It may not surprise you to know that people with primarily ethnic descent are more likely to drop out of high school before graduation. Unfortunately hispanics are at the top of dropout rates. Although dropout rates have declined, the number of hispanic children and young adults dropping out has not due to an increase of hispanic immigration. The gap between African Americans and Hispanics has begun to close, which is good for the general wellbeing of the United States as a whole. The dropout rate for boys in the hispanic category is 13.9 percent and the rate for girls is 11.3. Unfortunately these statistics only include those who are United States citizens. This means that a lot of Hispanics currently in the United States are not included in these dropout rates.
Reyna experienced many issues in school as a student not literate or communicable in English. She felt left out and unable to communicate or relate to many of her fellow classmates. It was also very hard for her to gain any traction in competition against English students. Her sister dropped out of college to work, and her brother dropped out of college to get married. Her half sister also dropped out. The poverty of hispanic families often means that getting through high school can be an issue because of income. Also, in many Spanish speaking counties school is not a priority. The reason for the higher dropout rate for boys is unclear, but it is most likely because that they are expected to work to support their parents or siblings. There are many more programs for ethic young adults that want to stay in school than there used to be, and education is more valued in society in general from my perspective. Those are two possible reasons for the decrease in dropout rates. I would've thought that the dropout rates would be higher, so it was interesting for me to see the actual numbers. There are a lot of roadblocks for language-barrier children to overcome in schooling, so it is incredible that the dropout rates are so low.
Reyna experienced many issues in school as a student not literate or communicable in English. She felt left out and unable to communicate or relate to many of her fellow classmates. It was also very hard for her to gain any traction in competition against English students. Her sister dropped out of college to work, and her brother dropped out of college to get married. Her half sister also dropped out. The poverty of hispanic families often means that getting through high school can be an issue because of income. Also, in many Spanish speaking counties school is not a priority. The reason for the higher dropout rate for boys is unclear, but it is most likely because that they are expected to work to support their parents or siblings. There are many more programs for ethic young adults that want to stay in school than there used to be, and education is more valued in society in general from my perspective. Those are two possible reasons for the decrease in dropout rates. I would've thought that the dropout rates would be higher, so it was interesting for me to see the actual numbers. There are a lot of roadblocks for language-barrier children to overcome in schooling, so it is incredible that the dropout rates are so low.
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I felt that the connections that you made between Reyna and her siblings and the statistics nowadays were great. You found an interesting statistic, that has percents to show just how many ethnic high schoolers drop out. While it's hard to tell why exactly they drop out, it's a good thing to know.
I think the number of undocumented hispanic dropouts should be counted mainly for the reason so that hispanic children who are thinking of dropping out can think of what an effect they could have on the demographics and encouraging them not to and yes many hispanics do drop out either because they are working and they like the money they earn or because they must support their family.
This was a very good blog I love how you had all of the statistics and it was very different from most of the blogs i've seen. I like how you connected with Reyna and I'm sure that made the book lots more enjoyable than it was for me. I had about zero text to self moments. That is crazy how many undocumented hispanics have dropped out. Again very good blog...Ryan Smith
Very nice blog, your explanations were clear and easy to read. It's interesting to know the dropout rates of our population and the reasons behind them. It's to bad we can't find out the number of non-US citizens dropping out, if we did we might be able to understand their positions further.
I like how you used statistics and numbers. Also I like how you used examples from the book, how Carlos, Mago, and Betty dropped out of school.
In my opinion we can do better about keeping people in schools. I think put forth an effort to give all families a more stable structure. I think then the kids would be more likely to stay in school.
This was a great entry, you had a lot of really good information about the book and statics that we have here in the U.S. I can tell that you put in a lot of work doing your summer reading/blog and you did a good job doing it.
Great post! I love how you made it clear and easy to understand. Also, I like how you included the picture and were able to make clear connections. Lastly, I really enjoyed the facts you included about the dropout rates, I really like how you justified everything.
I like all the facts you put into your blog. what are your facts behind spanish speaking counties not having school being a priority.
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