Bilingual education, as an educational program, was initially promoted by educators in the seventies (Hunger of Memory 26) and since then has been a topic of many debates in America. ... However, in contrast to Ariel Dorfman, Rodriguez is completely against bilingual education. Richard Rodriguez argues that there is no place in American Education for bilingualism. ... As stated by Rodriguez, "Our family remained a loving family, but one greatly changed. ... Meanwhile, Rodriguez found himself neglecting Spanish and becoming monolingual. ...

• Word Count: 2018
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rodriguez, Through reading your book I learned a great deal about your family and the role you played in it and how strongly influenced you were by the environment of your Latino family. ... Families across the globe speak the same language and do not convey the "Brady bunch" image you seem to be showing in your book or could it be that you like so many other people tend to over exaggerate the good memories you had with your family when you all only spoke Spanish? ...

• Word Count: 812
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled". Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human. Human rights are thus conceived in a Universalist and egalitarian fashion. Such entitlements can exist...

• Word Count: 2163
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate