“More high schools across the nation are offering Advanced Placement courses to help students get into college and get ready for its academic rigors. In the process, however, many minority students who often need help most urgently are missing out”
I really think that even though we try very hard for things not to be biased in life, they really are. I think that even though we try to not be prejudice about things we are. I do no think that we give minorities a chance to be all that they can be. I really think that America tries to be the best that it can be and give everyone an equal chance to be all that they can be but this does just not always happen. This really is the case with how things are in schools today, I do not think that the minority children are given a chance to succeed and be considered for things that top students are up for such as AP classes. They are not given the chance to even try to be in these classes like most other students. I think that we have stereotypes of what patients that these students can live up to. We think that just because they look the way that they look on the outside we know what learning potential they have and this is just not the case. I think we, as teachers need to push each and every student in our school to be the best that they can be no matter what they look like or where they come from. In this article it is proven that minorities are not strongly represented in these AP classes. But it is shown that when they are in these classes they do well in them and take the final test and also do well on that. This just goes to show that if these students are given a chance they can live up to top expectations. There are statistics from all over our country that show that we are not giving these minority students enough of a chance to be part of these AP classes. I think that if we did give them a chance they would show us that they too like other students can do well in these classes, learn a lot and perform well on these tests to get a ahead and prepare for college. All in all I really think that we need to give each and every student in our schools and equal chance to take part in these AP classes and help each and every student to live of to their top potential.
The article . . .Advanced Placement Tests Are Leaving Some Behind
