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Adoption: The Good And The Bad, Fatima Madera Hernandez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Every year thousands of kids relocate to new homes and to new parents. This process is very life altering and can have deep effects on children. When kids are moved around from one place to another, they struggle to adjust to their surroundings. Adoption can deeply affect people in both positive and negative ways.

1984 Turned Into A Reality, Samuel Aguilar

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

George Orwell’s novel, 1984 highlights a vulnerable society being controlled by a totalitarian government. This novel can be compared to The Holocaust due to the similar circumstances that the Jewish population had to face. The corruption, oppression, manipulation, and excessive surveillance that the citizens faced in the novel, 1984 was a reality to the Jewish population during the Holocaust.

How Does A High School Student’S Ability To Accomplish And Set Goals Ensure Future Success In Life?, Wilber Aguilar

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Goal setting is a very important part of being successful in life. Goals allow a student to be self-motivated and build many skills that will be useful later in their life after high school and college. It is important to develop these good goal setting skills so that a student will always be motivated and focused to work towards something. It has been seen that students who set goals are more likely to develop characteristics of leadership, team work, accountability, and overcoming tough challenges they may encounter.

How Does Nature Vs. Nurture Impact The Outcome Of Violence In Children, Torri Almond

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Some believe that nature is the determining factor in how children act. Others believe it is all in the nurturing of children. Although, what impacts children’s actions and how they behave, is an unhealthy balance of both genes that an unhealthy balance of both genes that may make one susceptible to violent or delinquent behaviors, and exposure to a delinquent behaviors, and exposure to a negative environment. Studies about these negative environment. Studies about these “bad” genes, or genes that may make a child predisposed to undesirable behaviors have shown that gene expression is likely to be amplified when exposed …

Insufficient Sleep And Adolescents, Angel Cavazos

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Sleep insufficiency is the decrease in either sleep quality, or quantity, to where performance is decreased. Sleep is important for adolescents as it plays an important role in mood and development of depressive symptoms. A myriad of troubling side effects stem from sleep loss including weight gain, depression, suicidal ideation, drowsy driving, and lower performance.

The Monopoly On Internet Privacy, Katherine Lopez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

As time has evolved, the evasion of the issue surrounding internet privacy has become condoning. It can be prominently seen that peoples’ online information can be sold, distributed, and abused by big corporations. Therefore, big media corporations can sell or use this information to profit. In George Orwell's book 1984, private citizens live lives that are controlled by the government, their largest corporation, through the use of knowledge gained by technology. In the novel 1984, most people besides the main character Winston are clueless and do not have any knowledge of what the government is doing.As these corporations continue to …

The Wage Gap In The Medical Field, Alanna Jones

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

In the medical industry there has always been the argument of why don’t women get paid more than their male counterparts. There currently is not any work being done to get the gap closed between female and male medical workers. The importance of this research is to see the reasons as to why there is a wage gap in the medical field and what has caused it. It goes further into depth of how society has played a factor and what can people do to help to close this gap.

Isolation And The Human Mind, Eli Flodman

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

The Lord of The Flies is a novel tailored to the fundamental innocence found in man as well as the effects of mob mentality and extreme isolation. This research focuses on the effects of isolation within a small group while comparing COVID families to the Lord of The Flies.

Raising Multilingual And Bilingual Children, Emily Hernandez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Raising children in a multilingual environment is a very challenging but important part of child development. Many families can agree that having the ability to know multiple languages is a huge advantage to have for future purposes. Separating the role of schools and parents is a very important process. At home, families encounter many activities and real life scenarios. This makes a huge impact on a children's language and literacy. It is a challenge that has positive impacts for the children as well as for the community.

Child Abuse, Mathew Ramirez Lopez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

In the United States, child abuse is defined as the physical maltreatment or sexual molestation of a child. Four majortypes of child abuse exist: neglect, physical, sexual, and psychological.The atrocityofchild abuse is that the abuse leaves the children with everlasting emotionalscars, and often,withphysical,cognitive, andsocial health issues. The irreversible affects such as head trauma, lower performance inschool, and poor social skills are equally as important. As the years continue, more and more children are being,and will be, abused. Overall, the importance is stopping this crime that does not need to happen.

The Foster Care System: Domestic Abuse, Guadalupe Hernandez Rodriguez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

In the United States, children not only experience domestic abuse at home but can also be an issue while placed in the foster care system. In the foster care system, the abuse suffered by these individuals is increased due to home instability. Abuse can take place in many forms (physical, emotional, economical, and sexual) and can occur in many places. It can become a life-threatening crime or a crime that affects an individual’s day-to-day life. The youth and young adults who pass through this system are left with physical injuries and adverse childhood experiences (abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction). The …

Media Manipulation And Perseverance, Ivan Palma Vargas

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Media manipulation is a technique the media use to paint a false image that persuades their audience to their views on topics. In 1984, by George Orwell, the falsification of history and constant propaganda spread by the Ministries are an eerie resemblance to today’s American media spreading false information and biased viewpoints to implement irrational thoughts and emotions to their audience. The significance of media manipulation is the impact it has on American citizens as media in the digital era is at constant show and citizens are constantly taking in false information. The research conducted was on a survey after …

Acculturation, Nyanhial Wiyual Pal

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

The phenomenon of acculturation occurs when groups of people from different cultures come into constant contact with shifts in the original culture, the host country's culture, or the cultures of both groups. It can affect immigrants’ health and well-being as a result of coping with stressful experiences such as prejudice, racism, and poverty, as well as changes in or loss of identity, a lack of social support, exposure to diverse views, cultural values and norms, and particular patterns of health behaviors (drinking, smoking, taking illicit drugs).

Addiction-Family Impacts, Emily Orona

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Drug and alcohol addiction is a disease that negatively affects a person's brain and behavior which leads to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal drugs. Addiction is sometimes used interchangeably with abuse, although they differ tremendously. Those who abuse drugs and alcohol still have control over their lives, while those with an addiction have a disease that affects many aspects of their life. Drug and alcohol addiction does not only impact the individual, but also their family. It is especially more challenging when a parent has addiction. Addiction affects not only the parent, but the child …

1984: A Reality For Soviet Citizens, German Murcia-Martinez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Many countries have fallen victim to tyrannical leaders in the past. For example, Joseph Stalin had the Soviet Union under his grip for the longest time. His rule did not end until his death. In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, the country of Oceania was being controlled by Big Brother with the help of the Party. While being somewhat different, both the Soviet Union under Stalin and Oceania share incredible similarities.

Why We Create Enemies, Jerry Mejia

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Our enemies are not always distinguishable by features such as a black trench coat or twirly mustache. However, humans still attempt to characterize their enemies into a stereotype. This is to create a sense of calm-you know who your enemy is. This research topic explored why society requires a scapegoat to feel better about its own shortcomings. Even if the worst happens, at least we will know who to blame. This has been human nature for thousands of years and will continue to do so.

Homelessness: Doomed From The Cycle, Belle Tran

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

The homeless are most often those caught up in the cycle of the judicial system, which needs to be challenged in order to be fixed. These persons are often plagued with costly health issues.

Learned Helplessness And Domestic Violence, Nayla G. Torres Ruiz

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Domestic violence can affect anyone, regardless of gender, age, race, social status, or sexual orientation. A phenomenon known as learned helplessness may play a role in why victims of domestic violence remain in those unsafe environments. Learned helplessness (LH) is a psychological trait, which results from repeated exposure to uncontrollable and aversive events. LH contributes to submissiveness and reluctance to leave an abusive relationship. LH can develop from childhood experiences and circumstances, such as controlling, authoritarian, and demanding parents. LH can also develop during adulthood and whilst in abusive relationships, as the victims are often led to believe by the …

Police Brutality, Kelly Solis

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Police brutality is the excessive or unnecessary force used by law enforcement officials towards civilians. It’s a public health issue that impacts both physical and mental health. Although the misconduct of law enforcement officials is highly known to be the cause of racial discrimination, there are actually other elements contributing to such a broad issue. The importance of this issue led to the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Alzheimer's Effects On A Family, Brianna Sanchez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Alzheimer’s is a word many families despise; a disease that weakens hearts and takes away the ones families love most. The disease is said to be deadly--but not sudden--with no cure. As awful as it sounds, the death is devastating but is not the worst part of this disease: the worst part is the stages leading up to the full-blown disease that families have to watch that hurts most and could make or break a family.

What makes Alzheimer’s hard to live with is how family members have to slowly watch their loved ones fade away, mentally and physically. In …

Death Of A Family Member, Cindy Salas

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Death is a tragic occurrence that affects the lives of family and friends in many ways.When a child in the family dies the parents and remaining children of the family now have to adapt to the new life that they have to live.This presentation is focused on the family of the deceased child, how they react to the situation and what are their outcomes of their reactions.

Effects Of Separation On The Immigrant Family, Mainor Ramirez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

In the United States of America, deportation has always been an issue, becoming a greater issue in today’s society. Deportation can be defined as a lawful expulsion of a person from a country. Many families have come to the U.S. in the hope of a brighter and better future, but that is not always the case. Constantly running in fear of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), they struggle to survive in a land of unknown. What many people do not know are the reasons why families come to the U.S and the effects deportation has on children when they …

Towards A Participatory Epistemology: Latinx Poetry In Us High School English Classrooms, Sarah Ceja

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis combines academic interests in Latinx literature (specifically poetry) and education. Focusing specifically on inner-city U.S. high schools with high Latinx student populations, I research how we can incorporate poetry written by Latinx authors in our curriculum to help foster student engagement and a sense of belonging in the classroom. The second half of this thesis explores the works of several Latinx poets. It provides a detailed analysis of their work, how it relates to various aspects of Latinx identities, and gives recommendations for educators on how to use these poems in class.

Teachers’ Experiences Of Educating Eal Students In Mainstream Primary And Secondary Classrooms, Jessica Premier

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Many schools in Victoria, Australia, are multicultural, with students coming from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Content area teachers often educate EAL students in their classrooms, even though they may not have specialised EAL teaching qualifications. This paper presents the experiences of primary and secondary teachers working in multicultural schools in Victoria. It explores the way in which teachers meet the needs of EAL students in their classrooms, and the support that is available to assist them to do so. This paper reports that teaching practice, school leadership, professional learning, and identity, influence the way in which teachers educate …

Teachers Of Color's Perception On Identity And Academic Success: A Reflective Narrative, Lynette Suliana Sikahema Finau

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Research and scholarship in multicultural education has consistently affirmed that as a result of the long standing racial academic achievement gap and the current teaching force not reflecting the changing demographics of students in the United States, students of color continue to be deprived from having teachers who look like them and who may bring similar life, social, and cultural experiences that can increase the value they place on academics. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of teachers of color and how they perceive their identity as significant and meaningful to their profession and its …

Disconnected Youth: The Journey To Educational Re-Engagement: The Alternative Education Experiences Of Black, Indigenous, People Of Color (Bipoc) Youth, Latoya L. Brown

Theses and Dissertations

Over 2.5 million youth remain disconnected from education or the workforce well into their adult lives. Nearly one-third of youth who remain disconnected are Black, Indigenous Persons of Color (BIPOC) from low-income communities. The purpose of this research study was to gain an understanding of what systems and processes support re-engagement for formerly disconnected, and subsequently re-engaged, BIPOC students from alternative high school programs in the State of California. The following research questions guided this qualitative narrative study: How do former disconnected youth ages 19-26 years of age describe their experience in traditional public schools compared to that of alternative …

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy And Writing Achievement For Native High School Students, Angelia Christine Greiner

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study focuses on the effects of culturally responsive pedagogy as it is implemented in a high school classroom with Native American students. This mixed methods case study collects, analyzes and synthesizes both quantitative and qualitative data within an overall formative and experimental design approach to measure the effects of culturally responsive pedagogy on students’ writing and their attitudes about writing. The study identified specific approaches to literacy instruction that hold promise for engaging Native students. Furthermore, findings from the study reveal the use of visual art as a particularly powerful tool that extends students’ meaning-making skills, leading to more …

Education, Hurricanes, And Bananas: Studying Abroad In Honduras, Daphne Fauber

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The College of Education Honduras Study Abroad program has been sending students to Honduras for a 17-day investigation of Honduran history, educational systems, and social justice in education since 2003. Honduras is a Central American country with a long history of exploitation, political conflict, and environmental disasters. The country began with a swift and brutal colonization by the Spanish, which left the indigenous people persecuted and massacred. In 1998, Honduras experienced a devastating hurricane that decimated many buildings and infrastructure. Large-scale farming operations run by foreign investors has resulted in political turmoil and a struggling working class. However, Honduras has …

Truly, Madly, Deeply: Adverbs And Ells, Kristin Lems

Faculty Publications

In this issue’s column focusing on adverbs and English language learners, columnist Kristin Lems explores some of the basic but not-so-obvious features about adverbs that readers and writers need to learn in order to take advantage of these powerful levers of language. The odds are very good that your native English speakers will also benefit from this information—and you might learn a thing or two as well.

“It Was Time For Us To Take A Stand”: An Ethnic Studies Classroom And The Power Of Student Voice, Jorge F. Rodriguez, Carah Reed, Karen Garcia

Education Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"In this chapter, we invite you to join us—a high school graduate, an Ethnic Studies teacher, and a university ally—as we reflect on a story of student mobilization for change. Some of us will share firsthand narratives while others, such as the university ally, will contribute an interpretive analysis. We all grew up in the region where our story takes place. This affords us a personal understanding of the cultural and political dynamics described in our story. To protect identities, we use pseudonyms for students and teachers."