Ron Suskind's A Hope In The Unseen

The Hollow Hope by Gerald Rosenberg is based on one research question. That question is: Can the Court bring about significant social change? In examining this question Rosenberg presents two different views of the Court. The dynamic court view believes that the court is an excellent catalyst for social change while the constrained court view believe that there are constraints in place that prevent the court from making significant change. The constrained court believes that it is only when these constraints are lifted and certain conditions met that the Court can have an effect on social change.

Chapter 1: In the first chapter Robbins introduces the students she followed along with the overachiever culture that has rearranged high schools only purpose into getting students into the most prestigious Colleges and Universities rather than the school that would be the best fit for each student.

“I have not lost faith in God [despite] moments of anger and protest; sometimes I have been closer to him for that reason.” Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel explains the struggle of his changing beliefs in God during the Holocaust in his memoir Night. In Night, Elie Wiesel, a religious boy, is taken to several concentration camps along with other Jews, and separated from everyone in his family except for his father. He and his father live dangerous lives in the concentration camps, from being beaten, watching other prisoners die, and being close to death, until eventually Elie’s father dies and the camp is liberated. As Elie Wiesel’s time in the Holocaust lengthens, his devoutness in God begins to diminish.

The increase in world population, has resulted in many area’s referring back to the population law. Among the hidden, By Margaret Peterson Haddix tells a story about an illegal third named Luke. In the beginning, Luke is clueless about why he’s the only kid in his family that has to hide, he just goes by his parents orders. In the middle, Luke meets another illegal child named jen who feels differently about hiding and shows Luke the world he has been missing out on for twelve years. In the end, Luke get’s a fake I-D in the name of Lee Grant and attends private school.

In the story “I Just Wanna Be Average” the author Mike Rose argues that society very often neglects and doesn’t see the full value and potential of students.

Rudy’s best friend was the only one who believed he could. Though Rudy’s grades were not great in high school; he worked hard to get decent grades in college. Rudy was given the opportunity to attend a community college to earn better grades that would get him into Notre Dame. Rudy studied endlessly to get B’s and A’s in his classes. The road to reaching my goal is a difficult one. To develop a story will be a long, difficult process and I will struggle with scenes and character development. My goal will be difficult to achieve, but I will never stop working hard to achieve my

¨There was a law against luke. Not him personally everyone like him, kids who were born after their parents already had two babies (pg 6)¨. Would you like a law against you? Among the hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix clearly shows that dictatorship is horrible. In this novel Luke is not allowed to leave the house or be seen. Luke leaves the house in cover and meets a girl the same as him she can't go anywhere so she tries to convince luke to rebel to be like regular people with her but he is to nervous. Luke shows the character traits of brave, jealousy and adventurous as he hides in the shadows.

The motivation I was effected with from reading this book caused me to change my behavior especially, academically. Rudy devoted his time having twelve hour study sessions, worked with others that’s outside his crowd, and didn’t let his kolohe past ruin what he has approaching his way. “He explained that my application was excellent, my MCAT score was solid, and I wouldn’t have a problem getting into “somewhere”.” In the beginning of college, Rudy would have not expected to be anywhere, let alone out of Hawaii. He got a full scholarship at Creighton, and was headed to Nebraska. Although Rudy didn’t have any faith in himself, this book helps motivate me to start believing in myself.

Leading a meaningful life meant breaking away from the fear of criticism or rejection; conforming to society limits Illgunas’ definition of life. Illgunas’ suburban upbringing makes the danger of social conformity clear to him. Surrendering to society would consequently cause him to completely lose himself. After graduating from high school, Illgunas and his classmates follow the conventional path towards a higher education. Illgunas explains, “My high school class and I moved like a school of fish: we graduates were capable of going off on our own, in whatever direction we chose, but something demanded we all swim as one…” (6-7). Parallel to the claim Illgunas makes, graduates that do not attend college are stigmatized. Society has created a paradigm: after graduating high school, students should attend a traditional four year university, and then enter the “career world.” In Illgunas’ perspective, people in

Social change comes from a societies understanding and acceptance of controversial topics, laws that enforce social norms and the politics that play a role in such change. The author Gerald Rosenberg of “The Hollow Hope” believes that the Supreme Court is able to bring about social change. Rosenburg main argument seemed to be questioning if a courts ruling that had once been accepted and had standing for several years were to be over turned, would the environment outside of the courtroom suddenly change and be accepting of their division.

Civil rights were a big deal during 1954 to 1968. Some famos people included in the Civil Rights were Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King Jr. An individual Event or person can change society because if someone gave a speech (Martin Luther) about how something needs to stop and people treat others fairly, then people will see/hear this and tell other people and end the problem. In the article “The Many and the Few” by J. Patrick Lewis, he talks about how one woman changed history forever. Rosa Parks story began when she got on a bus and sat down but, little did she know i was the biggest mistake. A white gentleman asked her to mover and go to the back but, she rufused. The bus driver called the police on her and she was arrested for rufusing to give up her seat. She has been known for her courage to stand up for her rights and was given an award by Bill Clinton.

Preparing for education is something that is surrendered to set us for what the world will be like in the future. From different points of view this was the inverse Cedric was given at his auxiliary school at Frank W. Ballou Senior High. This auxiliary school was in a standout amongst the most exceedingly frightful in neighborhoods of Washington D.C. The school had low scholastics and not a lot of kids were on the Honor Roll divider. Cedric was a continuing on understudy; nevertheless, he was never in the company of his father and received no motivation from his school, he also did not have any role models in his life. This later set limitations in the matter of how well he adapted to class since he troubled that he wouldn't make friends and expected to work twice as hard as others due to his knowledge

In the book “David and Goliath Underdogs, Misfits, And the Art of Battling Giants”, written by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell depicts a story of Caroline Sacks’ college experience. To enumerate, Caroline Sacks was an intelligent student who was in love with science and whose dream college institution was to attend the Ivy League, Brown University. However, due to the fact that Brown is a very prestigious and very selective school, she applied to the University of Maryland as well; she considered Maryland as her back up plan. She was accepted to Brown, than began struggling academically at Brown. She began giving up her dreams of science because she was struggling in her organic chemist class. Alternately, she could’ve got an A in the class instead of a –B than dropping it; it’s several things she could’ve took into consideration instead of dropping the class, and giving up on being a scientist. Regardless of all of the statistics that Gladwell shares in the book that proves that this behavior of relative deprivation is far too normal, she could have surpassed this feeling if she would’ve actually took the time to reflect on what she could do to improve her grade instead of just stressing out, than dropping the class all together.

Our education system is perhaps one of the most complex institutions in the United States. Students are taught to be their most authentic selves but yet are told to think a certain way. In reality, students really don’t have the freedom to be their genuine identity. Our society tells us that a typical student speaks the language, excels in all areas of study, and loves to read. Children who do not fit this mold are often at a disadvantage and do not attain the same acceptance. In the essay, “Achievement of Desire” Richard Rodriguez was a first generation immigrant from Mexico. His parents spoke little English, and had no education. Automatically, his family is an outcast. Throughout Rodriguez’s schooling career he learned to fit the perfect mold of the “typical” American student. He finds himself to be in an internal struggle between social versus family isolation, authenticity and finding his place in the American society.

As a high school senior, the pressure to pick the school that will provide me with both a good social and academic experience is on. For someone like me, I would be content with going to a good state school to save money. But for other students, Ivy League is the only option. These same students and their parents strongly believe that an Ivy League education is the principal to the finest opportunities in life. William Deresiewicz claims they do not give a remarkable social experience nor do they allow room for students to think themselves. In his article, “ Don’t Send Your Kids to the Ivy Leagues”, he uses his status and personal anecdotes to persuade the reader of just that.