latina students as a whole have historically led behind their peers.ch is shedding new light on a little known strength. >> i did the pumpkins and chocolate. >> the common perception about language delays lower english proficiency, somewhat lower cognitive skills problem solving skills is all true. that's empirically born out in findings. >> i need them to be closed up. it's okay the pages are torn. >> the surprising finding is that that doesn't track against their social skills. >> clear? >> go. >> where does this go? >> on your table. see the pile leslie is making >> latino children have strong social and emotional skills on average. >> on your mark. >> they show up for kindergarten mature. they respect their teachers. >> go. >> they're ready to share. >> are you missing a none? >> i need a one and two. >> and to learn. >>. >> four five. >> what we're realizing now and as i talked to my kindergarten teachers when looking even at the classes we have here as the bear resford, both classes the kids that were really ready socially were our latino family

the phrase metro average philanthropy causing the senior, a foster child herself to post as a latina student at quinnipiac i ask that you respect the culture of others and do not appropriate it in stereo typical and offensive ways. the sorority caved and canceled the event. but really what option did they have? i don't know if you noticed that, but i took special care to pronounce all of the words in the -- >> i thought the accent was great. >> when you say latina you say latina. >> the most impressive was quinnipiac. >> what she .ed out is ma raw caws -- marracas are not mexican. if you are going to use cultural appropriation do it it right. use what is appropriate. >> aren't these marriachis -- >> marriachis are different than marracas. >> i used them in kindergarten in minnesota so i don't think they are an ethnically specific instrument of all of the shorthand you can use for latin american marracas are the most harmless. >> pretty harmless. >> they could have showed smuggling a kilo of cocaine or sleeping under a sombrero surrounded by empty bottles of tequilla. >> which by the way they

latina students from kentucky were awarded the prize. their cable provider is time warner cable. here's a small clip from the winning piece. >> she has to make tough choices. she lives on a minimum wage. >> it is hard. i had to decide if i'm going to have to be late on a bill. if i'm going to have to ask people to borrow money. it is hard sometimes. >> she is not alone. according to the bureau of labour's to -- labor statistics 3.3 million americans make minimum wage or below. most are employed in fields like food service. rosemary gray makes minimum wage as a custodian. >>we have to pay for our bills in our housing and we can't do that on minimum wage. they are like, why do you need food stamps? you have got to eat. you did -- you don't make enough to feed yourself and pay your bills. >> it pushes on to raise the federal minimum wage from seven dollars 25 an hour to maybe $10.10 an hour which would divide over $21,000 a year if the individual