Blog #8
Last week Julian began class by informing us about the different clubs that are available on campus. I, myself is involved in a club. I feel really good to for once in my education career be involved in a school club. The past years I couldn’t join clubs because I was working five days a week and balancing my school schedule as well. This is the first time I am doing something besides working, I am in the Ballet Folklorico De CI club. Dancing is always something I have always liked and what better way to express it through this club on campus. However, I think this presentation would have been best if it was presented at the beginning of the semester and not the end of the semester. Later on we talked about the Chik-fil-A article and how the principal from Ventura High School did not allow this franchise to sell its product because it was advocating anti-homosexuality. Regardless of what her decision would have been she would have been judged and criticized by the public any way. I believe that principal made the right choice because she did not see only the business part of this fundraiser but also the humane side of it as well.
In the article From Homeless to college grad, it talks about the struggle that Joshua Williams overcame of being homeless and not giving up on obtaining a college education. It was his pride that did not allow him to ask for help. So he would spend nights over at friends house, sleep out on the street, sleep in the library, and sneak into a dorm to shower. However this all changed when he managed to speak up about it in his junior year. An advisor managed to get him help to pay for books and to live in a dorm as well. This all happen simply because he put his pride aside and admitted reality. In the next article, Where are the poor students it is an interview between Adam Howard and Arthur Levine and they discuss many issues in regards to poor student and education. A quote that stood out to me was “For poor people, education is a ritual without consequences.” It is basically saying that poor people see education and don’t look at the advantages and disadvantages of attending such institutions that they forget about the consequences such as student loan debts. A lot of poor students that come from poor families will not commit to taking out a student loan which in most cases it is double the amount of what there parents make in a year. I also liked how this two individuals discussed about possible solutions into how they can make poor students feel more welcome onto school campuses and how they can advocate for schools to provide more resources and help.
