Bloggin bout class 3/16

It seemed that in class a lot of numbers and statistics were thrown out at us. However, it seemed the main point I took away from all the presentations was the fact that Hispanics are in school and they are not doing well. It makes me wonder why? Well, in class it seemed that everyone was at the consensus that they were not at very good schools or as we referred to them "Dropout factories." Earlier I talked about my friends being Mexican. My one friend from home was not the best student in school. Most of the time he didn't care I think more because no one really expected a lot of him. I think also, he wasn't a great student because he didn't create that much drama in class. A lot of times students don't want to do work, and they learn that some teachers will let them get away with not doing work if they are quiet and not disruptive. I saw this all the time in my pre-intern class with some students. One kid in particular, would not do work and would not talk. When I would walk over to him and ask him what was wrong he would just think he was getting in trouble and would always defensively say "I'm not doing anything wrong!" Well it was true, I think in some classes teachers are able to let those students slip by because they may have bigger discipline issues with other students. So I think that knowing my friend and knowing his personality, a lot of hispanic students probably find that it is easy to slip by if they are quiet and not disruptive.