The request will be granted if they can find parents of twenty of more children on the same school who want the same thing. ... About eighty percent of all non-English speaking students in California are Mexican or of Hispanic descent. ... Mexicans have been the main source of cheap labor in America. ... Such situation will enforce the myth that Mexicans and Latinos are "second class" citizens. ... On the other hand, most Hispanic parents want their children to learn English as rapidly as possible. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He also serves as the messenger between young Tom and his father, "by god it's lucky I come by cause ol" Tom worried himself I [told him] "whyn't you write down a letter?" and" Tom says, " if I don't, you keep an eye out for Tommy." ... In chapter seven, the reader is shifted into the mind of a crooked car salesman who takes advantage of the great migration of farmers to the west by selling broken cars at outrageous prices, "listen Jim, I heard that Chevvy's rear end sounds like bustin" bottles squirt in a couple quarts of sawdust" (Steinbeck, 85) this suggests that car sa...

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• Grade Level: High School

When most people think of wetlands the first thing that will pop into their mind will be visions of swamps and flooded plains. These marshy lands would seem to have no purpose, while in reality they are the most precious forms of ecosystem that we have in America. Wetlands contribute to biodiversity, clean water, flood control, and provide a habitat for millions of species of plants and animals. Even with all this wetlands still face mass destruction, much like the rain forests they are just as productive and face similar rates of devastation (Mitchell, J. (1992, October). "Our Disappearing We...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School