First off I think this one of the best topics chosen in the class this semester. I really this video a lot for many reasons. I liked the way that Tim Wise depicted everything about race in his video. I have never read his book before but I am sure it is a good read. One of the best quotes that he said it does not matter what color skin you, even a buffoon like Bush can be president. This really goes along way, because it really shouldn't matter what your skin color looks like to be a senator, representative, mayor, lobbyist, mayor, or even president. This is really important, because while the campaigning was going on, there were a lot of people out there who didn't vote for him because he was black and quickly went the other way. I find that really stupid, and Wise does a good job explaining that about stereotyping people. It constantly keeps going on, and I am sure by him winning made all of the white supremacists very upset and outraged.
On his comments about Brown vs Board I think since 1954 people have been very angry especially in the southern states because i think that is where most of the hatred comes from half the time because the schools down there were the only ones segregated between white and black students. I really think 50 years later we still haven't come away from having racial things said in classrooms everywhere and it is not right at all. I would think people would come to there senses about having black and whit people in the same classroom. What's the point if people just wouldn't care about what other people are doing there would be less racial things to say and people could simply move on. But that will never happen in this society.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Talking point 5 Westheimer and Kahne
While reading this blog i tend agree with most of the stuff that they are explaining in this article. I really think service learning is important because I really think it prepares your for the real world. it really is important for our legislators to like teachers, and service learning because I think it really helps the student be prepared once they graduate college. Once I first i thought it was going to be a challenge but as i kept going it really started to become a lot easier. The students that i am working with are great and are really preparing me for the real world once I leave Rhode Island College. If our politicians ever took this away from aspiring students, I really think a lot of people would be lost in a classroom. I have learned so much from this experience so far and it really is challenging me every time i enter the classroom.
The three quotes that I liked in this article was:
1. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"
I think when JFK said that in his inaugural address I really think it spoke to all of us as American citizens. I think by giving back to your community really helps a person go along way because it really is important for a lot of people. It is also important to help students anyway that we can as professionals because it goes a long way because then the students start to look up to you as a awesome person. I think my students look up to me because they like the way i am teaching them and at certain points, i make them laugh a little bit.
2. "Mr. Johnson explained, students would interact with those less fortunate than themselves and would experience the excitement and joy of learning while using the community as a classroom."
When I come into this classroom i know some of the students come from less fortunate environments, because my teacher knows most of their back rounds. I feel really bad for them, because once they leave school they have to go back to it. With me there i try to help them out the best way that i can so i can make them happy and successful no matter what. Especially when a student is having a bad day i try and make them feel better anyway that i can.
3. "Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling."
This is really important because this is what service learning is all about. Going into an unfamiliar place and trying to learn new things. When I first walked in i had no idea what to do, and i was nervous. I guess that is what happens, but as i keep going i know i will have fun with my students and have an awesome time. I am really glad this is around because it really helps me understand how to teach, what to say to a student and how to go about teaching them new things. If service learning was never around I wouldn't know what to do
In conclusion, I really want to be a teacher one day because i really love what i am doing right now. It is really a perfect fit for me and i know i want to do this for the rest of my life. Many people told me not to go into education because of how challenging it is. I really find it easy, except for what i am doing right now in a classroom i really don't need a degree for what I am doing because i think i have enough knowledge in my head to help students. But i am not going to argue with rules because that wont get me anywhere and i know it. As long as i keep at it i know i will do well, and if it wasn't for our awesome politicians back then we would never have had to wonderful opportunity to go help out students
The three quotes that I liked in this article was:
1. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"
I think when JFK said that in his inaugural address I really think it spoke to all of us as American citizens. I think by giving back to your community really helps a person go along way because it really is important for a lot of people. It is also important to help students anyway that we can as professionals because it goes a long way because then the students start to look up to you as a awesome person. I think my students look up to me because they like the way i am teaching them and at certain points, i make them laugh a little bit.
2. "Mr. Johnson explained, students would interact with those less fortunate than themselves and would experience the excitement and joy of learning while using the community as a classroom."
When I come into this classroom i know some of the students come from less fortunate environments, because my teacher knows most of their back rounds. I feel really bad for them, because once they leave school they have to go back to it. With me there i try to help them out the best way that i can so i can make them happy and successful no matter what. Especially when a student is having a bad day i try and make them feel better anyway that i can.
3. "Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling."
This is really important because this is what service learning is all about. Going into an unfamiliar place and trying to learn new things. When I first walked in i had no idea what to do, and i was nervous. I guess that is what happens, but as i keep going i know i will have fun with my students and have an awesome time. I am really glad this is around because it really helps me understand how to teach, what to say to a student and how to go about teaching them new things. If service learning was never around I wouldn't know what to do
In conclusion, I really want to be a teacher one day because i really love what i am doing right now. It is really a perfect fit for me and i know i want to do this for the rest of my life. Many people told me not to go into education because of how challenging it is. I really find it easy, except for what i am doing right now in a classroom i really don't need a degree for what I am doing because i think i have enough knowledge in my head to help students. But i am not going to argue with rules because that wont get me anywhere and i know it. As long as i keep at it i know i will do well, and if it wasn't for our awesome politicians back then we would never have had to wonderful opportunity to go help out students
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Talking points 4 Christensen
When I was growing up as a kid, I was always taught that calling people names was always the bad thing to do when someone appeared different to you. In today's society parents start teaching some stuff they know to there children at a very young age and they will use that knowledge as they get older. If there taught that black/white people are bad people and they say you shouldn't go near those people because they will hurt you, those children will probably listen to there parents. As a young child the threat of getting into to trouble becomes more imminent. I don't think there is a "secret education" when it comes to teaching kids right or wrong, but when it comes to defining a person's race and telling them not to go near them is completely out of the question. Children are going to grow up and see people of all races, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and many other things that parents try to keep there children away from. If racist parents would simply learn people are people and there just trying to live normal everyday lives, there would be less hate, and wouldn't be telling there children ,"DON'T GO NEAR HIM". Even the child doesn't buy into it at an early age and they can move past it quickly, they shouldn't be saying racial slurs by the time they reach there teenage years. But when it comes there teenage years boys/girls will start dating. I wouldn't be surprised if parents are they way they are still they would probably say to there children if you date a black/white boy/girl do not bring them home and dump them right now. If the kid has a spine they wouldn't listen and continue what he/she is doing.
Now we have movies and cartoons that are racist and many young children are being introduced to it still at a young age. In the movie Peter Pan, there are so many racial things its not even funny to watch. I would have turned it off after the first racial thing that's in it. There was even about 7 to 11 racial cartoons made by Warner Brothers during WWII. They would cartoons about the Nazis, the Jews, and African Americans. They won't put them on the tv screens any more of how bad they were. For movies and cartoons to center there production on racial slurs is horrible. I understand it was the thing to do back then but I wouldn't let a son or daughter of mine watch it in the future.
The three quotes that i found useful were:
1. "We are nor only taught certain styles of violence, [he latest fashions, and sex roles by TV, movies, magazines, and comic strips: we are also taught how [0 succeed, how to love, how to buy, how to conquer,how W forger rhe past and suppress the future."
I believe this one means that if people can get buy all the negativity in the world, they would live happier lives.
2. "Many students don't want to believe they have been manipulated by children's media or advertising"
It is so easy to manipulate a child especially at a young age. Just take Santa for an example our parents lied to us about that. What a person says to a child a a young age, they will almost believe anything you say.
3. "Childrens cartoons, movies, and literature are perhaps the most Influential]
genre "read"
This is all a young kid watches when they grow up. Cartoons are great. There funny and and can keep a kid in front of the screen for hours. I should know because that is all i watched. Still when a kid watches these cartoons and they see anything bad in it they will start emulating it and will continue to do it.
In conclusion if children wouldn't listen to what there parents to say about people I think the kid would live a much happier and not racial life. I know people won't stop being racist and saying mean and horrible things but its shouldn't be taught to children at a young age. Once the know it and understand it, they will just take it and run with it. If there wasn't so much racist in the world today it would be so much different for society. Maybe people would be much happier about things.
Now we have movies and cartoons that are racist and many young children are being introduced to it still at a young age. In the movie Peter Pan, there are so many racial things its not even funny to watch. I would have turned it off after the first racial thing that's in it. There was even about 7 to 11 racial cartoons made by Warner Brothers during WWII. They would cartoons about the Nazis, the Jews, and African Americans. They won't put them on the tv screens any more of how bad they were. For movies and cartoons to center there production on racial slurs is horrible. I understand it was the thing to do back then but I wouldn't let a son or daughter of mine watch it in the future.
The three quotes that i found useful were:
1. "We are nor only taught certain styles of violence, [he latest fashions, and sex roles by TV, movies, magazines, and comic strips: we are also taught how [0 succeed, how to love, how to buy, how to conquer,how W forger rhe past and suppress the future."
I believe this one means that if people can get buy all the negativity in the world, they would live happier lives.
2. "Many students don't want to believe they have been manipulated by children's media or advertising"
It is so easy to manipulate a child especially at a young age. Just take Santa for an example our parents lied to us about that. What a person says to a child a a young age, they will almost believe anything you say.
3. "Childrens cartoons, movies, and literature are perhaps the most Influential]
genre "read"
This is all a young kid watches when they grow up. Cartoons are great. There funny and and can keep a kid in front of the screen for hours. I should know because that is all i watched. Still when a kid watches these cartoons and they see anything bad in it they will start emulating it and will continue to do it.
In conclusion if children wouldn't listen to what there parents to say about people I think the kid would live a much happier and not racial life. I know people won't stop being racist and saying mean and horrible things but its shouldn't be taught to children at a young age. Once the know it and understand it, they will just take it and run with it. If there wasn't so much racist in the world today it would be so much different for society. Maybe people would be much happier about things.
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