American Thinker: An article published by the Pew Research Center authored by Jens Manuel Krogstad, titled “5 Facts about Latinos and Education,” states, “Hispanic dropout rate remains higher than that of Blacks, Whites, and Asians.” This hit home for me, because virtually no one else in my family has a degree – college or otherwise.
Being Hispanic, I find it nearly impossible to avoid hearing my own culture being talked about in the media – especially now that DACA, the border wall, and Trump are all being discussed, often in one sentence. The one thing that is rarely talked about is our education system and how Hispanics keep falling behind. The relationship between our culture and the educational system needs restructuring.
Hispanic-Americans are growing in numbers and in cultures. I use the term “cultures” because Hispanics come in all races and backgrounds, and because of this, they also have their own varying sets of traditions and values. Latinos desire an education, but their actions do not correlate with their aspirations. They want an education but do not do what is necessary to obtain it. Hispanics are the majority-minority group in America, yet they have the lowest level of educational attainment of any major demographic slice of the U.S. Latinos who do not come from an independent educational tradition are the ones who get hurt. more here
In all too many cultures, being educated makes you less “macho”.
They have traditionally had hard work to fall back on. That said, my last year on the school board gave the valedictorian award to a Hispanic girl that didn’t speak English when she came to our school system.
Speak English? If not why not?
I remember an hour long lecture by an elderly black man about how worthless hispanics are (we didn’t call them latinos 20 years ago, and he didn’t call them hispanics, either).
He HATED them with a passion, and I could see why, even at the time.
The funniest thing about that article, is that the author talks, repeatedly, about how poor a student he was, even says that’s he s not particularly smart, then says that he’s a college professor!!
Yes, it’s true that most Hispanics don’t value education. My Mexican dad didn’t give a rip that I was an exceptionally good student. He wanted me to work hard and have common sense. The latter of which is actually pretty rare in the third world population.
On the other hand, there’s no good reason for every one to go to college! (Maybe it’s that they understand their limitations?) There’s no shame in working hard and supporting your family. My dad worked his tail off his entire life, did not buy things he couldn’t afford, supported his parents until they each died, and he retired a millionaire.
I’d much rather be married to a smart bar tender than a dumb professor.
Why should we “restructure” or education system to accommodate hispanics (as the author suggests)? Maybe THEY should restructure their attitude when they come HERE.
@ Tony R: PRECISELY!! Perhaps if he and others had identified themselves as Americans rather than Hispanics, their perceptions might have led to different outcomes, assuming that the person really wanted to “break the mold” and that there are more favorable outcomes for him than the traditional ones.
See T.R’s quote on assimilation and hyphenated Americans.
Simply moving to a First-world country does not automatically make one a First-worlder.
Ya caint teach tacos to be normal people. See how they failed with watermelons.
the last 50 yeas Ive had several friends from: Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico + Venezuela. (Yo able Espanol) With the exception of the Mejicanos; they were all well educated. the Mexicans were hard working folk. and conservative, anti GWB/Obama folk. Pocos de los Cubanos, Como Rubio, were libs.
They get lured away with a chevy and some jumper cables.
Reminder that there’s no such thing as an “Hispanic”.
http://futureuncertain.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-richard-nixon-invented-hispanics.html
Make sure they speak English at age five, or don’t let them into the education system.
Problem fixed.