Author Archives: Mishell Manrique

South Africa has one of the world’s worst education systems

South Africa has one of the world’s worst education systems In an article printed by The Economist they make a very bold remark regarding the education of South Africa, calling it “Bottom of the Class.” The article is filled with … Continue reading

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How Americas Public Schools Keep Kids In Property

My research topic for this semester has been the continuous segregation of minority (colored) kids in public schools in America. In specific comparing and contrasting New York City public school districts with that of my own experience in New Haven, … Continue reading

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Blog 4: Mishell and Adam; Vulnerability in Resistance

We see vulnerability in different ways. In the context of social activity, when referring to vulnerability we think of openness, willingness to bare our souls and ideologies with others that may or may not harm us. For us, seeing a … Continue reading

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Cafe Discussion 1: Adam, Mishell, Rinzin

Our group decided to contextualize the many different topics of discussion brought up in class today both in and out of the reading. The reading which we will be referring to will be Bressler’s Structuralism. Language is a bridge between … Continue reading

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