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They, She, He

     The YouTube channel "woke kindergarten" did a read through and lesson on a book called, They, She, He Easy as ABC by Maya and Matthew. This book teaches students at an early age about pronouns and breaking the norms of gender. The book even uses a rhythmic, song like structure to help further the understandings of the students. I think a book like this is incredible. It is so important to introduce to kids that these topics are completely ethical and not to be afraid of. This will allow the kids to grow up and form their own thoughts and opinions on the matter without it being a foreign concept. Looking at all this, their is absolutely no reason this book shouldn't be taught in school or even just a short read through. The book is banned in schools.     Our country takes so much pride in our school system and how "progressive" it is. If our school system was actually that good then why are books banned just for simply having LGBTQ type topics in it. I can s...
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Ableism

      Ableism is a massive problem not in just everyday life but in the education system. I have watched myself and many others be effected by this. According to Oxford Languages, ableism is "discrimination in favor of able-bodied people". You can see this in schools when the "funny" kids pick on kids with disabilities or even when teachers deliberately will target the behaviors of a kid with a known disability. Actions like this make it nearly impossible for someone with a prominent disability to make it through the school system. There are systems set up to try helping and accommodating to their needs but it is simply just not enough. Furthermore, it is always all or nothing. It is either you can't learn and need to be in this class that is separated from the rest, or you are completely fine. There needs to be a system set up where those who still need help but not to the extreme can get their help.     I grew up going through school with a copious amount of A...
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Aria

      In "Aria", Rodriguez talks about his transition from Speaking Spanish to English. Something that is touched on in his essay is the question of, is this important to teach in a public education setting. I think it is important to teach in a school system but not the way I've been seeing it done myself. While observing in my placement classroom I had multiple students come up to me and speak to me in Spanish and I did my best to talk back to them but I wasn't one hundred percent sure what they were really saying or even how to respond. Later on in the day I asked my teacher what I should do in those settings and she told me "Don't speak to them in Spanish that isn't allowed in my classroom". I think that is completely unfair.     Many classrooms in America are trying to teach children that knowing English is right and any other  language is wrong. That is completely unjust and unfair and borderline discriminatory. I do not understand why these Sp...
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Blog 6

      While watching the video "Introduction to Culturally Relevant Pedagogy", the question of "are culture and race the same thing?" is asked. Saying the answer is yes could not be any father from the truth. If a teacher were to believe this they wouldn't be doing their job properly as a teacher. Race is something that not a single person in this world can control. However, everyone should have the opportunity to learn and experience different cultures. Culture is typically assigned to a race but it is not kept there. A teacher must being able to separate the two if they want to be successful. For example, if a teacher wants to teach about the civil rights movement then the teacher has to teach about black culture. But if race and culture are the same thing then would that mean a white person shouldn't be learning about it. What about Asian or Hispanic? I know for myself that is race and culture were the same thing I would not be who I am today.     I have ...
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Troublemakers

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    Schools are failing there students. They way the education system is set up and run only benefits few. It is set up in a way where predominantly white schools with wealth will benefit. We are taught in school about the significant white figures in the world but we aren't taught much else. It is almost as if Black history is taught on a checklist. Furthermore, it's almost like teachers are playing a game of how little can I say about this person and move on before someone notices. At this point we learn more about the white guy who shot the man rather than the man himself. If schools want to achieve their goal of educating their students then they should try thinking about providing an actual education.      When I was in high school I went to a mostly white school but it was built around white standards. I can say with complete confidence that black history was not taught. I am still waiting for the day that someone can explain to me why learning the quadrat...
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Four I's of Oppression

      The ideal of "normalcy" ruins any society. It is hands down the most damaging title to give someone. The concept of normalcy makes it so that we as society have a chance to put someone down whether, it is something they choose for themselves or were just given at birth. This concept fits into each category of the four I's of oppression. For example; the ideological stereotypes, the institutional practices of conformity, and the unrealized internalized beliefs.     Normalcy is a problem in the ideological sense because stereotypes are literally all about fitting to be "normal". The definition of stereotype is " a widely held but fixed and oversimplified  image or idea of a particular type of person or thing" (Oxford). Anyone who does not fit into their own stereotype is instantly deemed as not normal. To put it bluntly, that is not ok. For example, I'm a boy and I have long hair, why is that abnormal. She is a girl and she has short hair , why...
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Delpit Blog

      One of the biggest things I noticed growing up, whether it was in my own education or observing other teachers, is that a lot of teachers struggle with the responsibility of having power in the classroom. I've noticed that teachers will sometimes recognize the power that they have and will abuse it tenfold. On the other hand, some teachers can not see the power they have and end up abusing it unknowingly. Both of the cases make it seemingly impossible to have a safe class room for their kids.      It is incredibly important as teacher that you recognize the relation of humanity to your students. If you want a safe and open classroom that you need your kids to see you as another human being and not a tyrant in front of the class. Either way the students will accept that you know more than them but in one case over the other, the students will actually listen. As a teacher if you do not make the effort to show the kids they are cared for and they are he...
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