The Role Of Education In The 1960's

We make decisions early in our lives that have a massive impact on our future. It has always been a passion of mine to touch the lives of the youth in a great and positive manner. What better way to live out this passion than being an advocate for the generation to come. It is my goal, to inspire and aide a generation of students in achieving their goals. I believe that School Counseling will give me the opportunity to do so. My personal and work experiences influenced my motivation to become a School Counselor. Through my years of experience I have overcame many challenging obstacles but they all worked together in the end for the better. In example, the first university that I attended after high school was Valdosta State University. When I attended VSU, my approach of learning was extremely nonchalant. After some life struggles I decided to relocate to Atlanta. Upon moving, I made a promise to myself that I had to finish what I stated back in Valdosta. My outlook on learning had become more meaningful. I enrolled in Atlanta Technical College and this is where my hungry for an over average GPA began. Once I began this journey, deciding to focus in Early Childhood and Education, like any other college student, I faced difficulties adjusting myself to university’s requirements. Eventually I became more confident and showed much more interest in the change. I worked harder, and received high grades, which boosted my ambition to perform better. In my last quarter at Atlanta

Many people think of education as a ladder of opportunity, a way for them to advance themselves and to escape their adversity. “Education” is a collection of stories that relays the educational experiences of the authors and their families in the 1940s-1960s, a time when education and certain career opportunities were not readily available for everyone. For some, bias and discrimination discouraged them from getting access to education. Women were restrained by the conventional view that women should confine to “traditional” careers such as teaching or nursing. Sandy Garrett recounts how young women in the 1950s and 1960s essentially had three choices upon high school graduation: nurse, teacher, or homemaker in “Strength of a Tall Oaktree.”

The choices we make early in life have an enormous impact on our future. I have always known that I wanted to directly impact people’s lives and my personal experiences have set me on the school-counseling path. In the future, I would love to influence another generation of students to soar for their dreams.

to be blessed with everything that I have did. The only thing I would change is being a

Education is any person’s key to success. Without education, individuals can’t reach their fullest

ask them in and trust that they would take care of me was a whole different story. He joined the

The 1960’s and early 1970’s were a time that eternally changed the culture and humanity of America. It was a time widely known for peace and love when in reality; many minorities were struggling to gain a modicum of equality and freedom. It was a time, in which a younger generation rebelled against the conventional norms, questioning power and government, and insisting on more freedoms for minorities. In addition, an enormous movement began rising in opposition to the Vietnam War. It was a time of brutal altercations, with the civil rights movement and the youth culture demanding equality and the war in Vietnam put public loyalty to the test. Countless African-Americans, Native-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, women, and college students

During the sixties, many different happenings happened in many parts of the world. Every country had different environments and economic situations. People also

The 1950’s was the foundation of ending separation in schools. During 1954, the Supreme Court examined the Brown vs. the Board of Education, which recognized that ethnic or racial separation of adolescents in public schools desecrated the Fourth Amendment. This amendment defends people from irrational searches and seizure and obliges any authorization to be sensibly authorized and maintained by credible reasoning. Since the 1950’s the most notable federal involvement in public education has been the No Child Left Behind legislation passed during the George W. Bush administration during in the 2000’s. It mandated that all schools that received monies from the federal government had to participate in mandatory standardized testing. The Act interchanges

My college counselor would get me paperwork faster than she would for the students who were “average” or “at risk”. I honestly, did not trust my college counselor enough to help me during my admissions unless I really needed it. The person who helped me through the majority of my college process was my homeroom teacher, Ms. Fuentes. I honestly believe she was the main reason why I got to UCLA because she worked with me one-on-one with my personal statement and my application; she even helped me answer the supplemental questions. Ms. Fuentes became my personal cheerleader during my senior year, I honestly believed she helped me because she saw a reflection of herself and she knew I had high ambitions and

At the beginning of the 60’s new black groups started to form there was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who were headed by Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael and James Meredith. During one of their marches to protest against the 1965 Voting rights Act Meredith got shot. Also during this march Carmichael came up with the slogan “black power” which he would later use to help empower the group that he switched to in 1967 the Black Panther Party.

There was a big fight and they became disappointed in me. Ever since they decided not to pay for my scholarship.

My parents chose my career, and what college I would be attending. I never knew how to stand

Looking back, I now have higher expectations about the duties of a school counselor and acknowledge the areas in which the counseling department at my school lacked. Most notably being that I was never given any traditional form of counseling. Unfortunately, I think this is due to the this growing field having not yet obtained its identity of a counseling emphasis. I knew that I could go to my counselor for academic advisement, I was sure that I would get more assistance if I struggled with my classes, but I do not believe that my counselor took an active approach of inquiring about mental health. Instead the counseling department seemed focused on student’s only when grades were down.

My parents weren’t particularly pleased with my decision at first, however, they supported my decision to re-enter the public school system in the end.