The Forgotten Children of Education Need Online Tutoring
In 2005 the United States House of Representatives proposed a bill that would effectively create a wall between Mexico and the US. The wall would stretch 700 miles and contain electric sensors. Why build this wall? Many Americans seem to have a problem with the vast amount of illegal immigrants coming over the Mexican border. In fact, over 1 million people cross the Mexican boarder each year illegally into the United States. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, there were 12 million unauthorized migrants living in the US. In order, to solve this growing problem the Congress decided to throw up another pretend barrier for the Mexicans.
Of the 12 million unauthorized workers, there were 1.8 million unauthorized children. Each year as more than a million people cross the border, there is an ever widening divide in our education system. Hispanics already graduate at record low levels as compared to their white counterparts. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of Hispanics with high school diplomas is 53 percent. For immigrants, that number is far lower. In a recent article by Vanessa Hua, called "Mexican Immigrants' Kids Falter in School", she reported only 25 percent of Mexican immigrants graduate high school. The question then becomes, as a society, how do we make the educational divide disappear?
The politicians in Washington D.C. have proposed the solution of the American version of the Berlin Wall. Will this solve any education issues that states across the Mexican border are facing? No, illegal immigrants will still find a way to get into the United States, just as they do now with the national guard protecting our border. The school system will continue to be stretched beyond their limits, and there will be significant overcrowding.
Since we can not reduce the overcrowding in our school system, we must think of other ways to reach the unauthorized kids. Our first instinct is to turn to the teacher for one-on-one help, but the language barrier that can exist between illegal immigrants and the teacher often prevents this avenue. One way we can reach unauthorized children, and limit the language barrier, is to offer affordable online tutoring with an expert certified tutor who can speak Spanish as well as English.
Tutorzilla, based out of San Diego, is an online tutoring company which offers math tutoring and science tutoring. Many illegal immigrants do not have computers and internet connections, but that is ok in this digital age. A student can schedule an appointment from any computer such as a public or school library, so not having a home computer is not a problem. Perhaps, with this one-on-one attention with tutoring from your PC, we can bridge this divide in our education system.
