Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Stand and Deliver notes
I honestly believe that this partially true. I feel like as minorities and being Hispanics and/or Latinos that others suspect that we're not capable of achieving such high scores on such an important test. So when it comes tot he test and the all missed the same question because Mr. Escalante might have not taught it well enough, they might have all missed the same questions, thus accusing of cheating. Despite all that, they went on to retake the test and prove themselves perfectly capable enough of passing the test. Not to mention that the following years Garfield High School went on to have more students pass the Calculus AB AP test the following years and escalates the following years.
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This sentence stood out for me: "I feel like as minorities and being Hispanics and/or Latinos that others suspect that we're not capable of achieving such high scores on such an important test."
ReplyDeleteI think there's a lot of evidence that supports your argument. You and I both know that this suspicion is wrong; you and I know that anyone, regardless of their skin color, can be intelligent and capable. What do you think we (I mean both "you and I" & "the community as a whole") can do to challenge racism?