American Studies Class Reflection

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Since the start of my high school career, I have constantly strived for academic success. From my diligence and dedication to school, I currently am the valedictorian of my class and have earned multiple awards, including the Smith College Book Award, Excellence in Algebra II Honors, ECE Maritime Studies, Chemistry, Biology, Algebra I, Civics, and Spanish I. However, my 4.41 GPA and this laundry list ascertaining my success does not highlight my largest academic achievement. During high school, I have developed a profound sense of intellectual curiosity and thirst for knowledge. This burning passion inside of me propels me forward and inspires me to continue to invest time in my studies. One of my teachers commented on a grading rubric, “You …show more content…
In this class, I have gained knowledge about the discrimination, which continues to exist in the United States’ society against minority groups. Specifically, in my American Studies class, we examined the prejudice, which exists in the mass incarceration system, the legacy of slavery on the treatment of African Americans, the history of the treatment of Native Americans in the United States and the challenges Native Americans continue to face on reservations. Currently, in this class, we are studying the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. My favorite project in my American Studies class was when we created infographs about the problems with the American mass incarceration. My infograph was focused on prejudice within the Juvenile Mass Incarceration System. We presented these projects at an info graphic fair. Without a doubt, the infographic project prepared me for college, where I will likely have to create infographs or other posters, which convey important facts about social justice issues and present the information to others. Thus, my ECE American Studies class caused me to develop the goal to work in a primary care clinic to assist those, who face society’s discrimination and prejudice in the delivery of