Coates 'Black History Month'

Kozol uses tone and diction to emphasize pathos in his article. Kozol chooses words that show the disarray of the school, such as “converted storage closets” (2005, pg. 716) and “unsanitary physical conditions” (2005, pg.719). These words show the disarray because of the connotation associated with them in society, those phrases and others give most people an uneasy feeling, especially when talking about a high

There are several examples from the novel where circumstances refer to school and knowledge that are socially criticized. The first example involves the schooling in this society.

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the academic and educational bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of this school building, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of administration entitles them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they have to declare the causes which don’t necessarily impel them to the Dress-code Law.

1. Pay attention to Nick's judgments. What do they reveal about his character that he does this (especially in relation to his opening comments)?

At Hazelwood High School, they do things differently than at my school. At Hazelwood, most of the people worry about themselves and nobody else. Most of the school doesn’t get good grades and the school does not do anything about it. One day in English class Andy walked out when they were reading Macbeth because it was too emotional for Andy to handle. His friends were concerned and told the school counselor. They said, “But… but… it seems like… like… he needs help or somethin’.” Then the counselor said, “Well, I probably shouldn’t tell you boys this, but he is getting some outside counseling… So you boys can relax and be assured that he is getting whatever help he needs”(100). At Harrisburg High School, if someone had an issue like that, the counselors and teachers would be concerned, even if the person was getting outside help. Another thing about education that is different than mine is the school. In Ronda’s English homework, she wrote, “Our school building must have been built about a million years ago, because it was brown and tall and raggedy-looking, but it fit right in with the rest of the day”(16). At my high school, we are very fortunate to have a very new building to learn inside of. At Hazelwood High, they were not fortunate enough to have a new high school be built. Culture and education are very important pieces of people’s

“…Superintendent James Agostine called to offer an empty school that was a godsend” (Six Months). My thesis relates to this because since they had a plan after this they could get back and rolling with the no academic interruption. The school had many volunteers who helped out to rebuild the community with help from the Red Cross. Without these people helping out and giving food to the victims’ families, the city would have been in chaos with the families being very upset (‘Six Months”). Although people may be mad at the superintendent, it’s not his fault and he wants to help the families and help everyone rebound from this tragic event (Gay). Many parents were furious at the superintendent for not saving their children but he’s in as much pain as they are. Although Sandy Hook shooting was a tragic day in history, society benefitted by better

The diction of the book is colloquial, which gives the text a tone that suggests the seriousness of Coates’s message as well at the importance of it being received by the audience. His conveyance of the dire situation African Americans face isn’t veiled in scholarly language. It’s clear and concise and as such the text doesn’t feel journalistic or a mere retelling of facts and figures. The narrative is empirical, relating authority from a place of authenticity, as Coates is African American, did grow up on the impoverished streets of Baltimore, and had experienced violence both first and second hand, whether it was

10. How is life in Montag 's house very different from that of Clarisse 's house?

African-American history are those events that started with the first slave ships from Africa to the Caribbean Islands and carry through their journey as a people both individually and collectively to today's societies across the Americas.

Consequently, the rational step taken is to deconsecrate schools into outwardly irreversible place of esteemed value of social order (Kozol, 3). He further noted many ways of opening the issue in complete observation of the class, which he believed can be attained by the quotation of many respected people’s word, such as Horace Mann who was diffident in articulating the real utility of public schools. Nonetheless, he also provided some other ways of embarking on this which he conscientiously noted that has exposed their conjecture of public schools as adults (Kozol, 4). Additionally, he said the best way of achieving this is by disseminating this purpose to students through dialogue as recommended by Doris Lessing (Kozol 4). Finally, he stated that there is no deceit of learning to be a responsive, affectionate or sympathetic person.

Coates ultimately poses the demand for reparations as a means for blacks to finally have justice served against the crooked system that existed in America. In his argument, he tries to justify reparations by giving a detailed progressive timeline of the continuous discrimination of African Americans after slavery was abolished. There are several ways that Coates executes his argument on the racial discrimination towards African Americans to make them inferior to white supremacists. He does this by using text from famous literature to pursue an ancient justification of reparations. Another way he does this is by using the life of Clyde Ross to illustrate racial discrimination on a personal level. The final way is by describing the idea of institutional slavery against blacks and the many ways white supremacists, or those in high powered positions would take advantage of blacks.

As mentioned in previous chapters the need to teach multiculturalism among young children. There are many misconceptions about multicultural teaching. For example, Bill Howe presents misconceptions about this theme and there were a few that were interesting such as, tour and detour approaches as appropriate in multicultural education. For example, Black history month is when many schools celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans. It is great to celebrate the accomplishments of the diverse population in the United States, but why celebrate it one a year. Maya Angelou once remarked that she will be glad when Black History Month is no longer necessary. When all Americans are sufficiently a part of our courses of study and daily instruction,

Earl Lloyd was born in April 3,1928 and died February 26,2015.He grew up at Alexandria Virginia.He was American Professional Basketball player.He was raised by his father name Theodore Benjamin Lloyd and mother name Daisy Mitchell Lloyd in Alexandria .His father worked at a coal industry and his mother stayed home taking care of him.His parents teached him to be a good student and a good athlete at Lisle Crouch Elementary school and Parker Gray High school.Lewis Randolph,his coach enrolled him to West Virginia State University after his graduation.He played for the Yellow Jackets and led them to 2 CIAA Conference and a tournament championship.

Our class walked to the library and I pictured my favorite corner. We arrived and began to branch off. Some went to the magazines, others to the Judy Blume or Junie B. Jones books that made our childhood, but me, I kept walking. As I got closer, my heart raced, and my body went faster, without meaning to, out of pure exhilaration for the knowledge that I could possibly absorb. Sitting down, I nuzzled my back against the adjacent shelves and picked up my favorite, Atlas of Human Anatomy. It didn’t matter that I was in fourth grade. I went page by page, studying everything I could within the small amount of time given in the library. The sound of the teacher yelling, “Five minutes everybody,” just made me want to go faster, assuming that I would forever retain everything I saw. If only that was how it worked.

That is a valuable and entailed response to the fact that we as the student’s educators, we try to teach what are the school polices, procedures, and requirement’s while in their campus. Yet many times the student’s culture takes a toll on the day to day operation of a student’s day of instruction. When a student is till they need to do a certain responsibility to the polices. They tend to act like they must follow the rule their parents have installed in them. Schools are as well required to hold the students accountable for their actions but reality is in the times of today, parents tell their student that they make the rules and they need to follow them. There is a passage in the book that direct to the parents. Boston Prep students, teachers,