This article i found on usatoday. it talks about how a young boy on a school bus told this girl to pull down her dress and her underwear and spread her legs. The supreme court is getting involved to see what they can do about sexual harassment.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2008-12-02-court-title-IX_N.htm
Monday, December 8, 2008
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Talking Points # 10
Privileged, Power, and Difference
Allan Johnson
Allan Johnson
Johnson argues that Racism and Sexism should not be forgotten and put behind us. We need to learn from the past and the mistakes we as people have done and fix them so they do not occur or happen again.
1) "It's easy to have opinions, it takes work to know what you are talking about."
I choose this quote because there are many people out there who think they know what they are talking about and have no idea what is going on. What these people do is listen to what other people are saying and form their own opinions which are false accusations. Johnson is saying that people need to learn the hard facts so they know what they are talking about. Its like in basketball a coach just can't coach he or she has to have some type of experience of the game and knowing the situations that are available; if not this means anyone can do it because they see it on t.v.
2) "Don't let other people set the standard for you."
This quote stood out to me because there are people out there that need to stand up for their own personal beliefs. Johnson is saying that people need to use power and their knowledge to stand up for what they believe in. When people go for a rally they stand up for what they believe in. This could be for many reasons. Having other people setting the standards is not the way people should be lived by, you should do things on your own and don't let people do it for you.
3)"We become part of the long tradition of people who have dared to make a difference- to look at things as they are, to imagine something better, and to plant seeds of change in themselves, in others, and in the world."
Everyday in my life I am working towards a degree that will change the way people live their life for many years. I am going to be changing the way people look at physical fitness at a young age and at an adult level. I am going to make a difference in peoples lives by becoming a teacher. It will be a long road ahead of me to get to that stage of becoming Mr. Epstein in the physical education class. I am ready to take those steps to change the future.
Conclusion:
I thought this was a great article by Johnson. It was a great way to end the class. There were many important facts in this piece that I thought were very thoughtful and that will help me look at different opportunities to become successful in my life.
1) "It's easy to have opinions, it takes work to know what you are talking about."
I choose this quote because there are many people out there who think they know what they are talking about and have no idea what is going on. What these people do is listen to what other people are saying and form their own opinions which are false accusations. Johnson is saying that people need to learn the hard facts so they know what they are talking about. Its like in basketball a coach just can't coach he or she has to have some type of experience of the game and knowing the situations that are available; if not this means anyone can do it because they see it on t.v.
2) "Don't let other people set the standard for you."
This quote stood out to me because there are people out there that need to stand up for their own personal beliefs. Johnson is saying that people need to use power and their knowledge to stand up for what they believe in. When people go for a rally they stand up for what they believe in. This could be for many reasons. Having other people setting the standards is not the way people should be lived by, you should do things on your own and don't let people do it for you.
3)"We become part of the long tradition of people who have dared to make a difference- to look at things as they are, to imagine something better, and to plant seeds of change in themselves, in others, and in the world."
Everyday in my life I am working towards a degree that will change the way people live their life for many years. I am going to be changing the way people look at physical fitness at a young age and at an adult level. I am going to make a difference in peoples lives by becoming a teacher. It will be a long road ahead of me to get to that stage of becoming Mr. Epstein in the physical education class. I am ready to take those steps to change the future.
Conclusion:
I thought this was a great article by Johnson. It was a great way to end the class. There were many important facts in this piece that I thought were very thoughtful and that will help me look at different opportunities to become successful in my life.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Talking Points #8
Citizenship in School:
Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome
Christopher Kliewer
Conclusion:
Christopher Kliewer
Kliewer argues that students with a disability should be put into the same learning environment as other students instead of being placed into special classrooms. Students with down syndrome just have a title and are not able to show that they are capable of having the same success as regular students could have.
1)"How absurd to be judged by others at all, especially by those who have never experienced a disability or who are unwillingly providing us with support or who don’t listen to the voices we have."
This quote is very important because Kliewer is trying to get other people to realize that students with a disability is just like you and can do whatever you can do. He doesn't want people to use words to describe other people because they never experienced what people with disability have to go through everyday of their lives.
2)"Now we know that people with disabilities can learn and have a full, rich life. The challenge is to erase negative attitudes about people with developmental disabilities, get rid of the stereotypes and break the barriers for people with disabilities."
The hardest part now is to erase history and change the way people interact with disabled people. Some people think that if they are in a wheelchair they are unable to communicate and that's not the case. People need to think outside the box and realize that there is something wrong with them but still able to communicate with you and not to have this stereotype of people with down syndrome.
3)"Success in life requires an ability to form relationships with others who make up the web of community."
To have success in a community or in a job setting requires you the abled body person to reach out to others who are disabled because they will be the ones who will be with you later on in life in a job environment. Forming relationships with everyone is important because if you don't you are leaving people out and their input is very important for anything in life.
1)"How absurd to be judged by others at all, especially by those who have never experienced a disability or who are unwillingly providing us with support or who don’t listen to the voices we have."
This quote is very important because Kliewer is trying to get other people to realize that students with a disability is just like you and can do whatever you can do. He doesn't want people to use words to describe other people because they never experienced what people with disability have to go through everyday of their lives.
2)"Now we know that people with disabilities can learn and have a full, rich life. The challenge is to erase negative attitudes about people with developmental disabilities, get rid of the stereotypes and break the barriers for people with disabilities."
The hardest part now is to erase history and change the way people interact with disabled people. Some people think that if they are in a wheelchair they are unable to communicate and that's not the case. People need to think outside the box and realize that there is something wrong with them but still able to communicate with you and not to have this stereotype of people with down syndrome.
3)"Success in life requires an ability to form relationships with others who make up the web of community."
To have success in a community or in a job setting requires you the abled body person to reach out to others who are disabled because they will be the ones who will be with you later on in life in a job environment. Forming relationships with everyone is important because if you don't you are leaving people out and their input is very important for anything in life.
Conclusion:
Kliewer is saying that disabled students need to be brought into regular classrooms instead of being put into a excluded section of the school where no regular students walk by or teachers but just those of that section. Disabled students, people with down snydrome are able to interact and do all the same work in a regular classroom as a fully abled student is. They are excluding these students because they don't want to hold the other students back. Having students with a disablity in your classroom makes the classroom more lively and more interesting. Kliewer is trying to reach out to people to show them that having down snydrome is not as bad and still able to be successful.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Talking Points #7
"One More River to Cross"-
Recognizing the Real Injury in Brown:
A Prerequisite to Shaping New Remedies; from The Institution of Education.Recognizing the Real Injury in Brown:
Charles Lawrence
Lawrence argues that Brown vs Board of Education was a failure because the courts didn't realize that African Americans were scared of being segregated in schools. The only reason why segregation was started was to make African Americans inferior and have no power at all. The court system had no idea of what they were doing when this was brought to them.
1) "Black children will remain 'less qualified' until we gain representative influence in both the institutions of preparation and the institutions for which they are being prepared."
This is a great quote because there is absolutely no reason to have black children be called "less qualified." People need to change the way we think about black people and their children. They are just as qualified as white people are. Teachers need to teach them just how they will to other children in their class, it shouldn't matter the color of their skin.
2) "The first is that segregation's only purpose is to label or define blacks as inferior and thus exclude them from full and equal participation in society."
This is saying that segregation is the purpose of blacks not being able to have the equal opportunity they should have in society. Blacks are being labeled as inferior people that are unable to do anything that they want to do. They are scared to go out in society to get a job and to live life freely.
3) "Once it is understood that the injury results from the existence of the label of inferiority, it becomes clear that the cure must involve the removal of that label. The mere placement of black and white children in the same school does not remove the brand imprinted by years of segregation."
I thought this quote was very powerful because it says a lot, it is saying that African Americans are scared to be in schools with white because they have been taught that they are inferior to everyone else. There is no way they can get that out of their mind from all the years of segregation, its been drilled into their heads that they will live and be like this forever.
Conclusion:
I believe that there is no way to change the way African American's think of them selves in schools after being segregated for many years. They have been put through so much and the court system didn't realize what the right thing to do. The court system wasn't even sure what to do which is unprofessional. African Americans who went to school with white children just played with them selves because they were drilled into their heads that they are not good enough and that they are inferior to everyone else and won't be successful in society with everyone else.
1) "Black children will remain 'less qualified' until we gain representative influence in both the institutions of preparation and the institutions for which they are being prepared."
This is a great quote because there is absolutely no reason to have black children be called "less qualified." People need to change the way we think about black people and their children. They are just as qualified as white people are. Teachers need to teach them just how they will to other children in their class, it shouldn't matter the color of their skin.
2) "The first is that segregation's only purpose is to label or define blacks as inferior and thus exclude them from full and equal participation in society."
This is saying that segregation is the purpose of blacks not being able to have the equal opportunity they should have in society. Blacks are being labeled as inferior people that are unable to do anything that they want to do. They are scared to go out in society to get a job and to live life freely.
3) "Once it is understood that the injury results from the existence of the label of inferiority, it becomes clear that the cure must involve the removal of that label. The mere placement of black and white children in the same school does not remove the brand imprinted by years of segregation."
I thought this quote was very powerful because it says a lot, it is saying that African Americans are scared to be in schools with white because they have been taught that they are inferior to everyone else. There is no way they can get that out of their mind from all the years of segregation, its been drilled into their heads that they will live and be like this forever.
Conclusion:
I believe that there is no way to change the way African American's think of them selves in schools after being segregated for many years. They have been put through so much and the court system didn't realize what the right thing to do. The court system wasn't even sure what to do which is unprofessional. African Americans who went to school with white children just played with them selves because they were drilled into their heads that they are not good enough and that they are inferior to everyone else and won't be successful in society with everyone else.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Talking Points # 6
"Tracking: Why Schools Need to Take Another Route"
Jeannie Oakes
Jeannie Oakes
Oakes believes that students should not be grouped based on their abilities. Grouping students together with the same abilities is not an effective way because those students will excel while the other students who don't have the same abilities are at the bottom and not doing well. Students should be mixed with different abilities so they can work together and help each other.
1)"Moreover, the nature of these differences suggests that students who are placed in high-ability groups have access to far richer schooling experiences than other students."
This is a very important quote because students who are at the top of the education scale are doing much better in school and getting all the opportunities they want. On the other hand the students who are on the bottom of the todem pole are not getting what they need and that is help for them to succeed. When i was in school I got help and I was at the bottom of the todem pole, but I also had a learning disablity problem. So it kind of helped me out, but those kids who don't need to be heard that they need the teachers help.
2)“Students who need more time to learn appear to get less: those who have the most difficulty learning seem to have fewer of the best teachers.”
Students who are not at the top in education and are at a slower learning stage get the worst teachers in the school compared to students who get the best teachers. Whenever there is a group project the teacher will always work with the students who are at the (top tier) because they want to see them succeed at what they are doing. Students who are at the bottom should be able to get the same type of education with a teacher who is good compared to someone who is not. They should not be favored because of their education level.
3)"In low-ability classes, for example, teachers seem to be less encouraging ... while students in higher-ability classes seem to be much more involved in their classwork."
Teachers who teach low abliity classes tend not to be as interested in their work as other teachers who are taeching higher ability students who are engaged and ready to learn. Students won't learn well if there teacher is not encourging them to do well or to get them interested in the course. I believe that it matters how the teacher teaches the class if the student will like it or not, but teacher who teach low-ability students need to get them just as engaged and encouraged as they would do to the higher-ability students.
Conclusion:
After reading this article I look back at all the years I have been in school and I see how teachers acted. Most of my teachers got everyone invovled and mixed up the groups so everyone can be with each other, it didn't matter if you were a low-ability student or a high-ability student. Students should be able to work everyone just not who they are being "grouped" with but as everyone in their class because some day in real life they will be working together. Teachers also have a big part in the way students do their work in the classroom. Teachers need to be just as excited about what they are teaching and energetic to low-ability students as they do to high-ability students because low-ability students don't want to be associated with the slow learning students but as a normal student who can learn the same way as everyone else.
1)"Moreover, the nature of these differences suggests that students who are placed in high-ability groups have access to far richer schooling experiences than other students."
This is a very important quote because students who are at the top of the education scale are doing much better in school and getting all the opportunities they want. On the other hand the students who are on the bottom of the todem pole are not getting what they need and that is help for them to succeed. When i was in school I got help and I was at the bottom of the todem pole, but I also had a learning disablity problem. So it kind of helped me out, but those kids who don't need to be heard that they need the teachers help.
2)“Students who need more time to learn appear to get less: those who have the most difficulty learning seem to have fewer of the best teachers.”
Students who are not at the top in education and are at a slower learning stage get the worst teachers in the school compared to students who get the best teachers. Whenever there is a group project the teacher will always work with the students who are at the (top tier) because they want to see them succeed at what they are doing. Students who are at the bottom should be able to get the same type of education with a teacher who is good compared to someone who is not. They should not be favored because of their education level.
3)"In low-ability classes, for example, teachers seem to be less encouraging ... while students in higher-ability classes seem to be much more involved in their classwork."
Teachers who teach low abliity classes tend not to be as interested in their work as other teachers who are taeching higher ability students who are engaged and ready to learn. Students won't learn well if there teacher is not encourging them to do well or to get them interested in the course. I believe that it matters how the teacher teaches the class if the student will like it or not, but teacher who teach low-ability students need to get them just as engaged and encouraged as they would do to the higher-ability students.
Conclusion:
After reading this article I look back at all the years I have been in school and I see how teachers acted. Most of my teachers got everyone invovled and mixed up the groups so everyone can be with each other, it didn't matter if you were a low-ability student or a high-ability student. Students should be able to work everyone just not who they are being "grouped" with but as everyone in their class because some day in real life they will be working together. Teachers also have a big part in the way students do their work in the classroom. Teachers need to be just as excited about what they are teaching and energetic to low-ability students as they do to high-ability students because low-ability students don't want to be associated with the slow learning students but as a normal student who can learn the same way as everyone else.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Talking Points # 5
"In Service of What"
Kahne and Westheimer
Kahne and Westheimer
Kahne and Westheimer argue that service learning is important because students should be able to give back to the community and learn how to provide help help in their own community and do something good for once.
1) "Service learning makes students active participants in service projects that aim to respond to the needs of the community while furthering the academic goals of students."
This quote is suggesting that students should be able to go out in the public and show what they have been learning in school and learn more by helping other people in the community. By helping other people in the community the students are reaching out to people who can use the help everyday. Giving back to the community is a great thing to do.
2) "For example, a music director at a middle school we studies wanted her surburban, upper-middle class students to perform at a nearby elementary school in a poor neighborhood. Some of the middle school parents objects, saying they they were concerned for their children's safety. In a written evaluation, the students said that they had imagined 'horrifying children running around on a dirty campus.' "
This is redicolous because at an elementary school I do not think there is going to be any problems of middle school kids getting harassed from younger school kids who are not even smart enought to realize what they are doing. There is absolutey no reason for middle school parents to object having their kids go to an elementary school to perform at an elementary school to show the kids the art of music.
3) "We attempt to 'apprehend the reality of the other' and then to 'struggle [for progress] together.' In so doing we create opportunities for changing our understanding of the other and the context within which he or she lives."
Students should be able to tell what the problems are in their community so they know what to do to change that around to make the problems go away. Finding out in advance what is going on could help out the community a lot because people could be working from the begining and then all of a sudden other people could come in and help the community out in a different way.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, I believe this article could help out students in high school as well as in middle school because students need to be able to do something for their community because there a lot of probelms in communities today and people arent doing anything about it. Helping out the community could do a lot for someone who doesn't do much, students in high school and middle school can help themselves out by helping the community out by going to different places and seeing if they could help in anyway possible. High school students can learn a lot from this because if some of them want to become teachers they can go to other schools in their school district and help out teachers there for a period of time and learn from it as well as making a difference in someone elses day. This article states that students should learn about service learning projects because they could help out students become better people in lives.
1) "Service learning makes students active participants in service projects that aim to respond to the needs of the community while furthering the academic goals of students."
This quote is suggesting that students should be able to go out in the public and show what they have been learning in school and learn more by helping other people in the community. By helping other people in the community the students are reaching out to people who can use the help everyday. Giving back to the community is a great thing to do.
2) "For example, a music director at a middle school we studies wanted her surburban, upper-middle class students to perform at a nearby elementary school in a poor neighborhood. Some of the middle school parents objects, saying they they were concerned for their children's safety. In a written evaluation, the students said that they had imagined 'horrifying children running around on a dirty campus.' "
This is redicolous because at an elementary school I do not think there is going to be any problems of middle school kids getting harassed from younger school kids who are not even smart enought to realize what they are doing. There is absolutey no reason for middle school parents to object having their kids go to an elementary school to perform at an elementary school to show the kids the art of music.
3) "We attempt to 'apprehend the reality of the other' and then to 'struggle [for progress] together.' In so doing we create opportunities for changing our understanding of the other and the context within which he or she lives."
Students should be able to tell what the problems are in their community so they know what to do to change that around to make the problems go away. Finding out in advance what is going on could help out the community a lot because people could be working from the begining and then all of a sudden other people could come in and help the community out in a different way.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, I believe this article could help out students in high school as well as in middle school because students need to be able to do something for their community because there a lot of probelms in communities today and people arent doing anything about it. Helping out the community could do a lot for someone who doesn't do much, students in high school and middle school can help themselves out by helping the community out by going to different places and seeing if they could help in anyway possible. High school students can learn a lot from this because if some of them want to become teachers they can go to other schools in their school district and help out teachers there for a period of time and learn from it as well as making a difference in someone elses day. This article states that students should learn about service learning projects because they could help out students become better people in lives.
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