Puerto Rican Educational system in the 50's, by Jim Cooper

     Jim Cooper presents in chapter 7 on his story "Down on the Island", how political and economical changes in the island affected the educational system, especially with English language. English was primarily the main language, but since the drastic changes affected the island in the 1950's decade, it became a second language, and most people didn't want to learn english well, or teach it well. The goverment changed the educational system now. Like Jim Cooper wrote: "The Emphasis is on learning to speak the language by imitating the native speaker model. Quite Obviously, If the teacher cannot speak the language, then the system cannot work".

     Jim Cooper experiences how students did not care about english class. The majority did not wanted to learn because they did not know english very well. On the other hand, they were not fully motivated to learn english, especially from local teachers (known as native speaker model). They gave their class to their students in an incorrect method. For example, the person assigned gave the class in a way that they think that they were following the system: obligating the students to pronunctuate  many times the same sentence, without knowing the true meaning of it.  They did not care if the student was really learning, they just wanted to follow the system.

    Cooper experienced this conflict in the 1950's, we are in 2014 and there are still teachers that they don't really teach very well english, and the most sad part is that they know it. These social problem keed growing, but there are real solutions, we just have to look for them. Like Cooper, there are other professors who really want to motivate their students and teach the way that they can improve and become better intelectual people. Like Brad Henry said: "A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning."