From http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/, my high school was ranked 8 out of 10 being 10 the highest. This shows that there are ample resources for a high quality public education along with a healthy, productive lifestyle. My high school has a gate program which separates students into different levels. This produces tracking. “Tracking is the process whereby students are divided into categories so that they can be assigned in groups to various kinds of classes” (Oakes, 2005: 3). Since I have no records of my prior educations in the US I was assigned to the normal classes. I am at a disadvantaged due to not being placed in the advanced or honors program which limit my resources. Not being able to be in the honors classes limited me to apply to a UC. I was not prepared in the regular classes to succeed in higher
From http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/, my high school was ranked 8 out of 10 being 10 the highest. This shows that there are ample resources for a high quality public education along with a healthy, productive lifestyle. My high school has a gate program which separates students into different levels. This produces tracking. “Tracking is the process whereby students are divided into categories so that they can be assigned in groups to various kinds of classes” (Oakes, 2005: 3). Since I have no records of my prior educations in the US I was assigned to the normal classes. I am at a disadvantaged due to not being placed in the advanced or honors program which limit my resources. Not being able to be in the honors classes limited me to apply to a UC. I was not prepared in the regular classes to succeed in higher