school assignment

Religion:
Why is it a mistake to introduce religion to children at a young age?
What are tangible benefits of religion to society?
What are tangible benefits of religion to individuals?
Why do many people stake much of their resources on religion and religious issues and conflicts?

for a class

1. (RC)What ways are Black students pressured to assimilate as students in America?
- master culture & ways of american mainstream

2. (RC)What particulars of being Black are Black students pressured to "give up" as American students?
- styles of speech
- appearences
- value priorities
- preferences

3. (RC)Why might American Blacks find it harder to assimilate than immigrants?
- they've been here since the beginning (of america)
- (yet) they are excluded from defining images of school
- (therefore) essentially it's an insult to American Blacks, because theyre being asked to join into something that's made them invisible as a people in America's history books.

4. (RC)What are some areas Black Americans have influenced the American South? (why shouldn't Black Americans be ignored in American history?)
- housing design
- land use
- religious expression

5. (RC)What has American Society told itself of the origin of it's successes?
- that it's exclusively white and not the sum of it's assimilated immigrant population

6. (RC)What do American educators assume about Black students?
- that they need extra help to overcome inherited cultural weaknesses

7. (RC)How do programs targeting Blacks equate black identity with substandard intellectual status?
- sharing credit for success, but blaming failures on weaknesses that can never be overcome

8. (RC)What is the difference between Black students in the 1950's and 1980s?
- grades worsened in the 80's as compared to the 50's

9. (RC)Why is there a difference between grades of Black students in the 1950's and 1980's?
- in the 1980's, Black student's abilities were under suspicion
- ambitions, successes, and failures all distorted

10. (RS)Why are Black students today more racially vulnerable than in the 1950s?
- they are given too much help and taught to feel almost crippled or incapable as an inherent trait.

11. (RC)What can schools do to fix the problem?
- schools must focus more on reducing vulnerabilities in students

12. (RF)What are the four fundamental conditions that are required for success in Black students today?
- the student must feel valued
- the education of Black students should be guilded by the challenge and promise of personal fulfillment, rather than remediation
- racial integration
- black life & culture presented in mainstream curriculum

13. (RC)Why is challenge important in a student-teacher relationship?
- without it, the student will never excel

14. (RC)Why is respect important in a student-teacher relationship?
- the student will resist any challenge without being given respect

15. (RC)Why is segregation bad?
- draws out group differences
- makes people more vulnerable

16. (RC)When is confidence reliable?
- when based on strongly competative skills and knowledge

17. (RC)Why do segregated schools have trouble generating confidence in students?
- lack of resources and access to students

18. (RC)What is the ultimate challenge of Black parents?
- stopping their kids from dropping out
- giving their kids a sense of hope and entitlement to american life and school