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166 responses tagged with "college", "discrimination", "education", and "race"
The Failure of Our Affirmative Action System Maxim L., Okemos High School , Michigan In the United States, affirmative action is used to promote diversity in universities. Universities take race into consideration during their admissions process. But how exactly did we get here? Wh... Tagged With education
America: The Dark Side of the Dream Lara A., Staples High School , Connecticut My essay is regarding our country's foundation of the American Dream, and how it eventually influenced my family to emigrate to the States, even in the present day of unjust immigrant laws. Tagged With equality
Ideals in America are but luck and chance, determined by government standards. Lexi Q., ASU Preparatory Academy, Arizona My piece talks about the ideals of rags-to-riches and how as a country we might not be able to achieve that because of governmental standards. Tagged With education
The Italian Perspective Abby G., Royal Oak High School, Michigan The Italian way of immigration. Through family experiences and other perspectives of Italians. What they went through and how they faced them and let it shape them to be who they are. Tagged With immigration , family
Education Problem In America Daniel M., NY-Hudson Valley Writing Project, New York In this article, it talks about how education is not fair or equal for everyone. Also speaks about how you can have an advantage on your education against students your age. Tagged With education
How Does Education Connect to Our American Dream? Daniel, Okemos High School , Michigan A Letter to our Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. Tagged With education
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