While reading my classmates’ blogs, I found one that caught my attention. The blog is by Shannon, and it talks about the better approach to teaching and learning in the United States. What first caught my attention is the way that she defines good teachers. She says, “A good teacher knows how to engage students, are knowledgeable in their subjects, and understand the best way for students to learn.” I concur with Shannon’s definition of a good teacher because I know that every semester when I’m choosing my classes I look for those traits in my future professors. Shannon in her blog talks about a program that is called the Excellence in Teaching. This program was made to improve schools throughout the U.S. This program evaluates teachers’ learning methods and how efficiently are these method. Shannon concludes that if the United States adopted excellent in teaching’s methods of evaluation, The United States would have more successful students. I really like this notion because it’s true that behind an excellent student there is a great professor.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Yes, to a great education!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Legally Driving Controversy
The United States is known as one of the country with high immigrant population. In recent years there has been many controversies on whether to give an illegal immigrant driving license. The English and Spanish language media has contributed to this controversy by supporting or opposing of illegal immigrants having driving licenses. There are many reasons on why the legalization creates conflict between the Spanish language media that generally supports it and the English language media that generally is against it. I believe that illegally immigrants should get a driving licenses for the following reasons: for better opportunities , safety and trusts between the immigrant and the authority.
Two months ago the Spanish media Univision aired a story about a young man who decided to come to the United States illegally. His mom had breast cancer, and her medicines were really expensive for his family to afford. They lived in small town in the west of El Salvador where the pay is low. He came to the United States with dreams of making money and sending some home, so his mom would not die. He found out that nothing was easy when you are an illegal immigrant. Almost immediately on entering the United States he was denied a drivers license, because he had no social security card or visa. Because Jorge was denied a drivers license, he had to take three busses to get to work. While he went through this, his mom’s illness was getting worse day by day and he didn’t had not options. This shows the viewers the difficulty that an illegal immigrant can have because they do not have a driving license.
Univision supports for illegal immigrants having a driving license because it could help immigrants like Jorge to have jobs far from home. They would also not be afraid to drive on the roads anymore, and they will be able to get to work instead of having to use the busses, also buy insurance under their own names, and have their car title under their own names. Another example is my friend Jose who is an illegal immigrant has to always ask for his uncle’s help with his car issues, for example, if they need to see the owner of the car, he will call his uncle to come and prove that he is the owner, and this is because he doesn’t have a driver’s license and cannot title his car under his name.
While The Spanish media supports the giving of licenses to illegal immigrants, Fox news is against it. Fox news makes the point that illegal immigrants shouldn’t have licenses. They point out that if The United States gave all those illegal immigrants licenses it would reward them for breaking the law and now they would have the same rights and privileges of a legal citizen. Fox news also says that if more illegal immigrants got driving licenses to drive to work it would create problems for the legal citizen. Illegal immigrants would work for the less money and therefore have access to more jobs than legal citizens.
In the mean time, Univision prove that if illegal immigrants had driving licenses it would help authorities to know who is driving on the roads, and also to decrease cars accidents committed by immigrants. Univision said that it will be a safer nation if we encourage every adult in America to have a driver’s license and to respect the enforcement. Univision also showed that drivers without licenses are five times more likely to be in worse crashes than drivers with a valid license. Others studies show those who are denied licenses often seek forged documents, and that leads to identity theft and others problems in our society.
Fox news commented that 76 percent of the population in The United States was against giving drivers licenses to immigrants. They also say that if illegal immigrants had licenses it would make it easy for them to illegally cross the border with Canada. Because they would use their driving licenses to cross over without needing of passports and come back without any supervision. In February 21,2008 Fox news reported in one of their night shows a story about a women named Alianiss Morales who killed four kids while driving. Fox news focused on the fact that she was an illegal immigrant and broke the news with big headlines saying “WOMAN DRIVING VAN THAT HIT SCHOOL BUS WAS ILLEGAL ALIEN”. They commented that illegal immigrants are not safe to have a driving license because of their lack of responsibility while driving. They would have to learn English in order to read the sign before they would be safe to drive.
Univision showed in one of their ranking news show “Primer Impacto” that if The United State change the law that would allow immigrants to get driving licenses would help decrease the tension between immigrants and police. They said many times immigrants are faced with the situation when get stopped by a police, and they try to run away or to give wrong information, because they know that police officers would be punish them for breaking the law. I have seen this fear happen among the illegal immigrants. Last year while driving to work, a lady was stopped by a police officer. She had three of her kids with her in the car. She attempted to escape by accelerating. The lady ran into two cars and died with her three kids. A week after, Univision announced in that the lady was an illegal immigrant without a driver’s license, and that the she was afraid to be stopped and probably get deported back to her country.
In conclusion, we can see that the Spanish language media encourage The United State to give driving licenses to illegal immigrants by making their news more human and also showing that people are suffering because they don’t have driving licenses. But on the other hand the English media are giving examples of why the legalization would be a reward for the people who cross The united States borders illegally and make the life of citizens much harder and unsafe. In my opinion The United State should make a law that can help the country because our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed some way. License restrictions are not the answer for the problem. Immigrants like Jorge Mendez, come to this country to supports their families back home. However, they will not survive in this country without a license.
Two months ago the Spanish media Univision aired a story about a young man who decided to come to the United States illegally. His mom had breast cancer, and her medicines were really expensive for his family to afford. They lived in small town in the west of El Salvador where the pay is low. He came to the United States with dreams of making money and sending some home, so his mom would not die. He found out that nothing was easy when you are an illegal immigrant. Almost immediately on entering the United States he was denied a drivers license, because he had no social security card or visa. Because Jorge was denied a drivers license, he had to take three busses to get to work. While he went through this, his mom’s illness was getting worse day by day and he didn’t had not options. This shows the viewers the difficulty that an illegal immigrant can have because they do not have a driving license.
Univision supports for illegal immigrants having a driving license because it could help immigrants like Jorge to have jobs far from home. They would also not be afraid to drive on the roads anymore, and they will be able to get to work instead of having to use the busses, also buy insurance under their own names, and have their car title under their own names. Another example is my friend Jose who is an illegal immigrant has to always ask for his uncle’s help with his car issues, for example, if they need to see the owner of the car, he will call his uncle to come and prove that he is the owner, and this is because he doesn’t have a driver’s license and cannot title his car under his name.
While The Spanish media supports the giving of licenses to illegal immigrants, Fox news is against it. Fox news makes the point that illegal immigrants shouldn’t have licenses. They point out that if The United States gave all those illegal immigrants licenses it would reward them for breaking the law and now they would have the same rights and privileges of a legal citizen. Fox news also says that if more illegal immigrants got driving licenses to drive to work it would create problems for the legal citizen. Illegal immigrants would work for the less money and therefore have access to more jobs than legal citizens.
In the mean time, Univision prove that if illegal immigrants had driving licenses it would help authorities to know who is driving on the roads, and also to decrease cars accidents committed by immigrants. Univision said that it will be a safer nation if we encourage every adult in America to have a driver’s license and to respect the enforcement. Univision also showed that drivers without licenses are five times more likely to be in worse crashes than drivers with a valid license. Others studies show those who are denied licenses often seek forged documents, and that leads to identity theft and others problems in our society.
Fox news commented that 76 percent of the population in The United States was against giving drivers licenses to immigrants. They also say that if illegal immigrants had licenses it would make it easy for them to illegally cross the border with Canada. Because they would use their driving licenses to cross over without needing of passports and come back without any supervision. In February 21,2008 Fox news reported in one of their night shows a story about a women named Alianiss Morales who killed four kids while driving. Fox news focused on the fact that she was an illegal immigrant and broke the news with big headlines saying “WOMAN DRIVING VAN THAT HIT SCHOOL BUS WAS ILLEGAL ALIEN”. They commented that illegal immigrants are not safe to have a driving license because of their lack of responsibility while driving. They would have to learn English in order to read the sign before they would be safe to drive.
Univision showed in one of their ranking news show “Primer Impacto” that if The United State change the law that would allow immigrants to get driving licenses would help decrease the tension between immigrants and police. They said many times immigrants are faced with the situation when get stopped by a police, and they try to run away or to give wrong information, because they know that police officers would be punish them for breaking the law. I have seen this fear happen among the illegal immigrants. Last year while driving to work, a lady was stopped by a police officer. She had three of her kids with her in the car. She attempted to escape by accelerating. The lady ran into two cars and died with her three kids. A week after, Univision announced in that the lady was an illegal immigrant without a driver’s license, and that the she was afraid to be stopped and probably get deported back to her country.
In conclusion, we can see that the Spanish language media encourage The United State to give driving licenses to illegal immigrants by making their news more human and also showing that people are suffering because they don’t have driving licenses. But on the other hand the English media are giving examples of why the legalization would be a reward for the people who cross The united States borders illegally and make the life of citizens much harder and unsafe. In my opinion The United State should make a law that can help the country because our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed some way. License restrictions are not the answer for the problem. Immigrants like Jorge Mendez, come to this country to supports their families back home. However, they will not survive in this country without a license.
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