Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00QGANGU4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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I heard about this story from Science Friday on my I heard about this story from Science Friday on my public radio station. A movie has just been released based on this book, and Ira Flatow interviewed several of the boys who were involved. I quickly ordered the book, read it, and ordered another copy. I gave one to a Hispanic high schooler who needs to get fired up, and the other to a nonprofit that works with kids who have dropped out of school.What the book teaches us is this: The way to re-engage marginal students is not to off. T. Corson said Should be required reading. The DVD movie of the same name is an entertaining feel good story. However, this book reveals all the details and the true reality of these young men's lives. After reading this, it's plain to me that we need a more realistic plan for handling immigrants who came to this country illegally. The largely conservative voices on this matter would paint all illegal immigrants with a broad brush as criminals and undesirable. When some of those same illegal immigrants prove to be talented . Diane Wilson said it's honestly the best book to motivate people to never give up. I think people should order this book. To me, it's honestly the best book to motivate people to never give up. These four boys had serious blockades in their pathways but they had found ways around it. People in America go through these trials every day and can connect to what these boys are feeling. Some people might be stressed out and give up, but these boys never did- they all thought positive and each had a role with the effort put into building the robot. I've been inspired b
No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much - but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot. In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Four undocumented Mexican-American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest and a major motion picture. This was never a level competition - and yet, against all odds they won! But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story - which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement - will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scaven