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Becoming a Master Student Make-Up Test
In the book Becoming a Master Student, by Dave Ellis, the author ends each chapter with brief descriptions of people that are good examples of master students. People that have gone through obstacles yet managed to succeed. Cesar Chavez the leader of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and Barbara Jordan, the first African American to become a senator in Texas and enter congress since the reconstruction, are just two of the many people recognized in this book. These people are great examples of how goals can be reached with the right mind set.
Few people have been able to accomplish change; but none have experience grinding poverty such as the one Cesar Chavez did after the depression. Chavez started working in the fields at a very young age, he attended more than 65 schools but yet never finished high school. He was forced to work at the fields do to the extreme poverty he faced. His mother taught him to be a humanitarian and caring. At the age of 12 Chavez was exposed to strikes, pickets and organizations. It was at the fields where Chavez met his wife, Helen. the couple and their eight children gave a lot to “La Huelga,” the strike call that became the UFW trademark. In eight year, a migrant worker son of migrants helped change a nation’s perception through nonviolent resistance. It took courage imagination and the ability to withstand physical and other abuse. Chavez led a civil movement which brought American face to face with the true costs, the human costs of the food on their tables and brought Mexican Americans into the political arena and helped keep them there.
Minorities in America are always thought of as low class people with little or no education. Mexicans, African Americans and many other people with different background have had to struggle through school; facing discrimination, oppression, and many other obstacles. Minorities usually need to work extra hard to achieve their goals. Barbara Jordan the first...