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Originally Posted by DareToAct
Very interesting, I have to say that you and your wife are great teachers and I also have to say that there should be more teacher as yourselves in every high school in America, and i have to agree that we are missing a togetherness. I mean growing up I moved a lot, due to constant job changes, and I was never able to keep in contact with a person dealing with my same situation. Perhaps what is needed now is a true understanding of the immigration issue; the consequences at hand. I guess its true that the American people must be educated on such an issue, but at the same time the immigrants (both documented and undocumented) must be as well if there is to be some great change. What bothers me is that when analyzing the dropout rate for immigrants one seems to lose interest in what the immigrant community could achieve in this country. The point is that if there is absolutely no consideration for the immigration community then there is no progress. I feel that what is missing is the right guidance and some sort of representation for the immigrant community. When that is set then perhaps education could become a priority in the lives of many immigrants (documented and undocumented). It is a need to excel that is missing, a need of understanding the reality of what it means to get a quality education. In fact when my parents decided to come to this country the only thing they knew they had to do was work, I mean they were practically poor and anything looked better than being in a country (Peru) where Fujimori was gaining his notoriety, and when they got here they were sure that another law like the one in the 80s would pass. I am not going to blame them, but in some way I am thankful because to tell you the truth I don't know how my life would have been in Peru had I stayed. I mean when I went to school I met people that could have been in my situation that clearly gave up because some of them dropped out just a little after high school started, and I get a angry feeling because there is no flag telling them how lucky they are that they have educational opportunities. And believe me when I tell you that there is a silence within the majority of the teachers, no great amount teachers are willing to take on the issues surrounding them and use them to make a difference withing the student body, by letting them know the importance of an education and the implications of their situations.
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Well what is going to happen is a very rude awaking and people do not want to listen to anyone everyone thinks they have it all figured out and have been waiting on another amnesty bill to come along since 1986. The true divisive part is the economy the state immigration bills are flying around in state legislators right now like I have never seen. My wife and I have decided that it is going to have to come down to people having friends , relatives, children deported before they get it. Horrible way to learn a lesson of stay in school, make good grades, be a humble person and stay as far away from trouble as you can. Its not fair but illegal immigrant children are going to be graded harder when the time comes than regular citizens and like it or not you got to show something. Its has more to do with the parents/family/friends that could do so much more that will make the difference. I have immigrant students in my classes that have tattoos,piercings,crazy hair cuts, baggy khaki pants or jeans that are illegal. These kids are good kids and I know there parents and know they don't get in trouble but what you cant get through to them is everything is perception. If you come around the police in any fashion regardless of how good a kid you are or your good grades the perception your portraying is going to get you in trouble every time. You are in South Carolina , you are not an American ,you do not have the privileges the same as the other people who are. Fair or not it is what it is. But everyone has to learn stuff the hard way but the cost is really high if they get there parents deported or themselves deported. Frustrating if I could just get them out of high school my wife could get them out of Junior high with out any problems it would be so much easier for the Dream act or immigration bill. You could say here is the Dreamers they look like clean cut kids, they have great grades , there in there third or fourth year of college here is there great grades boom let them all have citizenship. But as you know its not the majority of dreamers that are in that situation and those are the ones we got to get pushed to get up to par. Numbers that these legislators use like in the last Dream Act don't lie. The Senators set up there the last time going this is the number that are graduating across the country this is there grades so it is hard to over come that.