Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Pursuiting A Dream
The DREAM Act has been a hot topic in the past days. Ever since the House of Representatives passed it, the current media burst will probably raise even more awareness, but I'm worried that many against the bill will try to portray the bill as something harmful to America.
I know the year is coming to a close, so I'm going to put up who I plan to invite to be on my panel to evaluate me by May, when my project comes to an end: Chinquapin teacher Andrew Prince, who knows a lot about government since he went to Harvard, mentor Gardner Dudley, Tim Holm who knows a lot about the demographics of immigration in America, and Pedro Villalobos.
They are mainly going to evaluate how efficiently I have tried to raise awareness on the bill, which is the main purpose of my project. Most importantly, I have to get across the message that this is for the benefit of America.
As of now, I feel like I know a lot about the controversy around the DREAM Act, and why some media portrays is as a "nightmare". Most of this is because of people being misinformed about the bill. Some people think that the DREAM Act, is a free ticket to citizenship for illegals. Well, it's not a ticket, and it's not free at all. The bill won't give illegals citizenship, it will only open the doors for many of them. Mostly these are Republicans, but I have been glad to see some Republicans that are in favor of the Dream Act are so because they are well informed about the DREAM Act.
I am planning on getting the school involved. After my presentation on the DREAM Act at school to a small portion of students, I wouldn't mind giving it in front of a larger crowd. I also want to get the school involved, I'm going to start out by writing an article on the Burr, and then probably give a speech to the entire school during circle ceremony. After that I'm going to get the students to write letters to their representatives and senators. I'll see what's comes up after that.
I know the year is coming to a close, so I'm going to put up who I plan to invite to be on my panel to evaluate me by May, when my project comes to an end: Chinquapin teacher Andrew Prince, who knows a lot about government since he went to Harvard, mentor Gardner Dudley, Tim Holm who knows a lot about the demographics of immigration in America, and Pedro Villalobos.
They are mainly going to evaluate how efficiently I have tried to raise awareness on the bill, which is the main purpose of my project. Most importantly, I have to get across the message that this is for the benefit of America.
As of now, I feel like I know a lot about the controversy around the DREAM Act, and why some media portrays is as a "nightmare". Most of this is because of people being misinformed about the bill. Some people think that the DREAM Act, is a free ticket to citizenship for illegals. Well, it's not a ticket, and it's not free at all. The bill won't give illegals citizenship, it will only open the doors for many of them. Mostly these are Republicans, but I have been glad to see some Republicans that are in favor of the Dream Act are so because they are well informed about the DREAM Act.
I am planning on getting the school involved. After my presentation on the DREAM Act at school to a small portion of students, I wouldn't mind giving it in front of a larger crowd. I also want to get the school involved, I'm going to start out by writing an article on the Burr, and then probably give a speech to the entire school during circle ceremony. After that I'm going to get the students to write letters to their representatives and senators. I'll see what's comes up after that.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
US Education Chief backs the DREAM Act
I am starting to hear more and more positive media on the DREAM Act. A recent article from AFP Google shows that even the US Education Chief has his reason's for supporting the bill.
According to the article, Most of the reason why the DREAM Act is important to American education is because it points America in the right direction. The U.S. has lost its rank of highest college graduation rate, and in order to be back in competition with countries like China, the DREAM act will act as a catalyst and boost the number of college graduates.
This makes sense because the DREAM Act will likely open up places not just for 1st tier colleges, but also to many community colleges that have quite a lot of room for more students.
According to the article, Most of the reason why the DREAM Act is important to American education is because it points America in the right direction. The U.S. has lost its rank of highest college graduation rate, and in order to be back in competition with countries like China, the DREAM act will act as a catalyst and boost the number of college graduates.
This makes sense because the DREAM Act will likely open up places not just for 1st tier colleges, but also to many community colleges that have quite a lot of room for more students.
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