Sunday, May 10, 2015

Brown vs. Board of Ed

"Black children were denied admission to public schools attended by white children under law requiring or permitting segregation".
In the 1950's black and white children were not allow to attend the same schools. Legislation made deprived the black minority children of a proper education. At the time of the issue was called "equal protection". As we had observed in prior equality battles we study in history the equality between back an white citizen have been a problem. Nevertheless the battle of an innocent child that wants a fair education and received neglect from the teachers and administrators of the school. What they had called "equal protection" was not to benefit the children it was more an economical benefit for the educational institutions. Also a control system that with in the school the children were placed in different rooms black in a room and white in another, where the better learning techniques was offered to the white and the black children received a minimal skills and remain at a lower IQ than the white children.
The reason I choose this passage was because today we take for granted what we have at our reach. The opportunity to get educated with out limits. Children in the 1950's were starving for knowledge and the government did not allow it and when finally obtained it was limited. In the other hand children in other countries wish they can attend school, and because of economic issues they can not attend. Keeping minority at a stand still, depriving them the opportunity of prosperity and knowledge.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

JFK Inagural Speech 01/20/61

                                                     John F Kennedy 1961

"All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet...
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man".

On the quote JFK is telling the population, as Americans we expect to be serve and provided everything with nothing in return. He wants the citizen to start giving to the US. However he makes it clear tat changes don't haven al of a sudden. will take month's maybe years before something is visible. However that does not mean we have to stop providing. We also notice how he ask the other citizens from the world to start helping the United States in a way of exchange to help each other

I like the quote because as an immigrant I can appreciate what it is provided to us in the United States and we don't appreciate. a good example is Public School is provided to all regardless of race, religion or economic status. Every child in the US have to attend school or else the mother will be in trouble. Another great quality in the school system every child will have breakfast in the morning and a lunch in the afternoon. allowing the child to be focused at the time of class.
In other country like Dominican Republic parents get to send children to school the economy is very low. Some failies consist of maybe 6 children. Mothers have to face the hard decision of sending the child to go sale items to support the family and the education process become not important. Another big problem is that parents have to purchase the uniform, books, notebooks and other school item's. By Americans receiving and not giving in return the sources get wasted and nothing returns to the government leaving a debt unkown an the money loss causes other problem.