blog post 8

In last weeks class Julian talked about the variety of clubs offered at ci,I thought It was good way to start class.The presentation got my attention ,and also got me thinking about maybe joining a club in the future. For the rest of the class we focused on gender inequality and  eventually we got into groups and shared ideas on the article The new approach for non conforming youth. We also focused on the Chik-fil-a and why the principle of the Ventura high school decided to ban chik fil a was it because of her personal feelings because she herself is part of the LGBT community or other unknown reasons,.I think if I was in her position I would have done the same because  a company like chik fil a is well known and the owner was very open about being  against LGBT and since they were going to be with high school students they might think its o to think that way because they are on campus selling their product. But I can also see why people were outraged as well because even though the chik fil a owner has his opinion they would  not actually be talking about LGBT communities in the actual fundraising  and also because this may have helped the school financially because of this people thought she was being selfish.

This weeks readings we  focused on students with low socioeconomic status it was interesting to learn the reality some people face when they are faced with not only being poor but being homeless and trying to pursue a higher education. The article about josh Williams was inspirational because we never really stop and think about students that may be actually going through this situation, I for example never thought a homeless person would even think about education when they don’t have basic needs. Williams was committed not only was he homeless but most incredibly almost no one knew what was actually going on. The fact that in the long run he succeed it really proves anything is possible if you believe in it, now he only has the memories of those days when he used to walk down the bridge all night as a homeless college student. In the article Homeless: How residential instability complies students lives I was really amazed to learn that their is 3.5 million people experiencing homelessness each year, sadly we choose to look away or don’t know how to help. The article talked about he challenges homeless students face because partly of the Vento homeless assistance act that focuses mainly on younger children and few protections for students attending postsecondary institutions. For this reason it is imperative for schools to partner with organizations that support homeless students. Another article that I found was interesting was the article called College access for the working poor I learned that the working poor adults face financial challenges but most importantly they never really had the knowledge about the steps needed to prepare academically  and financially for higher education.