Persuasive Speech On Chicanos And Chicanas Education

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TITLE: Chicanos and Chicanas Education
GENERAL PURPOSE: To persuade by convincing.
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: I want my audience to believe that mentoring will truly help Chicana and Chicano students to advance in education.

INTRODUCTION

I. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
A. This quote by Benjamin Franklin talks about how important it is for someone to actually be involved and not just told to do something to actually learn.
B. Involving is exactly what mentors do. They do not just simply tell or teach; they involve the students

II. After additional research, I have decided to talk more about the topic of Chicano and Chicana education.
A. I have looked through and based …show more content…

Chicana and Chicano students had low academic achievement compared to other ethnic groups, and did not have someone reliable to get advice from.
A. The students had low academic achievement.
1. According to Pizarro, “Chicanas and Chicanos face the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the United States- as many as half of a given cohort of Chicana and Chicano students does not complete high school- and their relative educational outcomes have been stable or have worsened over time.” (Pizarro, 1).
2. “Mexican Americans as a group fail to achieve well on standard tests of academic achievement, and they do not do as well as their Anglo counterparts in the more subjective evaluations of achievement.” (Carter, 17).

B. The students barely had anyone who could advise them concerning their education.
1. Chicanas and Chicanos were often marginalized, which lowered their social sense of self. (Pizarro, 53).
2. Even advisors at school did not provide proper advising. An advisor, after seeing a Chicana’s 3.9 GPA, told her that she couldn’t get into the university with such poor grades. “‘You know, I don’t think you’re going to get into the university.’” (Pizarro, 53). The advisor did not provide the student with any reasons why her grades were considered

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