Journal 7
The chapter about revolutions makes me think about the resources that bilingual teachers have. The chapter states that “poor people did much of the fighting and suffering” but they were not given the rights they expected or the things that they were promised. This makes me think of how bilingual teachers have more tasks to do, such as translating stories or other work for students. Bilingual teachers fight every single day to help their struggling students, students who barely arrived to the US, and on top of that they are worried about not having enough resources to help those students. It is sad to see that bilingual teachers have more work to do, they are not given the resources they need, and they are still accountable for their student’s progress. In the story, the poor people fought to help win the war, and the teachers are fighting for their students, but yet they are not being helped. The poor people and bilingual teachers are in charge of doing the heavy work, work longer hours, and their efforts are still not enough to accomplish the positive change they want. The poor people were offered military rewards and they hoped to increase in rank but they never accomplished that. Just as these people who fought in the wars put all their effort and time, bilingual teachers are also spending more time to help bilingual students. Poor people never got what they were promised while the bilingual teachers effort is also being overlooked. It is disappointing to see that the people who are willing to fight for the benefit of others are being overlooked as if their efforts were worth nothing.
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