Chiwon Lee, a student of Sarah Zale at Cascadia College in Bothell, Washington, read and responded to the YES! Acosta shares how his school district’s “rehumanized” Mexican American Studies Program helped empower students by connecting their learning to their history and who they are. Writing Prompt: Describe a teacher or a classroom experience that helped make learning joyful and meaningful for you. Conversely, what message do you have for teachers and administrators who make learning tedious, even painful? When I read the “When This Teacher’s Ethnic Studies Classes Were Banned, His Students Took the District to Court-and Won” article published in YES!