 | Bernice Pescosolido, Ronald Aminzade - 1999 - 692 páginas
...this C average student emerged from CCNY prepared to write, think, and communicate effectively. ... If the Statue of Liberty opened the gateway to this...country, public education opened the door to attainment. (Powell 1995:36-37) These sentiments reflect the aspirations of "outsiders" to become "insiders" as... | |
 | Ken Chapman, Anthony James - 2005 - 197 páginas
...the poor, and the immigrant." Although he had a "C" average, Powell added that he "immerged from CCNY prepared to write, think, and communicate effectively...of attending. If the Statue of Liberty opened the gates to this country, public education opened the door to attainment here. I am, consequently, a champion... | |
 | John R. Shoup - 2005 - 104 páginas
...that I was not great shakes as a scholar. . . . Yet, even this C-average student emerged from CCNY prepared to write, think, and communicate effectively...colleges that I could never have dreamed of attending, (p. 37) Welch's informal education began early, as his father, a train conductor, would bring home... | |
| |
... prestigious private campuses in this country. I have made clear that I was no great shakes as a scholar. I have joked over the years that the CCNY faculty handed me a diploma, uttering a sigh of relief, and were happy to pass me along to the military.... 