Psy/270 Week 4 Assignment

Born in the state of California to two Mexican parents my primary language was Spanish. My parent believed that learning English would be second nature because of the environment around me. It was extremely important to them as their first born to know the language that was inherent to me by the blood that runs in my veins. Therefore, when the time came to get enrolled into school my mother opted out for English only thought classes. It wasn’t until Mrs. Ledezma my third grade teacher suggested to my mother that it would be a benefit to transition into in all English class. She specifically said “A Spanish class such as mine is for children that are just arriving from other countries and do not know the English language, your daughter was privilege to be born here. Don’t take away an opportunity to

“Language is power. If you cannot understand or be understood you have no power. You are at the mercy of everyone.” – (Rudat, 1994, Stow, Dodd 356) Should Americans be required to learn Spanish as a second language? The construction of our nation stands on documents written in English, however English is not our official language nor has it ever been. America is a “melting pot” in which English is the most prominent language, followed closely by Spanish. Requiring Americans to learn Spanish is a great controversy; I strongly believe that it should be a requirement, because it improves academic achievements, career success, and cultural and social understanding. The controversy has great counter arguments such as the double standard Americans are held to, and further division of the country. Regarding the counterarguments, I still firmly believe that it should be a requirement because the integration of a second language in our schools is more beneficial to our country’s success as a whole.

The writer Paul addresses the Galatians, "Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. and he goes on to explain to them, "Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead be filled with the Holy Spirit. The scripture also tells us to, "Cast all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded and alert. Your advisary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your

After reading through the chapter on the DMIS stages (denial, defense, minimization, acceptance, adaptation, and integration), I would say that personally, I fall under the “acceptance” stage. “This stage represents an individual’s ability to recognize and appreciate cultural difference in terms of both people’s values and their behavior” (Cushner, McClelland, Safford, Pg. 152). As it states, the individual experiencing acceptance is “beginning to demonstrate the ability to interpret phenomena within a cultural context”, I believe that this is a fitting sentence for myself. Being that I am from a rural prairie town in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma, and the only people where I lived were other Senecas like my family and friends, I did not experience a cultural shock until I was in the sixth grade and had moved to Florida. In this town in Oklahoma, it was rare to even see someone described as “white”, as racial prejudice is still rampant throughout Oklahoma against Natives and basically, everybody who isn’t. I was taught to be accepting and welcoming throughout my life, and I believe that made the transition into a new cultural system much easier.

Upon doing more research I found a website that names and explains 6 different types of motivation.

1. He ___________________ a professional musician. He plays the violin so badly. 2. He _________________ lots of money.

Dad would like for him to continue to make academic progress. Mom would like for him to get more help with reading and math since he continues to struggle in both areas.

For confidentiality, I will use pseudonyms for the students I chose to profile. The first student I chose was Emma. When I began my field experience in February, Emma had just started third grade at Washington Elementary. She was from a well-educated family and was said to have been homeschooled. Emma was intriguing to me, because academically she was very behind and barely knew how to spell, use conventions and struggled to read and write. She was very sweet, but it was evident she was timid, which was probably due to being new as well as behind academically. The second student I chose is Connor. Connor was a very sweet student, but at times struggled in school. One of the main reasons why I chose Connor was because he reminded me of how my

It is difficult to believe that this is already week three of this course, maybe the saying of how quick time can fly by when it is doing something fun is slightly true. In all actuality one has never really thought of math as fun, however, when the so-called light bulb goes from being dim to slightly a bit brighter it does provide a sense of gratification that just possibly one is, getting it or in the very least some of it. This week’s topics that covered discrete and continuous variables along with the various probability distributions was to say the least interesting and somewhat of a challenge. Yet, the more I read peers responses to the discussion questions and additional reading it was a bit clearer although, it is of the belief that one is not one hundred percent on some of it. With that being said, there was as mentioned moments which the light bulb became a bit brighter; when one could relate to the bell shape curve concept and the new concept of Altman’s z-score formula.

As the new assistant superintendent for human resources, Sarah Olivia has been tasked with assisting in the development of board policies in relation to the district’s strategic planning effort. In order to accomplish this task, Dr. Woods, the district’s superintendent, directed Ms. Olivia to set up the appropriate committees needed to develop the policies. The process needs to be completed in a timely manner.

Week nine at Wild Dunes Resort consisted of 5 mid shifts: 10:00AM – 6:30AM again. This scheduled compiled with the capstone course and the project requirements has been a challenge as I have no off days and am not allowed to ask for any until April 10th which marks the end of the official spring break season. Juggling and organizing and obtaining very little sleep has become the norm for this last semester at Trident. I am definitely anticipating the end of this semester so life can return to some form of normalcy.

I did not speak up. I kept quiet. Yet still, I recall memories of this event and say, had I known.

From the moment I skimmed the reading list for PSYC 300, I knew I wanted to write, in part, about the concepts of deceiving our perception that were to be discussed by Richard Wright. Through other PSYC, COGS, and PHIL courses, I’ve become fascinated with perception, and the idea that we trust what we see, given how fallible our perceptual system can be. I’ve also been interested, since about 2013, in virtual reality (VR) technology. At an industry event, I was able to test an early edition of the Oculus Rift VR headset; from the moment it was in place, and I was able to freely rotate my head in a new environment, I become engrossed in the sensation that I was no longer in the event hall, but rather in a dungeon, hunting Medusa. That I could

The United States school systems have tried and still to this day, find ways to help Immigrants to assimilate into the culture and the language of the country. Teachers spend countless hours trying to stay within the curriculum, while teaching English language learners to stay par with their peers who are native to the country. One way to help students assimilate the second language would be to utilize the student’s first language to teach a second language. All the while there are some pros and cons to this approach.

A monolingual mother walks into a Mexican restaurant with her monolingual daughter. Two Mexican waitresses converse about the weather. “They’re talking about us,” the mother explains to her young in her native and only tongue. Little does the daughter know, but her mother is not only fluent in English—but in xenophobia as well. Many Americans see no point in bilingual elementary education because they view math, reading, and appeasing the system to be of higher value. However, learning a foreign language in elementary school takes advantage of the human critical period for language acquisition, meets other countries in their education systems—catching the United States up with the rest of the developed world, and provides abundant cognitive benefits that improve learning in various aspects.