A person’s identity is shaped by a variety of factors. Family, culture, friends, personal interests, and the environment all contribute to the formation of a person’s identity. Some factors may have a greater impact than others, while others may have no impact at all. Many areas of a person’s life are influenced as they grow up in a family. Family and culture can have an impact on a person’s feeling of responsibility, ethics and morality, musical preferences, sense of humor, sports preferences, and many other elements of life. Friends and their surroundings can have an impact on a person’s dress, music, speech, and social activities. I am who I am partly as a result of my family, but primarily as a result of who I want to be. Because of my upbringing, I will never be exactly what I want to be, but I can give myself the opportunity to live a life that is relatively comparable. One identity I had and did not like is that I used to help only my friends but not other classmates. When I look back I regret it because I see that sometimes I need help as well but not everyone helps me. My dad always tells me to help people no matter what.
“The Potential and Promise of Latino Students”
Language education policy has pushed schools to adopt English-only instruction in an effort to reclassify English learners. Nearly two-thirds of Latino children live in or near poverty, and less than 20 percent of low-income Latinos live in households where anyone has completed college. Middle-income black and Latino households are much more likely to live in poor neighborhoods than whites or Asians with the same incomes. These schools are qualitatively weaker in their ability to educate students. And racial segregation adds an additional burden to economic segregation, as this double segregation is associated with a social bias against students of color. Ruben Navarrette: More than one in four Latino students living in poverty lives in a linguistically isolated household. He says it is difficult for Latinos to learn English when they do not hear it spoken at home. Parents need to help their children develop their home language, he says.
In the video “What Being Hispanic and Latinx Means in the United States” by Fernanda Ponce TEDx, we learn a lot about Hispanic and Latins. Most importantly about how immigrants help on making America better. I am a child of immigrant parents. Actually, I have never been part of a judgment about that, or maybe I never heard it. It is so important to know some good things that having immigrants in a country can be. Immigrants also make an important contribution to the U.S. economy. Most directly, immigration increases potential economic output by increasing the size of the labor force. Immigrants also contribute to increasing productivity. Also, some benefits are :
Increased economic output and living standards. …
Potential entrepreneurs.
Increased demand and growth.
Better skilled workforce.
Net benefit to government revenues.
Deal with an aging population.
More flexible labor market.
Solves a skills shortage.
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Hello Melissa,
I just wanted to say how I agree with you and Fernanda Ponce message about how important it is to understand the benefits immigrants can bring to our economy, instead of only looking at the cons. Also, I find it important to understand how diverse the Latino and Hispanic community is as emphasized by Fernanda Ponce as well in her speech, ““What Being Hispanic and Latinx Means in the United States.” Aside from this, I was surprised, as well, to learn about how the Latino population had to experience poor quality schools and be forced to have English-only instructions while reading the article, “The Potential and Promise of Latino Students.” Although, what surprised me the most about the Latino population was the idea of DACA and DAPA policies within the U.S. were meant to provide only temporary permits for undocumented immigrants to stay within the country. In my opinion, I saw the requirements that came with these policies and how it can easily be revoked and expire was not benefitting undocumented immigrants at all and only providing temporary relief. For me, after looking at the materials this week, I believe their needs to be a review of some policies concerning immigrants and beliefs concerning the Latino and Hispanic community. Overall, great job and thank you for sharing your answers.
– Deleny Leon