In my service learning placement I am very excited to see support for all children, of every race, culture and sex! The school in general is very good at supporting English language learners. The school is set up to be a dual immersion school. This is beneficial for both Spanish speaking and English speaking students for many on both ends are learning a new language. Teachers go into their classrooms from the start knowing that they might have students who are unfamiliar with the language of the classroom and are more prepared to provide extra help to those students. And they are given many resources to help them as they learn a new language. One court case that made support for English language learners a priority and a necessity was Lau vs. Nichol. this court case was taken to court by a group of Chinese students in San Francisco where they were told to either sink or swim in a mainstream school. The court judge decided that these students had received unequal treatment and in no way a meaningful education. As a result of this court case a federal law was created to protect these students the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974.
Because of Brown vs. the Board of Education and because of Ruby Bridges I see students of all color in my service learning placement. It makes me so excited to see students from all different races in a classroom together and no one bats an eye. The students don't even notice a difference between them and their peers. They are not scared of each other because of the color of the skin they see. They freely befriend their peers no matter what the color of their skin is. And all students are treated equally by my teacher and given a valuable education! I think this is so exciting because it has not been long since our schools were segregated and we were scared of each other. It is amazing to see the amount of progress we have made!
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