Author: ALEJANDRA Romero (Page 3 of 5)

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“As the ACRL’s framework also emphasizes, when research- ers review published source material around their topic, points of disagreement will be discovered; these points are expected as schol- ars propose ideas to address complicated issues”. Published source materials makes researchers take all sides and to be open minded to take into consideration their informed decision about a topic.

“Truthfully, research rarely progresses on an uncluttered path toward a clear solution. Instead, research is a recursive process that involves many diversions, bumps, and missteps”. Research is not easy and it has many steps to it that may make you question everything. When going into research you have to be aware that you might need to go back to modify.

The seventh paragraph basically says that when a researcher starts with a question they are most likely to learn more different ideas than the researcher who is just trying to prove they’re right.

“Parents also need to learn to be comfort- able with saying “I don’t know” in response, rather than search- ing for a simple answer. Berger also recommends that as children go through school, parents and educators can work together to support children’s questioning nature, rather than always privileg- ing definite answers”. Kids shouldn’t always get the answers to their questions right away but rather they should find it themselves with research and by exploring.

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“On the one hand he is born in the shadow of the stars and stripes and he is assured it represents a nation which has never lost a war. He pledges allegiance to that flag which guarantees “liberty and justice for all.” He is part of a country in which anyone can become president, and so forth. But on the other hand he is also assured by his country and his countrymen that he has never contributed anything to civilization – that his past is nothing more than a record of humiliations gladly endured. He is assumed by the republic that he, his father, his mother, and his ancestors were happy, shiftless, watermelon-eating darkies who loved Mr. Charlie and Miss Ann, that the value he has as a black man is proven by one thing only – his devotion to white people”. This shows the two different perspectives on how children lived by.

“The point of all this is that black men were brought here as a source of cheap labor. They were indispensable to the economy. In order to justify the fact that men were treated as though they were animals, the white republic had to brainwash itself into believing that they were, indeed, animals and deserved to be treated like animals. Therefor it is almost impossible for any Negro child to discover anything about his actual history. The reason is that this “animal,” once he suspects his own worth, once he starts believing that he is a man, has begun to attack the entire power structure. This is why America has spent such a long time keeping the Negro in his place”. He’s saying black men were treated as animals and if they would act as something more than that, then they would seem as a threat. That’s why it makes it impossible for kids to know their real history when white people treated them like that.

James Baldwin was saying that the world has more to it than what kids learned about at school. When he says “the world is larger” I think he means that there’s a lot of things about the world that you don’t learn at school. You just know the things that the school teaches you but not everything there is to it. He’s talking about America’s history and that there’s a beautiful and a terrible side to it. There’s a lot of perspectives of what they’re being taught and one has the right to learn all aspects of it. At school they don’t really teach you about the outside world, which is much more than the basic things we learn. I wish I had been taught how to file taxes, how to build a good credit score, and money management. I feel like I have the obligation to learn about these topics because they are useful and as I get a job I would need to know all of this.  I obviously need to file taxes once I start working and I actually don’t know how to do them so I haven’t done mine. I need a good credit score to make big purchases for the future, like buying a house, a car, or at some places when you want to rent an apartment. Knowing more about money management is helpful so I can start saving up and set up a budget so I don’t go wasting my money on things I don’t need. We should be taught about these topics during high school because that’s when some students start getting jobs. Also, we should be taught about having a credit card and the importance of having a good credit score. I think we should also be taught about mental health at a young age because there’s many kids and parents that don’t know about it.

I was at home, the weather was like 40°-60°. The air was fresh. The days were actually really nice. It was during covid, but during my senior year. I still had online classes, I had the option to choose. It was during the end of winter and spring when I was realizing I was really about to graduate and go to college. I was happy to be taking AP Calculus because I LOVE MATH. I wasn’t taking school serious but I always tried my best to get a high grade in math. It was like the only class I ever cared about. Light came from my window and my LED lights. I was sitting in my bed, or maybe I was laying down. My tv was off and there was no noice. I was probably trying to finish an assignment. It was probably also last minute. What I had in front of me was the laptop that the school let me burrow. Next to me a bunch of papers with lists of assignments I had to do. Each labeled by subject. But of course I did my math assignments first. I was never good at English or Science or social studies. I actually never passed my global regents even after taking it 4 times. I would try so hard to pay attention and I even went in for extra help during lunch and nothing helped. Oh well I still hate social studies. And English too.
      During these days all I did was be in bed and do my assignments. Everyday felt the same. Lol I sound so depressing but it was. Anyways, that led to a lot of thinking. Wondering what I wanted to do in life. During my senior year I actually good pretty good grades. I forgot what was the point of this assignment. The reason I decided to go to college was because it’s the “right” thing to do. I don’t actually wanna be here lol. I don’t think school is for me but I’m still trying regardless and I’ll be coming to class everyday.