In UASCJ, students face issues associated with either peer pressure, dominating ethnic groups or problems in which we need to meet the standards of both lives at home and at school. We face these issues, but many of us students simply ignore or deny it.
After being in this school for about 5 to 6 years I realized that the Asian culture dominates. According to the DOE, there 46% Asians, 20% Hispanics, 18% Blacks and 15% Whites. Although the statistics I have just mentioned again proves that Asians dominate, it should be meaningless because we should be seeing students interacting with those different from them, yet at the cafeteria we really don’t. When we do see this happen, students disregard others as something odd because they’re different. What does this prove of our school as a whole? There is no sense of community. We put down girls who don't dress well or show either too much skin or too little. “Sometimes people tell me to cover my butt and others ask why I don't show it off. It makes me uncomfortable.” and another girl said, “My friends make fun of my bushy eyebrows sometimes. And I feel so sad and my mom doesn't let me do them so they just keep pretending to snip it”. Why is that these girls are forced to feel insecure even in an all girls school? Why do they feel that sometimes they need to meet certain standards so they won't be picked on? Or feel that doing your eyebrows or showing just the right amount of your skin even matters. This is the exact reasons why students feel insecure being in UASCJ.
On the other hand, although girls feel insecure at UASCJ, there are still others who do feel comfortable especially because the students share the same sex, female. Our school is an opportunity to because girls here aren’t limited to speak because of males. Let’s say there are a bunch of guys in your class and you have a period stain:
comfortable especially because the students share the same sex, female. Our school is an opportunity to because girls here aren’t limited to speak because of males. Let’s say there are a bunch of guys in your class and you have a period stain: Your pants are all bloody and smear all over your chair. You get up and the boys see it and begin teasing you about it. They throw subs and think it’s okay. Now imagine this same scenario but in an all girls school. The girls would feel at least some sympathy for you because it’s a little more relatable to us girls. Moreover, when being in an all girls school, girls can communicate with each other more openly and feel connected to their peers. However, according to Dailymail.com the National Centre for Social Research surveyed 15,500 children for its study and found that more students taught in a single-sex environment reported abuse from other students compared with those who attend co-educational schools. The abuse can be both physically and mentally. I had asked if girls felt they needed to change themselves to fit here and the response was, “Sometimes, you want to fit in, but honestly people are like that all the time. You can't change shit.” According to The Telegraph, “Girls get bullied by other girls because of their clothes, their sexuality”. This statement is unexpectedly true; one of the many responses I received on my survey goes along the lines of that statement, “I have to act a certain way around them [my friends] so they don't laugh at me”. Peer pressure might not be there physically, but mentally it is. other type of peer pressure which students may face are based on drugs. It was said by a student attending this school, that she would like to do drugs. The reason being is because everyone around her is doing it. It becomes a natural instinct for a person to do it as well because of their desires which have been placed because of their surroundings.
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In UASCJ, students face issues associated with either peer pressure, dominating ethnic groups or problems in which we need to meet the standards of both lives at home and at school. We face these issues, but many of us students simply ignore or deny it.
After being in this school for about 5 to 6 years I realized that the Asian culture dominates. According to the DOE, there 46% Asians, 20% Hispanics, 18% Blacks and 15% Whites. Although the statistics I have just mentioned again proves that Asians dominate, it should be meaningless because we should be seeing students interacting with those different from them, yet at the cafeteria we really don’t. When we do see this happen, students disregard others as something odd because they’re different. What does this prove of our school as a whole? There is no sense of community. We put down girls who don't dress well or show either too much skin or too little. “Sometimes people tell me to cover my butt and others ask why I don't show it off. It makes me uncomfortable.” and another girl said, “My friends make fun of my bushy eyebrows sometimes. And I feel so sad and my mom doesn't let me do them so they just keep pretending to snip it”. Why is that these girls are forced to feel insecure even in an all girls school? Why do they feel that sometimes they need to meet certain standards so they won't be picked on? Or feel that doing your eyebrows or showing just the right amount of your skin even matters. This is the exact reasons why students feel insecure being in UASCJ.
On the other hand, although girls feel insecure at UASCJ, there are still others who do feel
comfortable especially because the students share the same sex, female. Our school is an opportunity to because girls here aren’t limited to speak because of males. Let’s say there are a bunch of guys in your class and you have a period stain: Your pants are all bloody and smear all over your chair. You get up and the boys see it and begin teasing you about it. They throw subs and think it’s okay. Now imagine this same scenario but in an all girls school. The girls would feel at least some sympathy for you because it’s a little more relatable to us girls. Moreover, when being in an all girls school, girls can communicate with each other more openly and feel connected to their peers. However, according to
Dailymail.com the National Centre for Social Research surveyed 15,500 children for its study and found that more students taught in a single-sex environment reported abuse from other students compared with those who attend co-educational schools. The abuse can be both physically and mentally. I had asked if girls felt they needed to change themselves to fit here and the response was, “Sometimes, you want to fit in, but honestly people are like that all the time. You can't change shit.” According to The Telegraph, “Girls get bullied by other
girls because of their clothes, their sexuality”.
This statement is unexpectedly true; one of
the many responses I received on my survey
goes along the lines of that statement, “I have
to act a certain way around them [my friends
so they don't laugh at me”. Peer pressure
not be there physically, but mentally it is.
might