Module 7

One topic that stood out to me was Mexican Americans in the schools. It seems like many Americans are prejudice towards them and they get the short hand of the stick. I decided that I would do a little research to see why they have been discriminated against for so many years. The first piece of research was an article. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/65841/. On this website it talked about how there was separate facilities for them. They were always under funded, the text books were past down and out dated from other schools; the teachers were not highly qualified and never enough material. By the time schools were segregated in the late 1960s, many of the Mexican Americans started school two years late to help the family around the home. By the time they started school the other children were always ahead of them and they were never able to catch up. Because of this many of them dropped out because there was not hope for them.

The other piece of research I did was a youtube video. I found this interesting because it explained or backed up the previous article that I had looked at. The video was held when all of this was going on and in black and white. Go to youtube and type in “Taking Back the Schools (PT 4).” It is showing high school students protesting due to how Mexican American schools were. They do not have up to date textbooks, desks, chairs, or fully functioning facilities. They were sick of being discriminated against and wanted to do something about it. Believe it or not the cops in the town took it too far and had never experienced a protest which under the constitution is legal. The cops would beat and heat the high school students for not stopping the protest. It was a very sad video to see how this town treated Mexican Americans even though by the constitution everyone is equal.

The other topic I chose to research was women in education. I chose women in education because it was a male job a while back. I feel like women are more powerful now then in the 1800s. I am just amazed to see how far everything has come to what women are allowed to do and that we are actually being treated more equal. I found an article about women working now compared to the 1950s. (http://humanresources.about.com/od/worklifebalance/a/business.women.htm). It was interesting seeing the numbers with today’s numbers. It also talked about how women need to get into higher paying positions to be more powerful. They want us to be educated enough to fulfill those positions in the workforce. I feel that it is possible for more women to get involved into higher paying jobs. It wasn’t too long ago to where women were allowed to work. I feel that we still have a lot of catching up to do towards men but we can do it! Look at how far we have come so far.


The other piece of research I did was another youtube video. When you get on the website type in “American History Revisited: An Original Song by Aaron Cohen. It is actually a funny song but it is so true. It sings about how history of women used to be and how it started to change for them. Then it started singing about the battle of the sexes. It is a must see short video. I loved it even though it was corny. I think that it fits perfectly for what the book was talking about. I loved this part of the research just to let you know!