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Blog #9

We begun last weeks class with everyone sharing their views and our personal experiences that we had at the Tunnel of Oppression. It was great to hear how everyone was affected by the tunnel. I myself feel like the tunnel was a great experience, it really opened my eyes of how much oppression is out […]

Blog #8

Part I: I was unable to attend class last week.   Part II:  The articles this week I found very interesting, they focused on how homelessness affects students’ higher education. The article about Joshua Williams was very interesting, it was incredible to see that although he did not have a permanent type of housing, he […]

Blog #7

Our previous classes consisted of discussing the topic of sexual orientation, where we conducted an activity lead by Jaimie. This activity I found very surprising, at first when we were filling out our stars I did not know what to expect, but as the activity continued it begun to make sense. I was very fortunate […]

Blog #6

Julian started of Friday’s class by taking us through the process of constructing an outline for any type of paper we may have to write in any of our classes. I found his tips very useful, especially since I have a couple of papers coming up due pretty soon. I will most definitely use the […]

Blog #5

In last week’s class Julian started off by giving a power point on how to write and cite a paper in APA format. I found his power point very helpful, especially because I have a couple of papers that are coming up due. The rest of the class we focused on finishing up the presentations […]

Blog #4

Both Hurtado and Torres talk about many of the same perspectives. Both authors provide an insight on how being a Latino/a student differs. Hurtado focuses on more of the statistical numbers regarding the success of Latino students compared to those of White and African Americans. Both authors also talk about how the rise in eligible […]

Blog #2 (:

Lat week’s class consisted of many interesting things, for the first part Julian provided us with reading techniques that we can use for this and any of our other classes. I found many of those techniques very useful, I actually used a couple of them for this weeks readings.  The rest part of the class […]

Blog #1 (:

Last week’s class focused on the presentations that went along with our “Who are you?” papers. I like the fact that this class is smaller than all of my other classes, it makes it easier to get to know all of the people in a class in depth, it makes us sort of a small […]