the privilege to meet some very amazing people. These people have helped me grow and learn. Whether it be my fellow peers or my teachers‚ they have all taught me such wonderful things to carry on in life. I remember having a milk and rest time in Kindergarten. I thought that was pretty cool. I remember the great Halloweens. We had haunted houses and played games. We always got to walk around the gym in our costumes. I remember
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