Ever since I was a child I was always in ESL (English Second Language). Since I was always in ESL, I struggled with keeping up with the rest of my class. I always spoke Spanish at home and as a kid that messed up my vocabulary and grammar but even with that, I thought I didn’t need the class. even my ESL teachers said that I didn’t need the class. Eventually, once I got to a certain age, I realized that I need the class and when I came to that realization, I started to compare the regular classes to my ESL classes. when I realized in 8th grade, I compared things like the books we were reading. in regular classes, they had large hardcover books while in our class we had a small paper book. My experiences with ESL didn’t help me. all it did was make it harder for me once I got to high school and didn’t have ESL. I think that the education that America gives isn’t sufficient for students that speak different languages at home. All the education that they currently give does it limit the student to what they know when ESL isn’t accessible to them. My personal experience went from reading small 50-page books to hard-cover 350-page books. It was up to 9th grade that I finally differentiated there, their and they’re an even today I still confuse them. I believe that students in ESL do not get equal education compared to students in regular classes.
Weekly Announcement Tuesday 9/7
Hi everyone!
I hope you all had a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend. We do not meet for classes this evening so at least for my class, you still have a little time off from lectures.
With that said, please remember to submit your posts about your education narrative based on the Amy Tan and Jose Olivarez readings under “Unit 1 Discussion” for credit by this evening. I noticed only two of you have made posts and you will need to comment on at least two others’ posts before our class on Thursday.
For class Thursday, I will have some of you share with the class what you wrote and we will discuss a bit what the education narrative means to us. This is a wide ranging subject matter so all perspectives are welcome!
Best wishes,
Professor Douglas LaTourette
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