I just read this article, and I think there are a lot of stereotypes about different races, and what they achieve academically, but situations like this destroy those stereotypes and raise the standards. My eighth grade Spanish teacher showed us a movie, and in the movie a new teacher came to a school that consisted mostly of Hispanics. Most of the kids at this high school did not graduate, and did not go on to college. But this teacher got them to pass Ap calculus, because he believed in them when no one else would, and helped them succeed. This of course was a true story, and I think it does not take a lot to help a student take their academics to the next level, they just need to be backed up and supported by someone, and they have to have a goal to work towards. This article made me think about how much the twenty first century is changing and how much more kids succeed in high school.
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