Thursday, December 2, 2010
Servie Learning Project
I had my last day at my service learning project on Tuesday. It was very fun working with the children I really enjoyed it. Also, it was a great experience. I feel like I established a good relationship with the kids and with the teacher. The teacher even invited me to go on a field trip with them on Dec 17th to go see the Nutcracker and I am going with them, I thought that was really nice. I feel like a did a good job with the kids and that is why she invited me so that made me feel nice :)
Monday, November 29, 2010
Talking point # 10 Education is politics
"Increasing accumulation of evidence that the institution of schooling itself is not a neutral enterprise in terms of its economic outcomes... while schools may in fact serve the interests of many individuals. Empirically they also seem to act as powerful agents in the economic and cultural reproduction of class relations."
I believe that it is true and education is politics. Lets face it, it is sad but everything in our society is based on how much it will cost. Which is really sad. At most schools and school districts they provide the money for the things that will cost the school less money, and have the tax payers pay more money, even if it does not fully benefit the students, it costs them less money so that is all that they care about. Just like the government, the government will do anything to save a couple pennies regardless of the results, it is very sad.
"Education can be described in many ways... One hand, education is a socializing activity funded, organized and regulated by authorities who set a curriculum."
I believe that this is correct. In some ways there are positive things about the education system. Curriculum is both a positive and a negative thing. On one aspect it helps make sure that the students learn a plethora of information, but on the negative side of it it minimizes how much information about certain topics they are going to learn AND they are forced to learn about certain things. Students should be able to learn what strongly interests them, and also have to learn required material that will benefit their minds in the future. This is the tough part of deciding what should be learned. Over time the material should be updated because some of the books and novels that students are reading now are so outdated that it is not benefited their education. The books should be updated to ones that are more recent so that students benefit from them more but at the same time provide them with excellent information.
"The teacher is the person who mediates the relationship between outside authorities , formal knowledge, and individuals in the classroom"
This is a very accurate quote. Teachers are all of those things, which is great. I can not wait to be a teacher to do all of those things in the future.
I believe that it is true and education is politics. Lets face it, it is sad but everything in our society is based on how much it will cost. Which is really sad. At most schools and school districts they provide the money for the things that will cost the school less money, and have the tax payers pay more money, even if it does not fully benefit the students, it costs them less money so that is all that they care about. Just like the government, the government will do anything to save a couple pennies regardless of the results, it is very sad.
"Education can be described in many ways... One hand, education is a socializing activity funded, organized and regulated by authorities who set a curriculum."
I believe that this is correct. In some ways there are positive things about the education system. Curriculum is both a positive and a negative thing. On one aspect it helps make sure that the students learn a plethora of information, but on the negative side of it it minimizes how much information about certain topics they are going to learn AND they are forced to learn about certain things. Students should be able to learn what strongly interests them, and also have to learn required material that will benefit their minds in the future. This is the tough part of deciding what should be learned. Over time the material should be updated because some of the books and novels that students are reading now are so outdated that it is not benefited their education. The books should be updated to ones that are more recent so that students benefit from them more but at the same time provide them with excellent information.
"The teacher is the person who mediates the relationship between outside authorities , formal knowledge, and individuals in the classroom"
This is a very accurate quote. Teachers are all of those things, which is great. I can not wait to be a teacher to do all of those things in the future.
Talking point # 5 In service of what?
I very much like the idea of a service learning project. I believe that by incorporating education and helping people that are in need is a great collaboration. Whether is be tutoring, volunteering in a classroom as we are doing right now, donating to charity etc. I believe that this is a great thing and it should keep going on. I think that by people helping others that are in need is a great thing to do. The person helping out has to want to do it though, otherwise it defeats the whole purpose of the project. For example if we went into the classrooms that we are volunteering in with a miserable attitude and acted like we did not want to be there it would not help the students out at all it would make them feel bad make them feel negative as well. But, if we go in there with a positive attitude willing to help and eager to be there they will feel the same way because they see that we are happy and want to be there. As said in the reading
"Moral domain: giving and caring."
I think that is a very nice way of putting it.
"Service learning project makes students active participants in service prjoects that aim to respond to the needs of the community while furthering that academic goals of students."
I believe that this is exactly what the service learning project is and what it does, I think that it is great
"Educators who emphasize change would clearly also value the educational benefits of this approach."
"Moral domain: giving and caring."
I think that is a very nice way of putting it.
"Service learning project makes students active participants in service prjoects that aim to respond to the needs of the community while furthering that academic goals of students."
I believe that this is exactly what the service learning project is and what it does, I think that it is great
"Educators who emphasize change would clearly also value the educational benefits of this approach."
Talking point # 4
I thought this was an interesting reading because I do agree that at a young age racism is introduced through the cartoons that we watch and the stories that we hear. Especially through Disney, as a child I always wanted to be the Little Mermaid the beautiful princess that lived in the sea and met her prince charming. I am sure that a majority of little girls feel this way. All the Disney princesses are all of different cultures.. that way that they apply to all different little girls around the world.
"Industrially produced fiction has become one of the primary shapers of our emotions and our intellect... Although these stories are supposed to entertain us, they constantly give us a secret education."
This quote is sadly true. As an adult now that I watch all the Disney movies, cartoons and such that I used to watch as a child I get an entirely different meaning than I did as a child. When you really look at the meanings of some of these movies it is formualting a child's thinking process to believe in a stereotypical fantasy world.
"The young pretty ones only want to hook their manthe old; pretty ones are mean because they are losing their looks."
This quote drew my attention because the characters in Disney movies are really portayed in this fashion! This is sending young girls a message that the only thing that matters is your looks and getting a man that you will rely on for everything. This shows that in society men is the dominant race because women are they to wait for them and be pretty for them and that is all... in most cases this is not true but children see this in childrens Disney movies so what else are they supposed to think?
"Women who aren't white are beginning to feel left out and ugly because they never get to play a princess."
This is sad that several women felt this way. But, with time when SOME racism diminshed they created princesses of different races like Pochahantas, Jasmine and Mulan. Which is nice that they did that but in the past it made it seem like the only pretty women were white, which is not right.
"Industrially produced fiction has become one of the primary shapers of our emotions and our intellect... Although these stories are supposed to entertain us, they constantly give us a secret education."
This quote is sadly true. As an adult now that I watch all the Disney movies, cartoons and such that I used to watch as a child I get an entirely different meaning than I did as a child. When you really look at the meanings of some of these movies it is formualting a child's thinking process to believe in a stereotypical fantasy world.
"The young pretty ones only want to hook their manthe old; pretty ones are mean because they are losing their looks."
This quote drew my attention because the characters in Disney movies are really portayed in this fashion! This is sending young girls a message that the only thing that matters is your looks and getting a man that you will rely on for everything. This shows that in society men is the dominant race because women are they to wait for them and be pretty for them and that is all... in most cases this is not true but children see this in childrens Disney movies so what else are they supposed to think?
"Women who aren't white are beginning to feel left out and ugly because they never get to play a princess."
This is sad that several women felt this way. But, with time when SOME racism diminshed they created princesses of different races like Pochahantas, Jasmine and Mulan. Which is nice that they did that but in the past it made it seem like the only pretty women were white, which is not right.
Talking point # 3
Before reading this article I thought that talking to children at the elementary school age about gayness was too young, but now when I think about it, it is better to introduce them at a young age. If you wait until a child is older to discuss something like this it is going to result in them not knowing how to feel about the topic. If you discuss it with them when they are younger they will more than likely be more accepting and less judgemental about it because it was introduced to them earlier in life. Just like children that I taught a second language at a younger age, when they are older they are more accepting of other cultures, because it was introduced to them earlier in life.
1) "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, which it is associated with disease."
This is not right at all. Especially because they only associate gayness with disease. But, they do not assocaite heterosexual sex/ realtionships with disease even though there are several sexually transmitted disease transmitted from males to females and the other way around. It is crazy that this is the only way that they talk about gayness with kids, no wonder why people grow up to be so against gayness, the only thing that they learn about is that it can result in disease. They are not taught that people are in love with each other (even though they are the same gender) they still love each other, it is something that they can not control that is the way they are and they should be accepted and respected for that.
2) "Dismissed as adolescent behavior screams of Faggot echo down the hall terrifying, stigmatizing, isolating"
This just makes you think...can you imagine being treated this way because you are different than the majority of people around you? This most likely would not happen as often if children were taught about gayness earlier in life. BEcause they are not taught about it when they are first introduced to it at the middle school age they automatically ar unaccepting of it because people disagree with what they are unfamiliar with, especially at the middle school age because of the raging hormones and changes that they are going through, they do not like what they are not familiar with and they follow what the people around think and do. But, if this topic was brought up to them when they were younger once they reached the middle school age more people would be accepting of gayness ( not all because lets face it not all people are accepting of everything) but it definatley will help a majority of people to be less judgemental
3) "Silence = Death"
I thought this was interesting because I had never heard this before. I believe it means that if you are gay and do not care that keeping it to yourself (being silent) will be the death of you. Which makes sense how can you deny who you really are to everyone around you, that would eat you apart. People should feel confident about who they are and what they like, they should not be petrified to open up about it. I can not imagine what it would be like to not feel comfortable opening up at all. I mean I have insecurities about myself, everyone does but not like that. If the world were more accepting than people would be more accepting of themselves. Well that is how I feel
1) "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, which it is associated with disease."
This is not right at all. Especially because they only associate gayness with disease. But, they do not assocaite heterosexual sex/ realtionships with disease even though there are several sexually transmitted disease transmitted from males to females and the other way around. It is crazy that this is the only way that they talk about gayness with kids, no wonder why people grow up to be so against gayness, the only thing that they learn about is that it can result in disease. They are not taught that people are in love with each other (even though they are the same gender) they still love each other, it is something that they can not control that is the way they are and they should be accepted and respected for that.
2) "Dismissed as adolescent behavior screams of Faggot echo down the hall terrifying, stigmatizing, isolating"
This just makes you think...can you imagine being treated this way because you are different than the majority of people around you? This most likely would not happen as often if children were taught about gayness earlier in life. BEcause they are not taught about it when they are first introduced to it at the middle school age they automatically ar unaccepting of it because people disagree with what they are unfamiliar with, especially at the middle school age because of the raging hormones and changes that they are going through, they do not like what they are not familiar with and they follow what the people around think and do. But, if this topic was brought up to them when they were younger once they reached the middle school age more people would be accepting of gayness ( not all because lets face it not all people are accepting of everything) but it definatley will help a majority of people to be less judgemental
3) "Silence = Death"
I thought this was interesting because I had never heard this before. I believe it means that if you are gay and do not care that keeping it to yourself (being silent) will be the death of you. Which makes sense how can you deny who you really are to everyone around you, that would eat you apart. People should feel confident about who they are and what they like, they should not be petrified to open up about it. I can not imagine what it would be like to not feel comfortable opening up at all. I mean I have insecurities about myself, everyone does but not like that. If the world were more accepting than people would be more accepting of themselves. Well that is how I feel
talking point #2
This article is the story of a man who spoke Spanish as his native language. His family was from Mexico and they were living in California. It was very difficult for him to communicate with people because he only spoke a few words here and there in English so he had a very difficult time forming sentences and complete thoughts so when he did try and speak to people they just looked at him word because they did not understand him. I can not even imagine how this feels because obviously I have never been in this experience. Especially at such a young age. At age 5 you still are learning to form sentences adequatley in your dominant language never mind learning a new language and trying to make sense of it.
He was very happy at home but in public where people were speaking English all around him, it scared him. When his parents spoke in English it scared him too. He did not feel comfortable unless he was at home with his family speaking Spanish. It must have been extremely difficult living under those conditions. I now have more empathy for those people that. The people who do not speak the same language as all the people around them.All that must be going through their head is.... are they talking about me? am I doing everything alright? Constantly questioning themselves. I would not want to live like that.
"Is it possible for you and your husband to encourage your children to practice English at home?"
I dont know why but this part of the reading stuck out in my head. The author kept saying that the only place that he felt safe was at home with his parents speaking Spanish. And now they were to practice English at home....where is he to feel safe? This is what I thought at first but, then I thought about it. There is nowhere else better for him to practice something that made him feel uncomfortable than the place he felt the most safe and with the people he felt the most comfortable with.
"At last at seven years old, I came to believe what had been technically true sine my birth: I was an American citizen."
Even though he was born an American citizen he did not feel as though he was one until he fluently spoke the language. He did not feel like he was a citizen because people did not treat him like one because he did not speak the same language as them, have the same appearance as them, the same lifestyle etc. It took him the first seven years of his life to actually feel like he belonged. This is crazy to me.
"My mother, my father... after English became my primary language I no longer knew what words to use in addressing my parents."
He tried so hard to fit in and feel welcome in America by becoming fluent in their language that he had a hard time remembering his own language. He was forgetting his native language to fit in and feel welcome in America. This is very interesting because you never think about things like this.
He was very happy at home but in public where people were speaking English all around him, it scared him. When his parents spoke in English it scared him too. He did not feel comfortable unless he was at home with his family speaking Spanish. It must have been extremely difficult living under those conditions. I now have more empathy for those people that. The people who do not speak the same language as all the people around them.All that must be going through their head is.... are they talking about me? am I doing everything alright? Constantly questioning themselves. I would not want to live like that.
"Is it possible for you and your husband to encourage your children to practice English at home?"
I dont know why but this part of the reading stuck out in my head. The author kept saying that the only place that he felt safe was at home with his parents speaking Spanish. And now they were to practice English at home....where is he to feel safe? This is what I thought at first but, then I thought about it. There is nowhere else better for him to practice something that made him feel uncomfortable than the place he felt the most safe and with the people he felt the most comfortable with.
"At last at seven years old, I came to believe what had been technically true sine my birth: I was an American citizen."
Even though he was born an American citizen he did not feel as though he was one until he fluently spoke the language. He did not feel like he was a citizen because people did not treat him like one because he did not speak the same language as them, have the same appearance as them, the same lifestyle etc. It took him the first seven years of his life to actually feel like he belonged. This is crazy to me.
"My mother, my father... after English became my primary language I no longer knew what words to use in addressing my parents."
He tried so hard to fit in and feel welcome in America by becoming fluent in their language that he had a hard time remembering his own language. He was forgetting his native language to fit in and feel welcome in America. This is very interesting because you never think about things like this.
talking point #1 delpit
This article was interstiting to me here are some of the quotes that caught my attention....
"In 1991 84 people more than half of whom were 21 or younger were murder in the percent a year later 10 were shot dead on a street"
This is very scary especially since the place that they are talkin about is just hours away from where we live.
"mother sent him to the store to get pizza. 3 slices- one for mother, one for father and one for me... saw a homeless man who told him he was hungry. But he was too cold to move his mouth he pointed to the pizza so I gave him some. Were your parents mad at you? Why would they be? God told us to share"
I like this quote because this boy and his family are struggling to get by an he still is willing to give to someone less fortuante than him. There are people in the world who have everything they need and way more and they will not help out those in need at all.
"Their indirectness was an attempt to lessen the power"
This is very interesting and I think that it means that by being indirect with a person they will feel less powerfull and feel down on themselves as if they are not as superior as the other person. The person is "silencing their dialogue" by making them feel this way.
"In 1991 84 people more than half of whom were 21 or younger were murder in the percent a year later 10 were shot dead on a street"
This is very scary especially since the place that they are talkin about is just hours away from where we live.
"mother sent him to the store to get pizza. 3 slices- one for mother, one for father and one for me... saw a homeless man who told him he was hungry. But he was too cold to move his mouth he pointed to the pizza so I gave him some. Were your parents mad at you? Why would they be? God told us to share"
I like this quote because this boy and his family are struggling to get by an he still is willing to give to someone less fortuante than him. There are people in the world who have everything they need and way more and they will not help out those in need at all.
"Their indirectness was an attempt to lessen the power"
This is very interesting and I think that it means that by being indirect with a person they will feel less powerfull and feel down on themselves as if they are not as superior as the other person. The person is "silencing their dialogue" by making them feel this way.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
This video is about parents point of view on their children with autism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFVAuPu90eE
It is nice to see the parent's point of view. This is proof that least restricitve learning environment does make a difference.
It is nice to see the parent's point of view. This is proof that least restricitve learning environment does make a difference.
Talking Point # 9 Kliewer
"I started to notice that I didn't like that classes that I was taking called special education. I had to go through special ed. all of my life. I wanted to take other classes that interested me. I had never felt so mad , I wanted to cry."-- Mia Peterson
This is a shame. Children with special ed. should not always be secluded for the other children. Yes, for the children that are severly mentally challenged then being in a secluded special ed. classroom probably works to their benefit but, if the child is only mildly delayed then they should be in a classroom with the other students just getting extra help when needed. The least restricitve learning environment is a great thing for children with special needs because it gives them the change be in an environment that benefits them the most which is awesome because in the past it was not always like that as you can tell from the quote above. Peterson should have been able to take other classes if who school had put her in her lease restrictive learning environment.
"Now we know that people with disabilities can learn and have a full, rich life. The challenge is to erase negative attitudes about the people with developmental disabilities, get rid of the stereotypes and break the barriers for people with disablities"
I can not believe that this person said "now that we know" this just sounds so rude. They never gave people with disabilites a chance as you can tell how this is phrased and thats not good. People with developmental disabilites are the sweetest people in the world and they should be treated like so. Society is rude and terrible sometimes and it often decgrates them. Now in the 20th century they are more accepted and treated a lot more equal compared to the past and that is how it should be. They should not be treated differently because they have a developmental disability.
"Different perhaps in their minds and in their bodies, but not different in their spirits or in their willingnessand ability to contribute to mosaic society"
This nails it right on the head. Yes, people with developmental disabilites may look, talk and or act different than a typically developed person. But, they are still a person and they are a memeber of society just like everybody else. Just because they are different they should not be treated so, especially because it is something that is out of their control. I can not express this enough. I am a special ed. major so I could go on about this all day. I work with adults with developmental disabilites as well so I feel very strongly about this topic.
This is a shame. Children with special ed. should not always be secluded for the other children. Yes, for the children that are severly mentally challenged then being in a secluded special ed. classroom probably works to their benefit but, if the child is only mildly delayed then they should be in a classroom with the other students just getting extra help when needed. The least restricitve learning environment is a great thing for children with special needs because it gives them the change be in an environment that benefits them the most which is awesome because in the past it was not always like that as you can tell from the quote above. Peterson should have been able to take other classes if who school had put her in her lease restrictive learning environment.
"Now we know that people with disabilities can learn and have a full, rich life. The challenge is to erase negative attitudes about the people with developmental disabilities, get rid of the stereotypes and break the barriers for people with disablities"
I can not believe that this person said "now that we know" this just sounds so rude. They never gave people with disabilites a chance as you can tell how this is phrased and thats not good. People with developmental disabilites are the sweetest people in the world and they should be treated like so. Society is rude and terrible sometimes and it often decgrates them. Now in the 20th century they are more accepted and treated a lot more equal compared to the past and that is how it should be. They should not be treated differently because they have a developmental disability.
"Different perhaps in their minds and in their bodies, but not different in their spirits or in their willingnessand ability to contribute to mosaic society"
This nails it right on the head. Yes, people with developmental disabilites may look, talk and or act different than a typically developed person. But, they are still a person and they are a memeber of society just like everybody else. Just because they are different they should not be treated so, especially because it is something that is out of their control. I can not express this enough. I am a special ed. major so I could go on about this all day. I work with adults with developmental disabilites as well so I feel very strongly about this topic.
Talking point # 8 Anyon reading
"In the middle class school, work is getting the right answer. If one accumulates enough right answers, one gets a good grade."
A lot of schools grade and work like this but I do not think that it is the best way for teaching and learning to go. There are several different ways to learn and to solve problems. Why teach students one way and not the other ways? There are several different types of learners visual, hands on, auditory and a combination of all three. And if a student arrives at the right answer and does not know how that got that answer they still get a good grade? This is not right because they are not learning anything. But, a student that gets a wrong answer but knows how they went about solving the problem they just made a simple mistake does not get a good grade? This is not right. Everybody learns and thinks differently so, that is how students should be taught and they should be graded on several different ways that way that they are intelligent on mutiple different levels not just knowing if an answer is right or wrong.
"The teachers rarely explain why the work is being assigned, how it might connect to other assignments, or what the idea is that lies behind the procedure or gives it coherence and perhaps meaning or significance"
I feel like a lot of teachers are like this and that is not good. Students should know why they are learning something because if they do not know why they are learning it why will they care? I mean I know when I was a kid if I did not know why something that I was learning in class was significant or mattered I did not care about and therefore I did not learn the information. I have had very few good math teachers in my entire time of being in school. A lot of the math teachers that I have had never explained on where I would ever use the math that I was learning in real life. Now, because I am older and in college and the working world I see where I use a lot of the math but when I was a kid I had no idea. Therefore; I was never good at math because I never understood it and never thought that I would ever need it. I was wrong and now I struggle with math still to this day because ever since I was a kid no one taught me math with a positive attitude and never explained to me why I was learning these problems.
"In the affluent professional school, work is creative activity carried out independently. The students are continually asked to express and apply ideas and concepts. Work involves individual thought and expressiveness, expansion and illustration of ideas, and choice of appropriate method and material. "
Every school should have this type of teaching. This is very important especially for children. Everyone is intelligent in their own way. So, children should be able to express and show where they are intelligent. If a student is a very intelligent writer and is being tested on math problems. This discourages the child and just puts down their self esteem and makes them feel stupid because they are being tested on something that they are terrible at and are not able to should what they excel in. My schools that I attended were not like this and I wish they were. I do terrible on mutiple choice tests and I was always tested like that I am good at essays, and I was never tested that way so a lot of times I did not as well as I could on tests because of the testing style. But in affluent professional schools they are able to show what they are good at and the best way that they learn which if I was taught this way I would have benefited from it.
A lot of schools grade and work like this but I do not think that it is the best way for teaching and learning to go. There are several different ways to learn and to solve problems. Why teach students one way and not the other ways? There are several different types of learners visual, hands on, auditory and a combination of all three. And if a student arrives at the right answer and does not know how that got that answer they still get a good grade? This is not right because they are not learning anything. But, a student that gets a wrong answer but knows how they went about solving the problem they just made a simple mistake does not get a good grade? This is not right. Everybody learns and thinks differently so, that is how students should be taught and they should be graded on several different ways that way that they are intelligent on mutiple different levels not just knowing if an answer is right or wrong.
"The teachers rarely explain why the work is being assigned, how it might connect to other assignments, or what the idea is that lies behind the procedure or gives it coherence and perhaps meaning or significance"
I feel like a lot of teachers are like this and that is not good. Students should know why they are learning something because if they do not know why they are learning it why will they care? I mean I know when I was a kid if I did not know why something that I was learning in class was significant or mattered I did not care about and therefore I did not learn the information. I have had very few good math teachers in my entire time of being in school. A lot of the math teachers that I have had never explained on where I would ever use the math that I was learning in real life. Now, because I am older and in college and the working world I see where I use a lot of the math but when I was a kid I had no idea. Therefore; I was never good at math because I never understood it and never thought that I would ever need it. I was wrong and now I struggle with math still to this day because ever since I was a kid no one taught me math with a positive attitude and never explained to me why I was learning these problems.
"In the affluent professional school, work is creative activity carried out independently. The students are continually asked to express and apply ideas and concepts. Work involves individual thought and expressiveness, expansion and illustration of ideas, and choice of appropriate method and material. "
Every school should have this type of teaching. This is very important especially for children. Everyone is intelligent in their own way. So, children should be able to express and show where they are intelligent. If a student is a very intelligent writer and is being tested on math problems. This discourages the child and just puts down their self esteem and makes them feel stupid because they are being tested on something that they are terrible at and are not able to should what they excel in. My schools that I attended were not like this and I wish they were. I do terrible on mutiple choice tests and I was always tested like that I am good at essays, and I was never tested that way so a lot of times I did not as well as I could on tests because of the testing style. But in affluent professional schools they are able to show what they are good at and the best way that they learn which if I was taught this way I would have benefited from it.
Talking Point #6
"Because race has been the basis for oppression, and continues to play such a large role in one's life chances, it is perfectly legitimate to then offer scholarships on the basis of that category which has triggered the oppression"
I do not think that because of your race you should get a scholarship. I think that scholarships should be offered for something that you work for like athletic or academic. I do not think that you should get a scholarship for something that you did not work for. Also, I think that by there being scholarships like this is going to continue ongoing racism. Doesn't society want all races to be equal?? Then why are certain races getting scholarships for being of that race? This is just continuing the ongoing racism and it is going to continue to be like that until changes are made.
"According to the head of the group, the scholarship is not being offered to help whites, per se, but rather, to point out the unfairness and immorality of 'racial preferences' in American Society"
This says it right there. This is how I feel. There should NOT be scholarships for certain races and not for others. And no I am not saying this because I am white and I am not racist. I would not like the recieve a scholarship for being white or for have blonde hair or blue eyes, something that I did not earn I was just born with I do not think that is right. I want to get a reward for something that I personally worked hard for and that I earned I do not want something to be handed to me. By there being scholarships like this it is causing racism to continue rather than diminishing it.
I agree with Wise. Yes, white Americans do get the advantage most of the time (that is how society is and has been for hundreds of years) BUT African Americans and Native Americans etc, should not be getting scholarships just because of their race it just is not right. I am not just saying this because I do not get one because I am white, I would not want that like I said before. I just think that scholarships like this should not exsist.
I do not think that because of your race you should get a scholarship. I think that scholarships should be offered for something that you work for like athletic or academic. I do not think that you should get a scholarship for something that you did not work for. Also, I think that by there being scholarships like this is going to continue ongoing racism. Doesn't society want all races to be equal?? Then why are certain races getting scholarships for being of that race? This is just continuing the ongoing racism and it is going to continue to be like that until changes are made.
"According to the head of the group, the scholarship is not being offered to help whites, per se, but rather, to point out the unfairness and immorality of 'racial preferences' in American Society"
This says it right there. This is how I feel. There should NOT be scholarships for certain races and not for others. And no I am not saying this because I am white and I am not racist. I would not like the recieve a scholarship for being white or for have blonde hair or blue eyes, something that I did not earn I was just born with I do not think that is right. I want to get a reward for something that I personally worked hard for and that I earned I do not want something to be handed to me. By there being scholarships like this it is causing racism to continue rather than diminishing it.
I agree with Wise. Yes, white Americans do get the advantage most of the time (that is how society is and has been for hundreds of years) BUT African Americans and Native Americans etc, should not be getting scholarships just because of their race it just is not right. I am not just saying this because I do not get one because I am white, I would not want that like I said before. I just think that scholarships like this should not exsist.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Talking point # 7 Boys and Girls Learn Differently
Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences----
The male and the female brain are different, this why they both learn differently.
"Baby boys prefer to stare at mobiles; baby girls at faces. Boys solve maze puzzles using the hippocampus; girls use the cerebral cortex. Boys covet risk; girls shy away. Boys perform better under moderate stress; girls perform worse"
This is very important information to know when being a teacher. Males and females use different parts of their brain when they are learning. In other words males are more visual learners with pictures (hense why they like mobiles are a baby) and females are good listeners and observers (why they like to look at faces as a baby because they are reading facial expressions). As a teacher it is very important to know this that why you can teach a lesson in several different ways because not everybody learns information the same way. Some people learn better with shapes and pictures, some people learn better by hearing things, some people learn better hands on and some learn the best with a combination of the three like I do. So, this is very important information to know in order to become a successful teacher.
"That males and females have different emotional and cognitive responses to different kinds of light."
I do agree that males and females have seperate emotions and think differently about certain things. But, I do not think that they should be seperated in the classroom. They should be taught together that way that they can learn and think about certain topics in ways that they typically would not do on their own. By boys and girls being in the same classroom together when they are learning about certain topics the boys and girls can work together and the boys can talk about how cognitivley they think about a certain subject and vice versa, since boys and girls brains function differently they will have different approaches that will help the girls and boys to get a broader understanding of the topic. I also think that there should be a range of male and female teachers that way that the different cognitive approachs can be shown through the teacher and the students.
"Despite six years of No Child Left Behind, the achievement gaps between rich and poor students and white and black students have not significantly narrowed."
I know that No Child Left Behind when it was created the details were clearly sorted out but this was a good idea. I think that people need to get more funding and more clearly think about this approach and reinforce it in the classrooms. No child should be left behind at all. Regardless of the race, gender, age, disability all students should be taught the way that they learn the best so that they are a successful student. Different ways of teaching should be used in the classroom rather than teaching everyone the same way. EVERYONE LEARNS DIFFERENTLY. I do not understand why a lot of teachers do not think this way. Teachers should use visuals, use teaching methods that involves listening, teaching that involves hands on and a combination of them all. And if a student needs extra time or help, they should get it. That way that every student will learn to the best of their ability. If this were to happen then students would no longer be labeled as stupid because they would be learning the best that they could and would not be behind the other students.
I agree that men and women learn differently but I do not think that they should be in seperate classrooms. I think that classrooms should remain coed to have a balance. Because I think with all males in one room and all females in another room, there is too much competition (males feel like they have to be more macho than other males and the females feel that they have to be prettier and smarter than the other girls; especially when they are going through puberty) I think by the classes remaining coed there is that gender mix that balances it out. Also, since males and females learn differently the teacher will have to use multiple teaching styles which will also benefit the students because it will especially help those who learn in various different ways.
The male and the female brain are different, this why they both learn differently.
"Baby boys prefer to stare at mobiles; baby girls at faces. Boys solve maze puzzles using the hippocampus; girls use the cerebral cortex. Boys covet risk; girls shy away. Boys perform better under moderate stress; girls perform worse"
This is very important information to know when being a teacher. Males and females use different parts of their brain when they are learning. In other words males are more visual learners with pictures (hense why they like mobiles are a baby) and females are good listeners and observers (why they like to look at faces as a baby because they are reading facial expressions). As a teacher it is very important to know this that why you can teach a lesson in several different ways because not everybody learns information the same way. Some people learn better with shapes and pictures, some people learn better by hearing things, some people learn better hands on and some learn the best with a combination of the three like I do. So, this is very important information to know in order to become a successful teacher.
"That males and females have different emotional and cognitive responses to different kinds of light."
I do agree that males and females have seperate emotions and think differently about certain things. But, I do not think that they should be seperated in the classroom. They should be taught together that way that they can learn and think about certain topics in ways that they typically would not do on their own. By boys and girls being in the same classroom together when they are learning about certain topics the boys and girls can work together and the boys can talk about how cognitivley they think about a certain subject and vice versa, since boys and girls brains function differently they will have different approaches that will help the girls and boys to get a broader understanding of the topic. I also think that there should be a range of male and female teachers that way that the different cognitive approachs can be shown through the teacher and the students.
"Despite six years of No Child Left Behind, the achievement gaps between rich and poor students and white and black students have not significantly narrowed."
I know that No Child Left Behind when it was created the details were clearly sorted out but this was a good idea. I think that people need to get more funding and more clearly think about this approach and reinforce it in the classrooms. No child should be left behind at all. Regardless of the race, gender, age, disability all students should be taught the way that they learn the best so that they are a successful student. Different ways of teaching should be used in the classroom rather than teaching everyone the same way. EVERYONE LEARNS DIFFERENTLY. I do not understand why a lot of teachers do not think this way. Teachers should use visuals, use teaching methods that involves listening, teaching that involves hands on and a combination of them all. And if a student needs extra time or help, they should get it. That way that every student will learn to the best of their ability. If this were to happen then students would no longer be labeled as stupid because they would be learning the best that they could and would not be behind the other students.
I agree that men and women learn differently but I do not think that they should be in seperate classrooms. I think that classrooms should remain coed to have a balance. Because I think with all males in one room and all females in another room, there is too much competition (males feel like they have to be more macho than other males and the females feel that they have to be prettier and smarter than the other girls; especially when they are going through puberty) I think by the classes remaining coed there is that gender mix that balances it out. Also, since males and females learn differently the teacher will have to use multiple teaching styles which will also benefit the students because it will especially help those who learn in various different ways.
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