Wasting Talent: Using Counter-Storytelling to Narrate Dismal Educational Outcomes. Issue 3 (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gonzalez, Martín Alberto
• Is Part Of: Journal of Latinos and education. Volume 17:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 252
• Page End: 256
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Critical Race Theory -- Latinx -- counter-storytelling -- educational pipeline; Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Periodicals; Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Periodicals; Latin Americans -- Education -- Periodicals; Latin Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Periodicals; 371.82968073
• DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2017.1337574
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1534-8431

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A recent study illustrated that the educational attainment of Latina/o students has been dismal during the past decade and that many Latinas/os continue to "fall through the cracks" of the educational pipeline. Through storytelling, I juxtapose my educational trajectory as a high school graduate with that of my third-oldest brother, who "fell through the cracks" of the educational pipeline as an underclassman in high school. I provide examples of how being reprimanded for minimal misconduct negatively impacted my older brother's overall school experiences, which ultimately prevented him from finishing high school despite his potential to succeed.