A New Generation of Students Fights for the Right to Higher Learning
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Great article in the Nashville Scene about undocumented students in TN, the DREAM Act, and the TIRRC campaign to secure Rep. Cooper's support of reform. Click "Read more" to check out the full article.
By: Kyle Swenson
...Immigration status is fodder these days for school-hall taunts, in part because the public education system is facing a growing gulf between undocumented students and those born here.
According to Oscar—who's been a student in the Metro school system since kindergarten—he never really considered himself, or was treated by others, as different. That changed, he says, in high school, when college became a conversation topic. All of a sudden, a Social Security number was the key to higher education—splitting the student body into the haves and have-nots.
"My freshman year, that's when everything just changed," he says. "Everyone started talking about college, the ACT and the SAT. I just felt out of place with everyone."
