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Originally Posted by scteach22
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.
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Very true indeed, perhaps what we need is to bring to light the significanse of pushing kids to finish school and go beyond that; to have that process become part of the catalyst towards dealing with this country's broken immigration issue. I have been here for more than fifteen years of my life and I understand that I am already an individual worthy of having citizenship status and I see that that is not going to come about easily. Your absolutely right that we will be graded harder and perhaps that is the reality of immigration in this country. It is hard and now that I am older I see that it becomes harder, but the fact that the DREAM Act even exists gives hope towards the fact that this country acknowledges the presence of kids willing to accomplish things. I put all my heart into my education because I saw the way my parents worked, and how they would sacrifice themselves just to pay the rent and they continue to do that even though they have decided to go their separate ways. I wanted to break that. I wanted to be their hope and the result of their hard work, and it is sad to say that I can't do that, yet. Yes it is right that I learned the hard way and I feel that part of my freedom is being taken away, but the fact is that there needs to be greater organizations better considerations towards the immigrant people, this may be a hardship, but there is something that can always be gained that can make life more worthwhile and stronger. Perhaps the students that are willing to fight for the DREAM Act are the ones that will be the leaders towards the kids that just need to that extra little push or help towards dealing with their situations.