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At Rosemore MS in Whitehall, we have a 20-25% Hispanic population, yet they have received only 5% of the suspensions/expulsions in the first semester this year. Not a single female in there, either. I asked Dr. Miranda for any insight into why, because nobody at school knows why. No programs, no particular focus on this population, not very many Hispanic teachers and staff at all, if any. Dr. Miranda thinks it is a 1st generation thing (which applies to most all of our students, in my opinion), where these children and families just want to avoid attention, lay low and blend in publicly (only more so at this moment in US history than ever). She says these children are likely to not be very involved in school activities, for similar reasons. Any thoughts?

I hope everyone is able to squeeze in time to have read both of his books by the time we are with him for a full day. There is some really interesting stuff in his books, and it is a relief to be able to read and not have a test to prepare for from it. During my internship, I've thought of and tried to apply his writings on how to work with groups, how to persuade others, and how to be in the fray and yet detached at the same time. He likes to use our classroom as a laboratory, so let's be the Frankenstein monsters of lab rats and get good enough at his techniques to turn the tables on him!