Amber's Thoughts

Chapter three  just  so happens to be the chapter that I enjoy the most this far in the book.  This chapter is one that explains something that we hear about often, and I think this is why it caught my attention so much.   Th e  word  stands  out to you as clear as day, "Separate and Unequal" and right away you get the feeling of what era this involves.   It's  always nice learning  about  the way the American school system, but most importantly, the serious facts and events that took place as well. The  inte gration  of schools is probably one of the most important events that has happened in Americas history, and I strongly feel like it should be something everyone would take the time  to  learn  about.     Imagine being an outsider at school. Imagine not being able to get the  proper education you  deser ve. The case of Brown vs. Board of Ed was a United States S...

When it comes to the second part of the book, I liked it even better then the first part! I had the chance to learn about American public schools, and the way they were portrayed back then in a way surprised me, but not by much. School became a big part of America, and were required to stay in school longer to gain more knowledge, however, usually after elementary school, most children would leave school, and go work with their family, and as a result most children did not have an education past and 8th grade level. In places such as New York, there was a big population of immigrants, and in the schooling system it became mandatory for children to speak, read, and write in English only. Sure this was an improvement for everyone, and it was good for others to learn how to speak English but some people thought they were losing their culture. Another problem that came about was the way education was being taught. Immigrants came to America to live a better life, not for their child...

Before I read the book, I thought it was going to boring considering we're learning about the history of the American education system.  What I found interesting was a particular thing I have never payed attention to before. I never realized religion had such a big part to play in the Education system. One thing that I did pay attention to that I knew before was the fact that the amount of education you received was based on race, social class, and religion, which is still slightly true in today's society, and the thought of that honestly makes me cringe The first part of the book pointed out plenty of situations that I found interesting and covered all angles such as the start of the american schooling system in detail, as well as the people who took the time to inspect the schools. What I found amazing was the anti-Catholic bias. This situation left thousands of children without an education and that is just hard to imagine in today's society. It is interesting to learn...

When I think about my earliest experience of being literate, I can remember it in detail. My mother has been a pre-k teacher for years, and she started teaching around the same time I started to read. Even if i  had no clue what I was reading she made sure I always had a book in my hand, and eventually I started reading before I even left kindergarten. I was determined to learn how to read, and my mother was there every step of the way encouraging me and supporting me whether I knew a word or not. What inspire me to want to learn how to read was going to school with my mo  while she was getting her teaching license I was always around books and somehow tried to do the same work she did even though I had no idea  what was happening. When I began to feel like I was literate, I was in first grade. I got my first chapter book, which was "Junie B. Jones: First grader" and I was in class with people who still couldn't read yet. Nothing in the process of these early stages r...