Becoming Something Diferent

This article remind of hunger of Memory. Both were from Latino background but Richard Rodriguez family conformed to what the school wanted. In this article is explaining the struggles these children really have, they're so many obstacles they have to face to succeed in education. Some of these students are first generation in English speaking schools or being here in this country. I have worked with students like this and its hard because some of them don't speak English and we had start with the basics for translating so they can learn how to speak. And i know this hard because who is there to help with homework when there's no who can read or write in English. And it can be harder on children who are older, it may take them a longer time then it would a second grader. This are behind in understanding the language or getting help on homework if their parents don't speak English. And Most of the time parents of working-class or working poor homes don't have time because they're working more then one job to support the family.
 And I understand this on a personal level as well. even thou I'm a second generation, I was raised by my grand parents who needed help speaking to teachers or helping with homework, report cards, etc. like esme parents, they tried to supported with the limits and time they had. I thought it was interesting that esme had no confident in her answers or knowledge or even the wrong that her answer could be wrong and taking a chance because i believe this true with many students. i know i was one of them, in class we watched a ted video about the fear of frailer. we need to teach student its okay to be wrong or make mistakes because thats how we learn, improve and grow.
At Leviton students are encourage to speak and learn in both English and Spanish. i think it helps both kind of language speaking student because if a student answers in Spanish another student will translate so they are learning the material as well as language, having confidence to speak.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/lost-in-translation