What does Education stand for in “Bodega Dreams” by Ernesto Quinonez?
Education is the act or process of acquiring knowledge to prepare oneself intellectually for mature life. It is the standard foundation for most youth growing up. A good solid education background is what can take you to different heights as they become young adults. “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives” quoted by Robert Maynard Hutchins. The statement is true to the form of getting an education prepares you for a prosperous life ahead. Knowledge is power and knowledge is needed to have stability within your life. In “Bodega Dreams” by Ernesto Quinonez education is the basis of entire society. But does it
Chino had since graduated from high school and didn’t know which route he was going to take next. Chino met an up and coming lawyer by the name of Edwin Nazario. Nazaio was trying his hardest to convince Chino to become a lawyer as well and told him that he had thought of a plan for “Spanish Harlem”. Nazario and Willie Bodega, a big time drug dealer, had greater intentions with community of “Spanish Harlem”. They wanted to create a group of Hispanics that have gone to college and got a degree to take of the neighborhood. This professional group would create a bright future for the community through education and it would elevated them being taken over by the Caucasians. Willie Bodega had of course being on the other side of the track for a while but he wanted to take the drug money earned and put back into strengthen the community. Of course no one in the community condoned the things that Bodega did, but the were in agreement of strengthen the community through advance education. Building a professional building that provide classes for law, medical and political science activity provide more educational asset to the community. Nazario also wanted to expand Chino horizon by taking him to Spanish museum to continue to instill in him how important it is to continue to strength the Spanish
One, he gives us a point of reference for someone in his difficult and turbulent time period. He was a (presumably) rich Mexican that saw the injustice of how the white American settlers treated the Mexicans that lived near them. He shows us another side of the story, beside the story that the victors would’ve shared.
People sacrifice their most beloved things in order to achieve success. In the novel, Bodega Dreams, by Ernesto Quinonez, characters sacrifice their most precious beloved things to succeed in Spanish Harlem. The Puerto Rican community of Spanish Harlem in New York City expresses how immigrants deal with their hardships to go against the society’s ideals of the white privilege. The protagonist, Julio (a.k.a Chino), gives his point of view as he deals with his relationship and contributing to the illegal drug business which was led by William Bodega. Throughout the novel, sacrifice is represented in the developments of love, business, and culture in the Spanish Harlem community.
When I was little I remember driving across country, going to Florida, and past neighborhoods that were anything but mine. They had old houses that looked like they were going to fall down any minute, real trashy looking. In Colorado, my house was nice and always kept up. I sat in the car wondering what kind of people lived in those run down places and what they were like. The answers came to me years later when I read the book, Famous All Over Town, by Danny Santiago. The main character, Chato, is a young Hispanic boy living in a neighborhood like the ones I saw when I was little. After reading the book, although I never thought I would have anything in common with people who lived like that, I learned that Chato and I have do have similarities, but we have more differences.
In the reading "El Hoyo" the author Mario Suárez deeply describes the city that he lives in which is Tucson, Arizona. In Tucson, Arizona there is a city known as El Hoyo meaning "the hole" in English; El Hoyo is the exact city where Suárez lived. Suárez conveys to the readers that El Hoyo was not the most beautiful place but it had many advantages to those who resided there. He describes a few advantages of the city such as it being a place to get away from bill collectors, hide from the authorities, receive help and a place of celebration. It was a home for Chicanos from all walk of life. The city has its ups and downs but the passion within environment remained the same. Each family was different, came from all sorts of backgrounds and moved to El Hoyo for different reasons. Although different circumstances brought them together it was one thing every person had in common; they were all Chicanos. That realization alone held El Hoyo and its people together.
...f that Ricardo and his town are the superior heroes in the story. The crowd’s lack of ostentation characterizes them as a humble dwellers living in an unpretentious town. Through positive reinforcement, the crowd, with the help of the policeman, urges Ricardo to continue to oppose the invading photographer and his hive of cohorts.
Education always has a different purpose for each generation. For example, in the Ancient Century people used to think that education was spiritual. However, in 1661 many people did not think that education was what they really needed, because at that time people who knew how to work physically rather than mentally got money. After some time, a society came to the conclusion that education is a power that can control and make people more disciplined. Nowadays people go to college just because they think that it is the way to get a good job and money to better live in a future. At this point, there is a great opportunity to be successful if you are well-educated. Another issue is how good education is
Another foundations that I can add is effect social change, this reflect the type of movement that the workers create based on the fact that they were being discriminated in the company, affecting the lives. Last foundations that connect on this film it is Chicano film language, we can see how the combination of languages, between Spanish and English and cultural codes that the people from the film shows as part of the Mexican American culture. For example these three techniques foundations create a strong image to this film in the way that we can see the scene where the woman’s are in prison because of the movement. The whole scene creates an atmosphere of anger, and desperation, referring to the woman’s expressions “queremos la formula, queremos camas, queremos baño”. I can connect this great scene for a moment of expressing the support from each other by forcing the sheriff to give them their needs and
Gonzales uses the metaphor of a four storied building to express the idea of Puerto Rican identity. At the foundation of this building are the natives of the island Boriquen which are the Taino Indians. Every floor that is added to this building represents a wave of foreigners that came to the island. The first floor is representative of the Spaniards that came to colonize the island, along with the slaves they brought with them, and the interaction these groups had the Taino Indians.
Since I was little my mom told me that education is the tools and skills that makes people successful in life. Education provides the opportunity to overall developmental individual. But education has two different value for me which are the intellectual and economic. intellectual can help students to see the world different. In addition, education help to encourage and learn so many new things. for instance, in the essay “a pediatrician takes pride in her afghan cabdriver father” Waheeda Samady states how does cabdriver and her daughter has such as good communication and relationship. She explains how she
Martinez’s story is not so much one that pieces together the events of the crash, nor the lives of the three youths, but it is an immigrant’s tale, discovered through the crossings of the various Chavez family members and profiles of Cheranos in Mexico.
Nazario begins her literacy non-fiction by describing the journey of Enrique through Tegucigalpa, Honduras to Laredo, Texas. He faces lots of obstacles throughout the journey like getting robbed by bandits, beaten up by gangs, running away
I believe that the purpose of education is to produce the next generation of leaders who are intelligent and have great character. This idea is supported in the article “The Purpose of Education” by Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who fought for black and white people to have equal rights in America. He writes about the true purpose, and meaning of education in the article by saying, “Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction (MLK1).” This quote from the article explains that being academically educated is very important. It will help people stand up, be a leader, and take charge to make the world a better place for everyone. That gallant leader will argue against the fallacy, lies,
Education also plays an important role in getting a job in todays world and leading a self fulfilled life. Authors such as Bell hooks, Mike Rose, Jon Spayde, and Adrienne Rich all see education through the eyes of the excluded and emphasize the importance of education and what its really worth. I believe that education helps us achieve what we want to do but its actually up to each and every one of us to carry through. Every one of us could be educated but it doesnt necessarily mean that we learned anything to help us in the real world. We also need to self educate ourselves and not always rely on the classroom. We could do this by reading newspapers, magazines or even watching the news to expand ones awareness of the worlds issues. We need to be able to think for ourselves and make our own decisions rather than relying on what we have been taught in school. I am not saying that we should disregard what we have been taught, we just need to be able to relate to what we have been taught and make our own decisions. Education is especially valued in North America, it is very hard to truly succe...
Education will help you grow as an individual because the more knowledge you have the better understanding you will have in any given problem that will come your way. It will give you self satisfaction and will boost your self confidence. As an individual I know it will help me in a lot of aspects in my life. It will give me a financial stability because I will be able to land a good job and a high paying salary. I will learn how to spend my money and will learn how to invest it wisely. The more education I have the more respect and acknowledgement I will get from people. Knowledge is really important that is why we need to take it seriously. It is the strong weapon you can have to conquer this complex world. If you have a good education nobody can fool you and you will not tolerate any mistreatment from people. It will give you a better views in life if you are well educated.
There is no one single definition for what education really is. Experts and scholars from the beginning have viewed and commented about education in different ways. The definition mostly agreed upon was that education is an acquisition or passing of skills, behavior or knowledge from an institution to another. This institution can either be a person, a school, a family or even the society. If we go in the ancient meaning and the ideology of education, it means to lead out of ignorance. In other words, education or knowledge in this sense was light and education brought the person out of the dark. The purpose and ideology of education is therefore to bring out the potential of a person and pass on knowledge