Scholarship Boy By Richard Marquez Summary
Martin Bang
June Wagner
ENG 121
13 November 2014
Educational Expectations The educational authorities in Dalian Bay port, a tiny fishing village, in China's Liaoning province, know that they have only twelve years to prepare their citizens for the life they will face as adults. Based on this, without a doubt, they have to prioritize three things. Their town’s fishermen are accidently wandering into North Korean waters and many have been arrested making it dangerous to fish. Yet they have no choice. Fishing is this area’s sole industry. This means that three subjects are critical to a graduate of Calian Bay Port Secondary School: swimming, Korea, and map reading. Everything else is trivia.
Throughout the centuries, education has been and continues to be a process that helps human beings thrive. Learning involves critical examination of errors made in the past as well …show more content…
He reflects on the individual’s responsibility to move beyond what is comfortable towards what is uncomfortable, but necessary, during the process of becoming an educated man or woman. He points to one reason American children and teens in some cultures may not be achieving their optimal level of performance in school. He implies that they are being held back by not wanting to be more successful than their parents (16-18). This may be holding back some American students from committing to the work of preparing themselves for college success but it is the opposite of what happens in other cultures. For example, East Indian, Asian, and Jewish families, among others, stereotypically push their first children more vigorously when they are members of the first generation to attend college. Perhaps cross-cultural events would favorably impact the expectations of both groups has of another; the zeitgeist, on this
June Wagner
ENG 121
13 November 2014
Educational Expectations The educational authorities in Dalian Bay port, a tiny fishing village, in China's Liaoning province, know that they have only twelve years to prepare their citizens for the life they will face as adults. Based on this, without a doubt, they have to prioritize three things. Their town’s fishermen are accidently wandering into North Korean waters and many have been arrested making it dangerous to fish. Yet they have no choice. Fishing is this area’s sole industry. This means that three subjects are critical to a graduate of Calian Bay Port Secondary School: swimming, Korea, and map reading. Everything else is trivia.
Throughout the centuries, education has been and continues to be a process that helps human beings thrive. Learning involves critical examination of errors made in the past as well …show more content…
He reflects on the individual’s responsibility to move beyond what is comfortable towards what is uncomfortable, but necessary, during the process of becoming an educated man or woman. He points to one reason American children and teens in some cultures may not be achieving their optimal level of performance in school. He implies that they are being held back by not wanting to be more successful than their parents (16-18). This may be holding back some American students from committing to the work of preparing themselves for college success but it is the opposite of what happens in other cultures. For example, East Indian, Asian, and Jewish families, among others, stereotypically push their first children more vigorously when they are members of the first generation to attend college. Perhaps cross-cultural events would favorably impact the expectations of both groups has of another; the zeitgeist, on this