ACS 2000 final

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, from Muslim Girl, 676-687

. The man idea from this essay examines how the Muslims have been negatively stereotypes to due the event of 9/11. This essay always points out on how stereotypes and discrimination from other racial, religion and ethnic groups can create violence and fear. I agree that the stereotyping and the hate that Muslim get results in them carrying out their fear in public as they worry about something bad will happen to them like violence. It is a common stereotype to think of Muslims as terrorists due to the event of 9/11. The author mentions that Muslim millennials do not ever say the slag word bomb as they do not want to worry and alarm others around and they do not want others to think they have a bomb on them and that they would blow up something.

Yuval Noah Harari, "Big Data, Google, and the End of Free Will," 332-339

A change from humanist society to a dataist society. We are giving up on the humanist society. We make decision based off data now, such as who to marry. In medieval Europe, a priest or your parents make the choice. With humanist, we choose based off your feelings. With dataist we ask google. We lose free will fielded of medicine is based on the calcuations of computers who know you better than you know yourself

Marc Lamont Hill, "Nobody," 651-668

writes about the killing of michael brown in missouri and examines the racial and class inequality that expose life on the underside of American democracy" Michael Brown stole cigarettes from a nearby store. Officer Wilson saw Michael walking. Wilson shot Michael Brown 12 times killing him. The grand jury took three months to decide if there should be a trial. After they decided to have one, officer Wilson was found innocent. The decision caused unrest and a movement called "hands up." There were protests both peaceful and violent such as vandalism, and looting. This event raised awareness about current police brutality. Police brutality is the use of unnecessary, excessive force by police in their encounters with civilians. google- black men face a one in 1,000 risk of being killed by the police than white people

Education myth

Among the great American cultural myths is the cultural myth of "educational empowerment" (Mann 110). It is the idea that the quantity of schooling is the yardstick of intelligence and the singular predictor of success. The notion that children fed into the machinery of education at an early age will be extruded further along the process equally and efficiently educated. if a young person works hard enough, they'll be able to get a college degree and be on the path to a good life our attitudes toward education are deeply paradoxical: on one level, Americans tend to see schooling as a valuable experience that unites us in a common culture and helps us bring out the best in ourselves; yet at the same time, we suspect that formal classroom instruction stifles creativity and chokes off natural intelligence and enthusiasm. Everyone has an equal chance to succeed. Success in the United States requires no more than hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance: "In America, anyone can become a billionaire; it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time." how can education bring the best in ourselves, how can everyone gain these skills when how can we learn these skills if school makes them boring to learn? people's beliefs that to receive an American education would mean being able to achieve our highly fantasized "American Dream" for aspiring immigrants education can be used for upward mobility no one can go upward in school if its too boring and the teacher did not care about their students equal opportunity for all races and classes, FALSE gives everyone an equal oppounity to be succeful

class myth

Class really doesn't matter in the United States. Whatever differences do exist in economic standing, they are — for the most part — irrelevant. Our democracy provides for all regardless of economic class: Rich or poor, we are all equal in the eyes of the law. any class can be successful if they hard work and are dedicated everyone has an equal chance to succeed. success in the united states requires no more than hard work. The U.S. is a middle class nation. We are ALL getting richer EVERYONE has an equal chance to succeed

What is schooling, and how does it relate to education

Different levels of education Both provide different education at different levels of school Higher education schools can give better learning skills High valued schools have more resources and people are better trained and social condition Learning behavior Raising hand, dressing nice, speaking when your told, showing up on time and being prepared Obedience System and structure implement the way we do education

Race myth

For example, while the myth of "the melting pot" celebrates equality, melting pot myth lies in this implied promise that all Americans are indeed "created equal." melting pot - the idea that all races blend together and have equal status for immirants Your dreams will come true if you come to America. people tend to see races (mostly their own) as superior no race is better than another

Ellen K. Pao, from Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change, 433-445

Something about gender discrimination suit and sexual harassment. Working women and CEOs. women of color is a male dominated instusty "i was not given the opportunities to succeed. juliet said that the growing form was not a great fit for my "quiet thoughtfulness" for women in general in silicon valley author lost her gender discrimination lawsuit against kleiner only two employees had raised discrimination or harassment issues at this company. one to believe was fake.

Rutger Bregman, "Why We Should Give Free Money to Everyone," 456-468

The article outlines why giving people money free and clear would be the best way to combat poverty. talks WeWork and mentions that hard work is important. poor people cant handle money

Sherman Alexie, "Gentrification," 646-650

The author, who is a white man, writes about him living in a African American neighborhood and then one day he notices his black neighbors throwing out a moldy mattress on the neighbor's porch. He throws out the mattress for them in the middle of the night, and the next day the neighbors call him out for doing that, and they think he is better than them.

Bruce Schneier, "How We Sold Our Souls--and More--to the Internet Giants," 315-322

The main idea in this essay is about the increasing of internet surveillance from our devices and computers. Society is being watched from their devices I agree when the author points out that, "you are being tracked pretty much everywhere you go, by many companies and data brokers: ten different companies on one website, a dozen on another" (Schneier 316). He also mentions about smartphones being able to track humans on their devices as well. have privacy laws to catch up on where the internet is we no longer control our computing environment. It's not reasonable to tell people that if they dont like their data being collected they should stop using email,shop online, their smart phone etc. These are the tools of modern life. Opting out isnt a choice for most people. it's necessary shows us how we are constantly under surveillance with whatever we do. Over the course of the last decade, computers are being imbedded in almost all the items that we use in our everyday life. bringing the problem of internet surveillance to our attention. Internet surveillance has evolved into a shockingly extensive, robust and profitable surveillance architecture. You are being tracked pretty much everywhere you go, by many companies and data brokers"

What does empowerment mean, in the context of education/schooling? In what ways can we say people are (or can be) empowered by education?

The teachers have power over the students The more schooling you have, the more empowered you feel Degrees are credtria- Two people with the same degree have different knowledge Feeling prepared- high school prepares us for college and college prepares us for our degree and field The confidence that you can do that Looked prepared gpa and sats and act scores Shows you are ready for college Different schools have different grading types

What is education what is it for or what is its purpose?

Way your taught knowledge skills Greater knowledge greater skills for jobs What you are taught and not how you are taught The actual facts and ideas is the education rather than the process or product Purpose of education- Help the growth of society Enables everyday activity like communicated effectively Purpose to have a better chance to get a better paying job

Mehrsa Baradaran, from How the Other Half Banks, 391-406

a compassionate examination of how challenging life can be for those whom financial institutions exploit or ignore although he growing conversation on American inequality by its prime causes: unequal credit several barriers keep mainstream banks from serving the poor as the banks dont need the poor the fact that so much money is being spent by the poor to pay for simple financial services that the non poor get for free is a tragedy

Barbara Ehrenreich, "Serving in Florida," 368-381

author decides that taking various jobs such as waitressing and housekeeping will help her to understand what it really is like being someone with a working-class lifestyle. she describes her experience of working minimum wage jobs to "get by" as part of an experiment. It starts with her time working as a waitress at a restaurant called Jerry's (which is located inside a hotel). After working for some time at Jerry's, Barbara gets a second job as a house cleaner for the hotel that Jerry's is located in. She tries to balance both jobs at the same time, She is doing this to show America the impact minimum wage has upon people. While working at Jerry's she gets no breaks (besides bathroom) sending a message to the reader that many working class Americans live in extremely rough conditions. middle and upper class americans take for granted of what they have At many establishments, employees have to provide parts of their uniforms like shoes and pants. These expenses are a hardship for the low-wage worker. Also, many workers do not get regular health care because they have to wait for a plan to kick in. Prescriptions sometimes don't get filled because the medicine is too expensive author ordinarily lives much more comfortably than she did as a waitress, and of course she had an escape hatch from her experiment- she would not serve food or clean rooms forever and could have gone back to her usual life if necessary at any time People living in this situation don't have the opportunity to succeed, and are stuck in a downward spiral of increasing poverty. rag to riches is rare she struggled to pay rent. makes 7.50 an hour She starts to be in constant pain, and takes four ibuprofens before each shift to deal with spasms in her upper back. In her regular life, she'd take a day off with ice packs and resting, but can't afford to do that now. This quote is basically saying that she has no freedom in her job. There is no la-di-da chatting. It's not about socializing or making the customer feel welcome, this is about making money; getting customers to leave quicker so more can shuffle in when they're done.

Mike Rose, "'I Just Wanna Be Average,'" 123-136

author recounts his years in vocational school, also known as the bottom level classes. Rose was placed in these classes by accident, but decided to keep his enrollment with the lower level students. He explains that his teachers act like they could care less about teaching their students and instead use physical violence or a lack of lesson plans to control them. Rose also notes the various personalities of his classmates. He comments that many of them have no desire to learn and are notorious for slacking off, partying, and getting into fights. his homeroom teacher would shake or smack them. those teachers dont care to connect with their students. author comes to find that he deeply admires MacFarland because he genuinely cares for his students and pushes them to work hard. Rose finds himself more interested in school than ever, and eventually MacFarland convinces him to pursue a college education. author tells a story about some of his experiences throughout high school. When he was a freshmen, he got accidently placed in the vocational program also known as the bottom classes. However, he did not fight to get out from the class instead he stayed to make the best of his situation. He described that the teachers in vocational track did not care much for the students. There was lack of lesson plan and had no motivation to teach the students. He also mentioned the various personalities of his classmates. Many of them had no desire to learn rather they were playing and joking around the classroom. Although they all seemed like a mess, Rose noted some of the special qualities that show their true personalities. One classmate that really stood out to Rose was Ken Harvey. He got a call for an opinion in class about working hard to reach achievement- he stated that he just wanted to be average. The quote "I just wanna be average" stayed with Rose for many years. Because of the incompetent teachers, Rose didn't understand the simple knowledge that was usually a piece of cake to him such as to simplify algebraic fractions and to translate Spanish. During his sophomore year in high school, he really enjoyed and did well in biology class with Brother Clint. In his junior year, author got switch to a college prep program. Switching to a college prep program is a difficult transition, however Rose was able to overcome the challenges. In his senior year, he met the most influential person in his life- his English teacher: Mr.MacFarland. At first Rose didn't look upon at him because he seemed like a very messy and unorganized person. However, he used his specialized teaching techniques and motivated the students to learn. The most important point was he cared about the students success. Mr.MacFarland also persuaded and helped Rose get into a college. With Mr.MacFarland's help, he was on his journey to pursuit his educational goals. That's when he came to a point of realizing the importance and the power of knowledge. purpose Teaching methods greatly effect the way students learn Students often feel that they only want to be average The students in vocational education have much lower expectations and therefore do poorly because that‟s what is expected of them. In author's high school experience, I believe he depicts the idea that we shouldn't be afraid of getting far from average. We have the right to deserve a better living. No matter how bleak the future might seem, there is hope and possibility. There is nothing impossible if we try our best to make it happen. Even though author was accidently put into vocational track, he still work on his way to success. In his first year of high school, he didn't do so good in his classes. He even copy homework from his fellow classmates. In his second year, he did very well in biology and his grade improved a lot. Later, he received help from his English teacher Mr.MacFarland and got into a college. The way to be successful is to get far from average. By wanting more in life give motivation to move forward and to move further.

Techology myth

cell phones and the internet has changed our lives for the better technology will only help solve all our problems and make our lives easier. technology can only be beneficial "Americans worry about robots replacing humans in the future as the economy won't create new jobs to replace those lost to automation and that it will worsen economic inequality."

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, "Our Future Selves," 241-257

describe the impact of technology

Jean Twenge, "Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation?" 257-269

discusses the negative effects smartphone usage has created among the young and past generations. teen birth rates hit an all time ow in 2016 since 1991. decline in sexual activity, less dating all screen activies are linked to less happiness the number of teens that go out with their friends has decreased by 40 percent compared to earlier generations. from 2000 to 2015 driving less drinking less, growing up slowier the more time teens spend on smartphones the greater they are at risk for suicide, depression, and loneliness. also explains how teens are not receiving an adequate amount of sleep, many teens now sleep less than seven hours smartphones could be causing depression which leads to lead of sleep or smartphones could be causing lack of lack which leads to depression

Kevin Drum, "You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot--And Sooner Than You Think," 322-332

elaborates on technological advancements of Artificial intelligence AI and how it is detrimental to the workforce of today and our future. Artificial intelligence is advancing as each year progresses and individuals will be unemployed. "Even if AI creates lots of new jobs, it's of no consequence. No matter what job you name, a robot will be able to do it." 2,000 cases of beer was delivered without a driver at the wheel these jobs could be automated during the 2040' 2060's how will we cope in a world where most workers are replaced by robots mass unemployment intelligent robots will be cheaper, faster, and more reliable than humans

John Taylor Gatto, "Against School," 114-123

he compares school to the concept of boredom. "Do we really need school?"(149) He also explores this concept of the question if school is really as necessary as we make it. author expresses how that students and teachers are both bored because students are being taught information that they already know, while teachers are bored because they feel that the students have bad attitudes and don't want to learn but just want good grades. The author tells us his own experience as a student and as a school teacher and felt the same way until his grandpa taught him when he was young that bored is a bad word and that he shouldn't use it because every person in the world can only blame themselves for being bored, and you can't count on other people to make things interesting for you. The author explains that he isn't against education but the school system. He doesn't believe in the five day a week and long hours of class time system that we have. author also goes on to tell about Alexander Inglis's breaking down "the actual purpose"(152) of schooling into six different functions. These functions are the adjustive or adaptive function, the integrating function, the diagnostic and directive function, the differentiating function, the selective function, and the propaedeutic function. The ideas of these functions include not teaching the students interesting things because "..you cant test for reflective obedience.."(152), to make students similar in as many ways as they can, determine the social role of each individual, leading students in the direction that they can succeed in (not any higher than that), to punish the students who don't succeed so that others can see and not follow in that direction to "wash the dirt down the drain"(153), and to train a portion of the students to learn to "watch over and control a population deliberately.."(153). he doesnt think school system is important author goes on to name several successful people through history that were not products of a contemporary school system. Our society is so used to the public school system and it is so engrained in our brains as being something that is necessary author argues that boredom is a major component of our current education system. I agree that it is true, both teacher and students are bored in our current passive system where one is to give, and the other to receive an education. author's advice for a better system of education is to not have a rigid school system, but to provide help to students who are in low-level classes, and update the teachers' teaching strategies, School feels like a prison to them because they are forced to due things they don't want to do but have to in order to get a passing grade. students say the work is stupid, made no sense, or they knew it. teachers- didnt know much about their subjects and werent interested in learning anymore and cause students are bored so are they

Sherry Turkle, "Education: Attentional Disarray," 178-193

how smartphones and social media are changing the way students focus and relate to each other in the classroom. This technology is now disruptin class.we multitask and it makes us feel good. one student mentions that she feels more distracted using an ipad in school.

Sara Goldrick-Rab, "City of Broken Dreams," 210-233

how students struggle with the rising price of college and how the costs of higher education stack the desk against the aspirations of low income students Lots of college students end up dropping out due to the was lack of money. Unable to afford tuition, books, and living expenses, they worked too many hours at outside jobs, dropped classes, took time off to save money, even went without adequate food or housing. In a heartbreaking number of cases, they simply left school not with a degree, but with crippling debt.

Noreen Malone, "Zoë and the Trolls," 285-298

video game developer zoe quinn and her experience of online sexual harassment during the Gamergate incident of 2014. rape threats and death threats her ex boyfriend made a post about her having alleged affair with a number of men working in the video game

Alan Aja, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton, "From A Tangle of Pathology to a Race-Fair America," 382-390

make connections on class and race and lay out the structural barriers faced by people of color, including discriminatory hiring practices, racially segregated jobs, and a wealth gap that delays self- employment from minorities shows data the racial wage gaps between black and whites. deep rooted structural issues proceed to hold back blacks blacks have faced structural barriers to wealth accumulations it was found that in 2014, black employment rate was at 12.0 percent and white people's was at 5.8% in 2012 the unemployment rate for whites with less than a high school diploma was 11.4%, but for blacks with the same educational level the rate was 20.4 % the authors state that people with white sounding names received a fifty percent higher callback rate in comparison with resumes with black sounding names

Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco, "How Immigrants Become 'Other,'" 702-713

our immigrant system is broken tells a lot about the background on why immigrants are having such troubles in our society today trying to get into our country. "There are nearly 3.5 million immediate family members of U.S citizens and permanent lawful immigrants waiting overseas for their visas." (673). There are so many reasons why immigrants flee to the United State as they deal with violence, war, poverty and more and they hope for a better life when they move to America.

Jean Anyon, from "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work," 136-152

points out different classes of schools and how they provide different kinds of education. She compares "working-class schools," "middle class schools," "affluent professional schools," and "executive elite schools." After observing five elementary schools for a full year, Jean Anyon found that "work" means something different for each school. In working-class schools, "work is following the steps of a procedure" (Anyon 140). In middle-class schools, "work is getting the right answer" (143). In affluent professional schools, "work is creative activity carried out independently" (145). In executive elite schools, "work is developing one's analytical intellectual powers" (148) Working class school Mechanical- step by step Going through mentions and steps- not focus on unique capalilbites Not in depth You do what the teachers says What the teachers say is important Wherever or not the teacher cares or not Sometimes it's about the individual Very strict about hall passes Authority is important Time is controlled Kind of jobs Assbility line No question it just do it It's simple doing the steps- it's not about the right answer The process is more important Middle class Lack of creativity Right answer Idk about the process the answer is more important No analysis on why things happen "Honor the bell" The institution is king The teacher care a little more Cautious on explaining reasoning What kind of job- accountant Affluent professional school Creativity and independent Connections between events- look at real life things Not one right answer Things were negotiable meaning rules are less important What kind of jobs are these kids prepare to do- doctor and lawyer Some reason about of control and people Executive elite school Don't be afraid to say you disagree Entertain conflict about something They are responsible in their education and not the teacher Controlling others/ managing others Not about creativity management - do you know the rules of english Whether or not can be used to master other Discussing on independent research Current issues and problems The people who are engaging in these things More freedom These students are meant to do leaders of society According to the school system, the author Suggest that people stay in their lanes usually. explores how schools program students for success or failure according to their socioeconoic status rare for poor people in college to succeed

Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Case for Reparations," 604-631

raises profound questions about the treatment of african americans throughout the nation's history. white supremacy has dominated the black experience and proceeds to cause damge on the bodies of black people virtually every institution with some degree of history in America, be it public, be it private, has a history of extracting wealth and resources out of the African-American community. the lives of black americans are better than they were a half a century ago but the income gap between blacks and whites is nearly the same as it as been in the 1970's. black families are signifcantly less wealthy than whites and black families work without a safety net.

Gregory Mantsios, "Class in America," 347-367

shows us what class a person is and how it affects his or hers life more than they think the workings of economical classes in America are discussed the distribution of wealth in america is highly imbalanced. the gap between upper and lower classes has tripled over the past 3 decades America does struggle with its social class system and the gap between rich and poor is growing everyday. Mantsios shows the wide range of class in America. The rich only make about one percent but make a third of the money gross. There are extreme differences in the lifestyles if each class. Lastly, not everyone is able to succeed with JUST hard work. Not all Americans have the same opportunists if they are born in different classes. It is very hard to get out of a lower class. Being in a lower class present many more challenges than someone who started off in a higher class level. There are even more negative effects of the social classes. Many times people are discriminated because of their race or gender. Statistically certain races are more likely to succeed in finding a job and what not. This creates unfair advantages and discourages the minorities to get out of the lower class. nearly 1 in 8 people live below the national poverty line our opportunity for success is based off class

José Orduña, "Passport to the New West," 687-702

talks about the overhwhelming difficulties faced by migrants who cross the board illegally

Diana Kendall, "Framing Class, Vicarious Living, and Conspicuous Consumption," 415-433

television shows construct a reality of social class that is not an accurate reflection of American society. media heavily impacts how we view the world. upper class stories are usually positive middle class is normal more than faces in the crowd on tvshows. media has little informative on work class issues middle class are the backbone of this nation poor and homeless are protrayed as deserving our sympathy on holidays or when disaster strikes . the poor is blamed for their own problems. stereotypes of the homesless include drug addicts and caught in a hopless downward spiral because of their pathological behavior

Peggy Orenstein, "Blurred Lines, Take Two," 193-209

the campus sexual assault crisis, the number of reported campus sexual assaults nearly doubled between 2009-2013 from 3,264 to 6,016