Myles

      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 ...

    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...