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  1. May 2022
    1. Therefore I offer recommendations for system-wide reforms that can inform and shape classroom-and school-level work, and can result in more effective teaching and support for students-par-ticularly children of color living in poverty

      I agree with the statement that even though teachers play a very important role in students' success. School system as well as school institution also affects students' success. Great school institution helps teachers teach and helps students learn and make the teaching-learning process more effective and enjoyable

    2. showcased effective teachers who demonstrated their capacity to be trans-formed and transformative despite the type of structural and institutional circumstances that prevent many students (and teachers) from reaching their full capacity to learn

      Not only teaching skills for teachers are crucial for providing students great learning environment, teaching institutes also matters. It helps teachers to display students about their learning material and get students more involved in the activity.

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    1. cism i~ seldom mentioned in school (it is bad, a dirty word) and, therefore,_is not _dealt with. Unfortunately, many teachers think that simply having lessons _10 gettmg along or celebrating Human Relations Week will make students nonracist or ~0ndi~crin:1i~atory in general.

      Even though Racism is seldom mentioned in school. It is important for us to know that racism is definitely incorrect and we shall respect other people no matter where they come from. And teachers shall be aware of letting their student know that

  3. Apr 2022
    1. Interviewing nearly 100 third- andlater-generation Chinese and Japanese Americans, she found that although mostwere well assimilated into the dominant culture, most also had a strong senseof a racialized identity because whites constantly imposed the identity of “Asianforeigner” on them.

      Even though they are Americans and have been living in America since they were born, they are still considered "Asian foreigners" rather than a normal American as all the other people. It is an example of discrimination, which might bring a lot of problems to Asian Americans, since they feel less welcomed and not as accepted

    2. Discrimination persists in many institutional areas. The astute scholar Gary Okihiro sums up the contemporary Asian American situation this way: Whites have “upheld Asians as ‘near-whites’ or ‘whiter than whites’ in the model minority stereotype, and yet Asians have experienced and continue to face white racism ‘like blacks’ in educational and occupational barriers and ceilings and in anti-Asian abuse and physical violence.

      Asian Americans face different kinds of discrimination: verbally abuse or even physical violence, which is a severe problem. Asian Americans like other Americans, shall be respected.

    3. A Korean American student at a historically white institution, Cho was viewed by outsiders as unusually quiet, and although he demonstrated warning signs of mental illness, he was mostly ignored, especially by those with the most authority to take action.

      Cho was considered a quite people but he was ignored to have mental illness. He is a student at a historically white institution and do not feel welcomed in the situation, where many other Asian students might have been through as well.

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    1. itt ed to Berkeley and UCLA, “some of my friends were like, oh, I wish I was Mexican, ’cause I could have gott en into Berkeley or UCLA

      It is very rude to take someone' success as a joke of their race instead of looking at effort he or she makes along the way. It is very disrespectful to that student.

    2. Pham related a similar patt ern of expectations among students: if “a person with a completely diff erent background” joined a class or activity that was “mostly Asian,” “that person would actually receive a lot of att ention— positive att ention,”

      If a person with a completely different background or completely Asian joining the class, he or she will receive a lot of positive attention, which is nice to hear.

    1. hile white friends had no trouble finding dates, Ann faced consolation dating, including being chosen at the last moment.

      A lot o f Asian students also have dating problem in middle school or high school, acoording to the passage. Probably because they felt different compared to everyone else and they do not feel comfortable about making more friends and also dating, which is frustrated to hear since having dating problem can depress people.

    2. Charlotte recalls the extremely painful character of this racist taunting, although she has tried to repress the memories

      Stereotype can sometimes cause many troubles to some people. Charlotte, for exmaple, cried everyday because she felt different among everyone else. Charlotte is the only Asian in her school but she did nothing wrong. She shouldn't feel depressed of being an Asian.

    3. In the public mind Asian Americans are often synonymous with academic excellence

      Asian Americans are often considered smart and hard-working, which is not necessarily true for every Asian American. This ia a common stereotype, which is not true.

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    1. egui n's failure and dropout rates are very high. In 1992 a full quarter of the freshman class repeated the grade for at least a second time, and a significant portion of these were repeating the ninth grade a third and fourth Lim

      It is surprising to know that Seguin High has such a repeated rate and there are even some students repeat the course for a third and a fourth time. Students in such a high school must be very stressful. And I wonder what is the point of making courses so difficult for students?

    2. Regarding caring, teachers expect students to cnre about school in a technical fashion before they care for them, while students expect teachers to care for them before they care about school.

      It is saying that teachers expect students to care more about school and students expect the school to care more about students rather than school. There is a contrast in teacher and students' opinoin considering importance of students and school. Under this condiiton, there might be decisions made by school that are very unsatisfied by students.

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    1. Asian-American children are the "perfect" students, that they will do well regardless of che academic setting in which they are placed

      Many Asian parents put a lot of effort letting their children to perform better in school and their children are very hard-working. But it does not necessarily mean that every Asian children are very great at studying. There is also a stereotype stating that Asian students are all great at math, but it is not true for everyone.

    2. I have come to believe that a major portion of the problem may also rest with how these three groups of teachers interact and use language with their stu-dents.

      I didn't expect that the way they deliver their language will shape the kind of people they want to be friend with. But it also makes sense, if they speak in a similar way, they are more likely to feel closely to each other and therefore will be more likely to be close to each other and be friends with each other.

    3. question is not necessarily how to cre-ate the perfect "culturally matched" learning situation for each ethnic group, but rather how to recognize when there is a problem for a particular child and how to seek its cause in the most broadly conceived fashion

      It is very important for each child to be considered equally and they themselves recognize themselves equal as others. And it is also important for teachers and parents to recognize chidlren's problems of considering themselves equally important as others.

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    1. Most of the Black students did not live in the neighborhood and seldom attended the extracurricular activities. The young woman indicated that she wasn't planning to come.

      It is very sad to know that if one Black student cannot find another Black student as their partner, they will not plan to come. The young black woman in the passage does not think about finding a white student as partner at all, which indicates that she usually does not make friends with white people as well and she usually plays with people with the same race.

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    1. My African American teacher had suggested I take an honors class in ninth grade. The majority of the students in the class were White. Only one other person of color, a Black male, was in the class.

      Majority of students in hornor classes in an early grade are mostly white and male students. The differences between people in different race are apparent in this place. What is the reason for that?

    2. Research indicates that social class can influence cognitive abilities because a lack of money results in fewer experiences at muse-ums and traveling, fewer books in the home, and less access to preschool educa-tion (

      It is very sad to know the fact that people with less wealth will have less opportunities to travel and therefore have less opportunities to know more knowledge or know more about culture and lanscape around the world which atrributes to their cognitive abilities.

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    1. ola says chat Santa Ana High was "a total different story," com-pared to their previous schools.

      The first half of the passage tells us a lot about Troy students and the reasons why Troy students succeed. The reasons are they put more effort into study, and their teachers and parents are more supportive. Students in Santa Ana have poor scores in assessments and reasons might be they do not put as much effort or their teachers and parents are not as supportive.

    2. Schooling 147 Running was Isabella's favorite extracurricular activity. "I just love the team and the coaches, because school was always so stressful," she says, "it was always real nice after school to have that break for exercise, and just to breathe." She mentions in passing that she was co-captain of the cross-country team and wrote the script for her class's video year-book. Troy is able to mount such an astonishingly wide range of extra-curricular activities because of very active fund-raising among parents and community members. Many activities have an associated booster group. Clara explains that like other parents, they regularly donate money to the schools. "That's how they get laptop computers for all the kids in the tech program, and even in the elementary schools," Clara says. "The parents want their children to be well prepared technically. My girlfriend Samantha easily donates $ l ,000 a year to her elementary school, because she thinks it's cheaper-her daughter was at a private school, and it's $12,000 to $15,000 a year. So for her to donate $1,000 is nothing." On top of all of this, the kids at Troy (and their parents) invest lots of time and energy in SAT preparatio

      Performance in SAT tests are also determined by how much effort each student puts into preparing. Students at Troy spend much more time than most other students and as a result, they have much higher score than many other students.

    3. The quality of the students and curriculum at Troy virtually ensured that the academic atmosphere was highly competitive. Clara reports that in her elder son's graduating class, 15 students got 2400 on their SATs-that is, perfect score

      It is very surprising for 15 students of one class to get full mark on SATs. which shows students in Troy must be very competitive. From the paragraph, it shows that it is becasue of the quality of the students and curriculum of the school and which is also very important is that they must have parents that support them a lot. Students in Troy is very likely to get into a top college while students in schools in poorer area such as Santa Ana might not even get into college. If they get into a good college doesn't mean what kind person they are. But the fact salary of people getting in college is usually higher than those choosing not to go to college. In this case, poor people will probably remain poor, which is very sad to think about.

    4. Schooling 141 Clara and her brother Francisco attended schools in LA that she describes as "very tough," but the two were outstanding students and received strong, even loving support from their teachers, both black and white.

      Schools i n LA will be very likely much better than schools in poorer area, like Santa Ana. Their outstanding performance shows that the exterior factor that determines one's academic performance in mainly what kind of school they attend, and how they are supported by their family and their teachers.

    5. Clara has well-formed ideas about why gang culture took hold in the schools she attended. "I think ic comes from the lack of family cohesion," she says, "Many families in the community were dysfunctional."

      People with lower income is more likely to be unable to support their children and giving them a comfotable enviornment and the negative impact from their family might let them form "gang culture" in school, since they are not given enough from their family and they are not educated enough to be a friendly people.

    6. ore striking still are the contrasts in the "output" measures of the two schools-graduation rates, statewide academic and SAT test scores, truancy and suspension rates.

      The SAT score of two schools can indicate academic performance of two schools. And the contrast in the SAT test scores shows that there is gap between students from each school and schools in Santa Ana have much lower scores than schools at Troy which indicates the relation between wealth and students' academic performance.

    7. 46 percent of the county's population spoke a language other than English at home. 2

      It says that almost half of the population does not consider English as their first language so that they speak some other language when they are at home. It indicatest the diversity between people, they come from different background and cultures.

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    1. However, that her counselor allowed her to make this decision is likely due to his or her assump-tion that a student like Chantelle-an African American from a low-income family-should be placed in the lowest-level math class, prealgebra, even though she had taken it already.

      A student comming from a lower-income family does not necessarily mean that they are not smart enough to get into a higher-level mass class. Even though family condition plays a role in one's academic performance, one's performance actually relies more on their own traits and effort that they are willing to put into class.

    2. There is relatively little that the school can do to address the inequalities in the backgrounds of students like Jennifer and Chantelle.

      It is true that school actually can do nothing to deal with inequalities in the background of students. Students come from family of different incomes and different spending on them. It is a sad fact to know but there is not much the school can do to deal with this.

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    1. ow-income families spent about $880 (in 2012 dol-lars) on child enrichment expenditures, while higher-income families spent more than $3,700, already a substantial differenc

      The data shows an apparent difference in spending on child. It is a four times gap, which is a lot. If child receives better living and learning environment, it is very likely that they will become happier and more successful than their peers.

    2. Harold's mother is as passionate as Garrett's parents about provid-ing what it takes for her children to be successful and happy, but she sees her role as providing food, "clothing and shelter, teaching the difference between right and wrong, and providing comfort."

      It is very important for parents to let their children be successful and also happy. I think being happy is even more important than being successful for one. And children need delicious food, beautiful clothes, and comfortable living enviornment in order to being happy. Even though every parent wants to give their child a better living and learning environment, some might not be able to give their child a great living and learning environment as their child's friend, which might let their child feel down and less happy.

    3. Increasing income inequality contributes to the growth in achievement gaps, in part because income enables parents to promote learning oppor-tunities and avoid some of the myriad risks to the healthy development of their children.

      Income of one's family does contribute to one's achievement. If one's family has higher income, they will have ability to give their child a better learning environment and be able to find their child a tutor if he or she does not understand conepts learned in class. Therefore, if income inequality is large, there will be a greater gaps in their children's achievements.

    4. Both of Alexander's parents had professional degrees, so they knew all about what Alexander needed to do to prepare himself for college

      I agree with the passage that if one's parents had professional degrees, they would know what their child could do to prepare for college and probably give them some ideas abou how to pick their major. It is quite beneficial to students since college study is very different from high school study. There will be much more material that students need to learn.