My life has changed for the better since I moved to America. ... I always wanted to live in France, away from Turkey and everyone, although speaking french as my native language. ... I've been almost every European country, but America was different, so far away from Turkey. ... After a while, a good looking American guy showed up and said congratulations. ... But we had no one in America. ...
Among high school seniors who entered college in the fall of 1999, the African Americans' averages scores on the SAT I verbal section was 93 points below European American students' average scores. On the average, African Americans scored 106 points less than European Americans on the math portion, (Jencks and Phillips, p.3). ... These racial groups include African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, Latinos and European Americans. ... (Jencks and Phillips, p.8) The greatest discrepancies are discovered between the average scores between men and women ...
Richard Rodriguez is a Mexican-American or a "chicano" as he says others called him sometimes. This book tells about his life growing up in America, and it tells a lot about the discrimination he dealt with growing up. ... His siblings and his parents all had to learn English when they arrived in America. ... His parents never wanted him to do menial jobs as other Mexican-Americans could be seen doing. ... He felt guilty that he couldn't speak his family's native language. ...
African American parents have responded positively to parental involvement programs that emphasize themes of empowerment, outreach, and indigenous resources. ... Despite the efforts, too many African American students and other students of color (e.g., Hispanic Americans and Native Americans) are not faring well in gifted education. In order to improve African American student retention, it is clear that public school systems must do more. Recruitment is an important component for increasing the number of African American students in gifted education, but retention is equally important (Moore,...
Michael considers himself a native of North Carolina, but was actually born in the city of Brooklyn in New York. ... Being 12 years old and loving the sport baseball, it was difficult for him to play because most of the leagues were in predominantly white neighborhoods and not many African Americans went there to get a chance to play. ...
Abigail is a 14-year-old female who is currently a freshman in high school. Abigail is part caucasian, part Irish and part Native American. She lives in Athens with her mother and spends every other weekend with her father. She has two brothers who are much older than she is and they do not live ...
