Today, We began by bombarding you (victor) with question about the blog and why we should blog.
Which was terrible and we shouldn't have done that. You said that you felt like you were getting ambushed which I feel really sorry about. Like you said, for the past two weeks we talked about the syllabus and we had no problems with it until today. And I think it was unfair of us to attack you like that which i'm sorry for. After hearing what Grace said about how we should do blog because it's a way we can keep what we went through in college and our assignment and our thoughts, I think its's a good idea to keep.
Then we had a discussion about chapter three, which I was very interested in and I wish I heard more people talked about what they liked about the chapter or what stuck out. I was like to hear what other people favorite part is because I like to know what they find "interesting" or looking at a subject in a different perspective.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Singing and learning
In class last Monday, we made a review song which was pretty cool. I was uncomfortable but so wasy everyone else I bet so I wasn't alone in that. Then we had a discussion about the book "Pedagogy of the oppressed" We learned some key words that he used in the book like necrophiliac and biophiliac.
Our discussion moved on to how are we different from animals and then we started to realize that in the education system we are very similar to animals. We are forced to learn this certain way or one way is the right way. And that's a very negative way of teaching. We need to be more "lively" in our teaching were the students are teaching as well and have more "freedom". Overall I really liked Monday class. I had a lot of fun and making us do the name game again is a good way to learn eachothers name but also build a connection with one another. Like what Victor said in class, we need to start making connection , so we can rely on each other.
Our discussion moved on to how are we different from animals and then we started to realize that in the education system we are very similar to animals. We are forced to learn this certain way or one way is the right way. And that's a very negative way of teaching. We need to be more "lively" in our teaching were the students are teaching as well and have more "freedom". Overall I really liked Monday class. I had a lot of fun and making us do the name game again is a good way to learn eachothers name but also build a connection with one another. Like what Victor said in class, we need to start making connection , so we can rely on each other.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Blog 5
This week we talked about funding, for the most part I understand how funding works.
Public schools always get funding from the government, while private schools gets funding from the parents who unroll their kids there. There are also this thing called levy where the community gets to vote if they want to rise their tax so that money can go to their community school.
I know that funding is important to schools, But I don't believe they should cut the arts or the social workers. It's terrible, many students need the arts to help them grow and being expressive. I don't know how to budget a school but the art is not something a English teacher can teach. Also it's very concerning as a future art teacher. Will I even find a job once I graduate.
I know that funding is important to schools, But I don't believe they should cut the arts or the social workers. It's terrible, many students need the arts to help them grow and being expressive. I don't know how to budget a school but the art is not something a English teacher can teach. Also it's very concerning as a future art teacher. Will I even find a job once I graduate.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
techTool Kit 6
A tech tool kit I can use in a classroom is Instagram. Instagram is a app on your phone where you can take and save pictures on your profile. The profile can be both private or public. In a way its like twitter where you can follow other people and see their posts. The reason I want to use this app in my classroom because I want to use this app as an online portfolio. I want the students to save their pictures and document their progression of being an artist. They can follow me back on Instagram because I will make one as well just for school where i can post up examples with the name of the work and where it originated. Another thing is that students can follow each other and see what other students are doing. Even after they graduate they can keep on using Instagram to keep this portfolio. The good thing about this is that they always have access to this at all time. I can only see good things from Instagram.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Blog 7
"Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom"
In this article the author speaks about how unfair the minority is treated in a classroom.
"there were 149 suspensions and expulsions for every 100 black students compared with 32 for every 100 white students." More kids who are black are getting written up more than white kids, There is a huge difference on how the teacher treat different students of color. Many teachers said that for white students they had an excuse for why they acted out. They have more compassion for the white students which is very unfair towards students of color. She wants to raise awareness to our own biases. She wants to make a classroom a place of equality and everyone has a chance.
Then she list out 5 ways we can be a better teacher who treat our students equally.
The first step is not to ignore race. What she means by this is not "pretend that race doesn't exist or doesn't matter." We must not pretend that once race is not here, we must acknowledge that race and make it safe for them to be in the environment we created. And if things that comes up that talks about a race, we as educators must use the right words and "find positive language to acknowledge difference and to remind your students of all the ways they are similar".
The second step is to find help from community centers, especially in neighborhood of color. That will assist us with our own biases.
Step 3 is about that we shouldn't assume things about people of colors, like if they are from a low-income family or first person in their family to get a higher education because that not always the case. We must respect were they come from and their culture.
Step 4 is about reading more into other peoples culture to educate themselves, so they offend someone and their culture. As an educator we must know a bit of every culture so we can be respectful towards them.
Step 5 is to be self-aware, we must know ourselves to improve ourselves. We must ask ourselves these hard questions that will make us uncomfortable. These questions will make us realize our biases and put ourselves on check.
In this article the author speaks about how unfair the minority is treated in a classroom.
"there were 149 suspensions and expulsions for every 100 black students compared with 32 for every 100 white students." More kids who are black are getting written up more than white kids, There is a huge difference on how the teacher treat different students of color. Many teachers said that for white students they had an excuse for why they acted out. They have more compassion for the white students which is very unfair towards students of color. She wants to raise awareness to our own biases. She wants to make a classroom a place of equality and everyone has a chance.
Then she list out 5 ways we can be a better teacher who treat our students equally.
The first step is not to ignore race. What she means by this is not "pretend that race doesn't exist or doesn't matter." We must not pretend that once race is not here, we must acknowledge that race and make it safe for them to be in the environment we created. And if things that comes up that talks about a race, we as educators must use the right words and "find positive language to acknowledge difference and to remind your students of all the ways they are similar".
The second step is to find help from community centers, especially in neighborhood of color. That will assist us with our own biases.
Step 3 is about that we shouldn't assume things about people of colors, like if they are from a low-income family or first person in their family to get a higher education because that not always the case. We must respect were they come from and their culture.
Step 4 is about reading more into other peoples culture to educate themselves, so they offend someone and their culture. As an educator we must know a bit of every culture so we can be respectful towards them.
Step 5 is to be self-aware, we must know ourselves to improve ourselves. We must ask ourselves these hard questions that will make us uncomfortable. These questions will make us realize our biases and put ourselves on check.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Blog 6
As an Asian-American male, I feel like I have a lot of privilege, not like white people do but more then others. I haven't gotten pulled over, People don't feel scared around me. I don't really know if people have a bias opinion on my culture or race ... If so I haven't heard of anything. Or maybe Im super unaware of these things. There are stereotypes about Asian people that are like we have " high standards", "Good intentions,"...I just asked my sister if we have any privilege as Asian American and she said that we are considered " Honorary White because of how well we do in school.
I don't know how to feel about it. Like should I feel honored? But I don't like it. It insulting actually. Apparently we are not good enough, but if we are, we are " honorary whites" not the race we are... cause that not good enough. or thats how I see it...
Linking this to my classroom I would think I would treat my students on how they act then the color of their skins. Maybe im clueless on my own biases that I don't recognized that I have them.
I don't know how to feel about it. Like should I feel honored? But I don't like it. It insulting actually. Apparently we are not good enough, but if we are, we are " honorary whites" not the race we are... cause that not good enough. or thats how I see it...
Linking this to my classroom I would think I would treat my students on how they act then the color of their skins. Maybe im clueless on my own biases that I don't recognized that I have them.
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