Education

Coates on Education

Reflect on Your Own Learning. What has your formal education been like up to now? What kind of student were you? What drove you? What were the values of your school? Did they fit you? What have been your most formative informal learning experiences? In what way were they different from your…

Education Inquiry

My formal education up to now has been pretty basic and general for everybody. My education currently has been teaching me a lot about the future and a lot about English and what has to do majorly with it like the science behind art and the meaning behind art paintings. I was the kind of student…

Coates — Opening Worlds

When i first came to United States. i was 13 and the first thing is i spend whole summer break to adjust and adapt jet lag. And after a whole summer break i went to school i went to Visitation Valley middle school. In there it is really opened my eye to a new world. It is totally…

At The Mecca (Howard University): “I first witnessed this power out on the Yard, that communal green space in the center of campus where the students gathered and I saw everything I knew of my black self multiplied into seemingly endless variations.” (p. 40)

Coates — Education & Inquiry

I am the kind of student that want to learn base on my interest, when I am interested in the topic, I will try my best to understand it. If the topic is not something that I care, I will not be motivated to do work and may be sleeping in the class. The teacher encourage students…

Reflection on My Own Learning

My formal education has been really good. Back in middle school, I was the type of student who do all my works and turn it in on time. When I first got in U.S I feel like it’s a brand new start for me, that’s why I was so motivated to get a good grades in school. But as time…

Black-White Divide

I am full Samoan. Born and raised in the small Islands of American Samoa, territory of the United States. Although we are under the rulings of the United States, we have our own culture. My culture rules is different in expectation wise compared to the outside. We may live in the American…

Coates - Education & Inquiry

My formal education has been provided by America’s public education system. My mindset as a student has changed a lot throughout the years. Every transition, from elementary to middle to high school, marked a new phase of my education and through every phase, I held a different…

My Education

My formal education has been fairly good. I was a student that tried to get straight A’s and still am. Nothing special really drove me to want to do this, it was just a personal goal and preference because I know that having below average grades would not get me far in my career. My schools values were…