Then when I came along the part in the article where it talks about populist manifestations as an example for using this type of system to control their populations I thought of Nazi Germany when Hitler was in charge. He made his people burn books, which is what many controlling governments do to control their people so they cannot be educated. I felt like the oppression of his government fit a perfect example of how people could be controlled by what they know.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Post-it Blogpost 6
Before I started reading this article I assumed it would be about a new progressive type of education that is not very well known yet but is growing in popularity. As soon as I started reading the article I realized that it was quite the opposite and that it was a discussion about a terrible type of education called the banking concept. It did not take me long to realize that this banking concept was basically dehmanizing all those that went through this form of education. It creates something my Nana calls educated morons. These people are smart but do not understand simple concepts at times, they do not have common sense, and cannot think for themselves.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
BlogPost 5
I went to one public school my entire life and now I am here at John Carroll. My school was in a very small town not very far from here. Throughout my whole education at that school there was very few LGBTQ people so there was not much of problem with harassment or homophobia. I do remember one guy that came out as gay after he graduated. Although he never came out until after everybody knew it already. They did not ask him about it or harass him in any way, everybody respected how he was and let him be, or even if someone was not accepting of how he was they did not say anything to him. My school did practically nothing to address any homophobia or heterosexualism at hand, but it was not completely necessary for them to do so.
When Rofes discusses childhood he talks about how children have no rights and how as soon as the child is born they are characterized as either boy or girl. When this happens boys can only do boy this and girls can only do girl things. If someone breaks this social characterization they are looked at like they are odd or bizarre and will often receive harassment or some sort of social stigma that reflects badly on them. People have not addressed homophobia or hetersexualism for a very long time, so most people are actually unaware of how it happens and what are the consequences. Liberal distinctions would be to raise a child as it is born and then when it gets older it will know their gender identification. A radical distinction would be to raise the child gender neutral until it is ready to decide.
I believe that someone should be able to be whatever they want and not have to deal with any persecution for who they are. I believe that someone should do whatever makes them happy and that nobody else's opinion should matter. I think that schools and society should accept everybody for who they are or who they want to be. If there is a little boy who wants to be a girl, or a little girl that wants to be a boy they should let them be. I think it is terrible that people would deny someone who they want to be just because it is against the social norm, and that is another problem itself. Society as a whole needs to be more accepting of other peoples view's, orientation, or anything. There is to much discrimination.
When/ If I become a teacher one day my vision for a school that I hope to work at would be completely accepting of everyone no matter what their orientation is. If i cannot work at a school like this then i hope that i will be able to help get the school to that point so everyone can be comfortable in their own skin and create a safe learning environment for all.
What do you believe and what is your vision for the school where you hope to be teaching in the next four years? (250 thoughtful words).
When Rofes discusses childhood he talks about how children have no rights and how as soon as the child is born they are characterized as either boy or girl. When this happens boys can only do boy this and girls can only do girl things. If someone breaks this social characterization they are looked at like they are odd or bizarre and will often receive harassment or some sort of social stigma that reflects badly on them. People have not addressed homophobia or hetersexualism for a very long time, so most people are actually unaware of how it happens and what are the consequences. Liberal distinctions would be to raise a child as it is born and then when it gets older it will know their gender identification. A radical distinction would be to raise the child gender neutral until it is ready to decide.
I believe that someone should be able to be whatever they want and not have to deal with any persecution for who they are. I believe that someone should do whatever makes them happy and that nobody else's opinion should matter. I think that schools and society should accept everybody for who they are or who they want to be. If there is a little boy who wants to be a girl, or a little girl that wants to be a boy they should let them be. I think it is terrible that people would deny someone who they want to be just because it is against the social norm, and that is another problem itself. Society as a whole needs to be more accepting of other peoples view's, orientation, or anything. There is to much discrimination.
When/ If I become a teacher one day my vision for a school that I hope to work at would be completely accepting of everyone no matter what their orientation is. If i cannot work at a school like this then i hope that i will be able to help get the school to that point so everyone can be comfortable in their own skin and create a safe learning environment for all.
What do you believe and what is your vision for the school where you hope to be teaching in the next four years? (250 thoughtful words).
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
BlogPost 4
Most people, including teachers, are not informed that someones linguistics are something that is very important to them as a person. It is how they were raised and a part of who they are. If a teacher tell their student that the way they grew up speaking with their friends, family, and loved ones is wrong then the teacher is in for some trouble. The student will begin to resent the teacher for their comments, and will not want to be taught by them. Saying that the way they communicate is wrong would be like saying that your family is wrong and that would not sit well with the student. Teachers must take this into account when teaching, especially if they are young students. The relationships that are formed between families are extremely important to an individual. They are the first relationships that someone forms in their lives. Family is at the roots and at the core of all people, so when another person tells you that they way you and your family is living incorrect and they try to change the way a person does things it hits that person at their core.
If teachers were to take this into consideration when they are teaching children, they may be much more effective in teaching them the material. Most of the time constantly correcting people for their linguistics will only do damage to the student teacher relationships. Which will of course damage the students education. This is why it is important for teachers to keep personal linguistics in mind while teaching students.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
BlogPost 3
The Lisa Depit quote, “We do no really see with our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.”, is very powerful. She is explaining that we as people do not just see things that are in front of us as everybody else sees them. She is saying that the way people see things is through their own beliefs which means that you can put something in front of one person and ask them what they saw and their explanation of what they saw with their eyes could be completely different than another persons. And it goes the same way with hearing things some people could hear something and if you ask them to explain that then compare it to another explanation you could have two totally different descriptions of what just happened. Everyone has their own opinions and beliefs, no two are exactly alike. I have had experiences exactly like this on any number of occasions. It is just as simple as people playing a game of one on one in basketball. One time i was playing basketball and i shot the ball and my friend hit my arm on the play while i was shooting the ball. I thought that my friend had fouled me on the shot, but my friend claimed that he was just playing good defense and that it was his ball. We got into an argument because we had different views on the subject. This type of occurrence could have great significance in much larger subjects that could cause a lot of problems among people.
FieldBlog 1
In our first school observation we went to Boulevard Elementary School. It was an open school, which was a completely new concept to me. I had never heard of one, none the less been in one or observed how one of them would have worked. The idea was very interesting to me, open schools had no walls which could create for a very stimulating setting, or in which there were unrelenting interruptions creating problems with nose from classrooms all over the building. If a certain classroom was loud or even just a single student were too loud the noise could be heard through the whole building. But the students in the classrooms where we observed did tend to work very quietly and did not create as much of a problem with sound that i would have thought it would be. They actually handled themselves very well for young children. There were often loud noises coming from classrooms nearby and the students would not even flinch at the sound. The students were very well behaved and would just keep working and ignore the sounds that were coming from the other room. When I was younger there is no way that I could have done this. Even in my high school we had walls in every room, but if there was something loud coming from a different room everyone would get distracted and off the subject at hand, sometimes even the teachers.The school was also a STEM school, which means that they specialized in science, technology, engineering, and math. Which is also an interesting addition to the school because it puts students on a track at such an early age before they can decide for themselves what kind of career path that they would like to be on. In most cases tracking in schools is not a positive thing for students. It labels students and puts them on tracks that effects the ways that they are educated.
In the first classroom my group observed a class of third graders. In the classroom the desks were put into groups of four or five spread out all around the room, When we came in the students were preparing to start a reading lesson. They read sentences off of a packet and certain words in the sentences were italicized. After the students had read all of the sentences the teacher asked the class one at a time what each word meant.The students had to use context clues and the knowledge they had to try to understand the meaning of each word. If the students did not know the meaning of the word the teacher would guide them with the help of other students to find the correct meaning of the word. She used examples using the word in different ways to help explain to the students.This lesson seemed to be very effective. The only problem that i saw in this classroom was that the teacher seemed to miss an entire group of students during this activity. Their group of desks sat in the corner of the room and the teacher lost track of them because she was standing in front of them and they did not get any involvement in the activity.
In the second classroom, which was also a third grade class, the desks were rows but at the time the students were not sitting in any of the desks. There was only about eight students in he classroom with the teacher at the time and they were broken up into four groups. Each student had a partner and they were working around the classroom towards the edges with each other in an activity. They were playing a game against one another to match two half's of a sentence to make one complete sentence. The game was very engaging and kept the students attention very well. They seemed to love it, each of the students seemed eager to learn more and more. It was extremely nice to see so many students so excited to learn. The teacher went around working with each of the groups helping the students if they needed it checking to make sure they did not need any help. She was also very eager to teach they students. It was a great vibe in the room there was so much excitement to learn going back and forth form the teacher to student.
The third classroom that we observed was a second grade class. When we walked in the teacher was reading a story to the class, but the story did not have any words. It was just a picture story which was very cool. The students looked at the pictures and put words to the story themselves. It was fun to watch students this young put their own words to a story and make it their own. The activity was very engaging the students were all paying attention and participating in class. Again the students were very eager to learn and participate in class.
The last classroom that we say that day was a fifth grade classroom. The desks in the room were arranged into groups of four or five. The activity that they were doing at the time was a game classifying species of animals. Each table had a set of cards and everybody was participating in the game. The students worked with one another to help each other learn if they did not know the correct way to classify the species. The activity was very engaging, it let the students help one another with the subject at hand. There was a lot of group work in all of the classrooms. This was very good because students are often too scared to ask the teacher a question and it is good to have peers around that can help them out.
In the first classroom my group observed a class of third graders. In the classroom the desks were put into groups of four or five spread out all around the room, When we came in the students were preparing to start a reading lesson. They read sentences off of a packet and certain words in the sentences were italicized. After the students had read all of the sentences the teacher asked the class one at a time what each word meant.The students had to use context clues and the knowledge they had to try to understand the meaning of each word. If the students did not know the meaning of the word the teacher would guide them with the help of other students to find the correct meaning of the word. She used examples using the word in different ways to help explain to the students.This lesson seemed to be very effective. The only problem that i saw in this classroom was that the teacher seemed to miss an entire group of students during this activity. Their group of desks sat in the corner of the room and the teacher lost track of them because she was standing in front of them and they did not get any involvement in the activity.
In the second classroom, which was also a third grade class, the desks were rows but at the time the students were not sitting in any of the desks. There was only about eight students in he classroom with the teacher at the time and they were broken up into four groups. Each student had a partner and they were working around the classroom towards the edges with each other in an activity. They were playing a game against one another to match two half's of a sentence to make one complete sentence. The game was very engaging and kept the students attention very well. They seemed to love it, each of the students seemed eager to learn more and more. It was extremely nice to see so many students so excited to learn. The teacher went around working with each of the groups helping the students if they needed it checking to make sure they did not need any help. She was also very eager to teach they students. It was a great vibe in the room there was so much excitement to learn going back and forth form the teacher to student.
The third classroom that we observed was a second grade class. When we walked in the teacher was reading a story to the class, but the story did not have any words. It was just a picture story which was very cool. The students looked at the pictures and put words to the story themselves. It was fun to watch students this young put their own words to a story and make it their own. The activity was very engaging the students were all paying attention and participating in class. Again the students were very eager to learn and participate in class.
The last classroom that we say that day was a fifth grade classroom. The desks in the room were arranged into groups of four or five. The activity that they were doing at the time was a game classifying species of animals. Each table had a set of cards and everybody was participating in the game. The students worked with one another to help each other learn if they did not know the correct way to classify the species. The activity was very engaging, it let the students help one another with the subject at hand. There was a lot of group work in all of the classrooms. This was very good because students are often too scared to ask the teacher a question and it is good to have peers around that can help them out.
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