I was watching a program last night and this caught my attention. I thought it was very interesting and I felt like sharing with you. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkWlpYK77SA
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Talking Point # 10 - Johnson
What Can We Do?
Becoming Part of the Solution
Allan G. Johnson
Author's Argument: Johnson argues that we must be aware of the problem in order to include ourselves in the solution. He also suggests that we should all think about trouble as everyone's responsability and nobody's fault.
Quotes:
1. "Very often those who have privilege don't know it, for example, which is a key aspect of privilege."
This quote reminds me of McIntosh. Now I understand that sometime people with privilege don't know it, or like McIntosh will say it's unearned. However, I think that there are people who are aware of their power and they use it for their own benefit.
2. " But privileged doesn't equate with being happy. It involves having what others don't have and the struggle to hang on to it at their expense, neither of which is a recipe for joy, personal fulfillment, or spiritual contentment."
I never thought of privileged as something negative or unhappiness. But now I see what Johnson means in this quote and I agree with him. Privilege can't affect not only those people who don't have it, but also those who are more privileged by our society.
3. "In thinking about change and our relation to it, we need to develop a similar ability in relation to time that enables us to carry within us the knowledge, the faith, that significant change happens even though we aren't around to see it."
I agree with this quote. I believe that change does happen even when we are not around. Sometimes we don't bother to change things because we think that we won't be around to see it. I believe that beside been aware of the problem we also have to change the way we think in order to become part of the solution.
Comments/Point to share: This article was a bit long, but it was easy to read. In my opinion, it was somewhat similar to his first article that we read. However, I thought it was a very interesting article and I really enjoyed reading it. I also think that it was a great article to end this class and I really like the title, "What Can We Do?" I think that we can do a lot especially as teachers. The SL was a great opportunity for us to be aware of the problem in our schools and by been aware of those problem hopefully we will be able to become part of the solution. I just want to end with this quote.
Becoming Part of the Solution
Allan G. Johnson
Author's Argument: Johnson argues that we must be aware of the problem in order to include ourselves in the solution. He also suggests that we should all think about trouble as everyone's responsability and nobody's fault.
Quotes:
1. "Very often those who have privilege don't know it, for example, which is a key aspect of privilege."
This quote reminds me of McIntosh. Now I understand that sometime people with privilege don't know it, or like McIntosh will say it's unearned. However, I think that there are people who are aware of their power and they use it for their own benefit.
2. " But privileged doesn't equate with being happy. It involves having what others don't have and the struggle to hang on to it at their expense, neither of which is a recipe for joy, personal fulfillment, or spiritual contentment."
I never thought of privileged as something negative or unhappiness. But now I see what Johnson means in this quote and I agree with him. Privilege can't affect not only those people who don't have it, but also those who are more privileged by our society.
3. "In thinking about change and our relation to it, we need to develop a similar ability in relation to time that enables us to carry within us the knowledge, the faith, that significant change happens even though we aren't around to see it."
I agree with this quote. I believe that change does happen even when we are not around. Sometimes we don't bother to change things because we think that we won't be around to see it. I believe that beside been aware of the problem we also have to change the way we think in order to become part of the solution.
Comments/Point to share: This article was a bit long, but it was easy to read. In my opinion, it was somewhat similar to his first article that we read. However, I thought it was a very interesting article and I really enjoyed reading it. I also think that it was a great article to end this class and I really like the title, "What Can We Do?" I think that we can do a lot especially as teachers. The SL was a great opportunity for us to be aware of the problem in our schools and by been aware of those problem hopefully we will be able to become part of the solution. I just want to end with this quote.
"To Better one Life Is
To Better the World."
Alan Shawn Feinstein
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Talking Point #8 - Kliewer
Citizenship in School:
Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome
Christopher Kliewer
Author's Argument: Kliewer argues that students with Down Syndrome should not be separated in such as strict schools, instead they should be recognized as creative individuals who added uniqueness and values to our community.
Quotes:
1."As Freire (1993) emphasized democracy can only occur when no person's voice deterministically silenced."
I agree with this quote. How can we know other people needs if we don't give them a chance to speak up. When I read this quote I thought about Lawrence's article. How do we know that "low-ability" class will be able to demonstrate their intelligence if they don't have a chance to prove it.
2."Success in life requires an ability to form relationship with others who make up the web of community."
I think that this quote is very important because I believe that two heads think better than one. It is important to get to know other people and at the same time respect their culture and beliefs. I also believe that each of us need one another either if we like it or not. Like this quote says in order to be successful in life we must get along with others. "United We Stand."
3."Community acceptance requires opportunity for individual participation in the group, but opportunity cannot exist outside of community acceptance."
I agree with this quote. I think that everyone should be accept the way they are regardless of their conditions. Each individual should be recognized for his/her own ability. I think that once the community accept an individual the door of opportunity opens up. But I think that this is hard to accomplish because of all the taboos that exist.
Comments/Point to Share: I really enjoyed reading this article. It was easy to read and very interesting. When I finished reading this article I thought about an interview that I saw few weeks ago. The interview was about a young business girl with Down Syndrome. When she was born her mom was told that she was not going to be able to walk and talk and she would never be undependable. Her mom answer to the doctors was "We'll see." Her mom dedicated herself entirely to her daughter. The little girl started to walk when she was 2 years old and was able to talk. Her parents sent her to a regular school and she graduated from college with a bachelor in business. I am sure there are more stories like this one. It is so interesting to see how successful these people become once the community accept them.
Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome
Christopher Kliewer
Author's Argument: Kliewer argues that students with Down Syndrome should not be separated in such as strict schools, instead they should be recognized as creative individuals who added uniqueness and values to our community.
Quotes:
1."As Freire (1993) emphasized democracy can only occur when no person's voice deterministically silenced."
I agree with this quote. How can we know other people needs if we don't give them a chance to speak up. When I read this quote I thought about Lawrence's article. How do we know that "low-ability" class will be able to demonstrate their intelligence if they don't have a chance to prove it.
2."Success in life requires an ability to form relationship with others who make up the web of community."
I think that this quote is very important because I believe that two heads think better than one. It is important to get to know other people and at the same time respect their culture and beliefs. I also believe that each of us need one another either if we like it or not. Like this quote says in order to be successful in life we must get along with others. "United We Stand."
3."Community acceptance requires opportunity for individual participation in the group, but opportunity cannot exist outside of community acceptance."
I agree with this quote. I think that everyone should be accept the way they are regardless of their conditions. Each individual should be recognized for his/her own ability. I think that once the community accept an individual the door of opportunity opens up. But I think that this is hard to accomplish because of all the taboos that exist.
Comments/Point to Share: I really enjoyed reading this article. It was easy to read and very interesting. When I finished reading this article I thought about an interview that I saw few weeks ago. The interview was about a young business girl with Down Syndrome. When she was born her mom was told that she was not going to be able to walk and talk and she would never be undependable. Her mom answer to the doctors was "We'll see." Her mom dedicated herself entirely to her daughter. The little girl started to walk when she was 2 years old and was able to talk. Her parents sent her to a regular school and she graduated from college with a bachelor in business. I am sure there are more stories like this one. It is so interesting to see how successful these people become once the community accept them.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Talking Point #7 - Lawrence
"One More River to Cross" - Recognizing the Real Injury in Brown:
A Prerequisite to Shaping New Remedies
Charles Lawrence
Author's Argument: Lawrence argues that Brown v. Board of Education case was a failure. There will always be something else to be done. "One more River to Cross." Lawrence also argues that the Supreme Court failed to recognized the real meaning of racial segregation.
Quotes:
1. "There would be no final victory in their lifetimes. Each step forward was just that, a step. There would always be one more river to cross."
I can see how this could be true. Regardless of the decisions made, there would always be something else to be done. There would always be some problems and issues to be resolve. At the end of the article Lawrence is also stating that we need to be clear about the nature of racial segregation, otherwise we will never be able to reach the other side of the river.
2. " Blacks are kept separate from whites not because it promotes efficiency in records keeping, or because their proximity produces toxic fumes that are harmful to the environment. They are kept separate because the separation labels or classifies blacks as inferior beings."
I don't really like this quote just the fact that there might be people who think that blacks could be harmful to the environment make me feel sick. It is ridiculous to think that they need to be separate just because their skin color, but I guess that it how the "the culture of power" works.3. "Once blacks are labeled as inferior, they are denied to access to equal societal opportunities."
I agree with this quote and I think that it not fair. I can connect this quote with Delpit's and McIntosh's article. It's all about "the culture of power" and "white privilege."
Comments/Point to Share: This article was long to read and I think that the author repeats himself a lot, maybe that was his way of emphasized and proved his points. However, I think that the article was very interesting and informational. Sometimes we think that once a law is implemented it will take effect right away. In the Brown case I could see that it takes years and years to see the results.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Talking Point #6 - Oakes
Tracking: Why Schools Need to Take Another Route
Jeannie Oakes
Author's Argument: Oakes argues that tracking separates the "high-ability" students from the "less-able" students; therefore those students placed in a high ability group received better opportunities to learn.
Quotes:
1. "For example, in John Goodlad's national study of schools, reported in the book A Place Called School, students in high-ability English classes were more likely to be taught classic and modern literature, provided instruction in expository writing and library research, and expected to learn vocabulary that would eventually boost their score on college entrance exams."
This quote reminds me of Delpit. Delpit's says: "Some children come to school with more accoutrement's of the culture of power already in place - some with less." This is so true, in this case students who are placed in a high-ability classes is because they already belong to the "the culture of power."
2. "In low-ability classes, for example, teachers seem to be less encouraging and more punitive, placing more emphasis on discipline and behavior and less on academic learning."
I can see how this could be true. Sometimes students with learning disabilities are placed in regular classes and they don't receive the attention that they deserve; therefore teachers spend more time on discipline. Schools sometimes don't have enough teachers or the programs for those students with special needs. I don't think that teachers want to spend less time teaching their students. The problem is that sometimes they don't have a choice.
3."It's ironic that when other, less able students are offered similar advantages, they also seem to benefit."
I think that every students deserve a chance to prove their learning abilities. I also believe that everyone should receive a better education regardless of their class status.
Comments/Point to Share: This article reminds of Delpit and Kozol. I like this article because it was easy to read. I agree and disagree with some of Oakes's points. I think that the environment has an important role when it comes to children's education. Sometimes those students that are placed in low-ability groups don't have a nice classroom where they can feel comfortable and excited to learn.
Jeannie Oakes
Author's Argument: Oakes argues that tracking separates the "high-ability" students from the "less-able" students; therefore those students placed in a high ability group received better opportunities to learn.
Quotes:
1. "For example, in John Goodlad's national study of schools, reported in the book A Place Called School, students in high-ability English classes were more likely to be taught classic and modern literature, provided instruction in expository writing and library research, and expected to learn vocabulary that would eventually boost their score on college entrance exams."
This quote reminds me of Delpit. Delpit's says: "Some children come to school with more accoutrement's of the culture of power already in place - some with less." This is so true, in this case students who are placed in a high-ability classes is because they already belong to the "the culture of power."
2. "In low-ability classes, for example, teachers seem to be less encouraging and more punitive, placing more emphasis on discipline and behavior and less on academic learning."
I can see how this could be true. Sometimes students with learning disabilities are placed in regular classes and they don't receive the attention that they deserve; therefore teachers spend more time on discipline. Schools sometimes don't have enough teachers or the programs for those students with special needs. I don't think that teachers want to spend less time teaching their students. The problem is that sometimes they don't have a choice.
3."It's ironic that when other, less able students are offered similar advantages, they also seem to benefit."
I think that every students deserve a chance to prove their learning abilities. I also believe that everyone should receive a better education regardless of their class status.
Comments/Point to Share: This article reminds of Delpit and Kozol. I like this article because it was easy to read. I agree and disagree with some of Oakes's points. I think that the environment has an important role when it comes to children's education. Sometimes those students that are placed in low-ability groups don't have a nice classroom where they can feel comfortable and excited to learn.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Mullato tells mother he is passing as white
I thought this was interesting. A clip from the movie The Human Stain. Enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KOjPvCPNbE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KOjPvCPNbE
Monday, October 27, 2008
Talking Point#5-Kahne & Westheimer
In the Service of What?
The Politics of Service Learning
Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer
Authors' Argument: Kahne and Westheimer argue that it is important that students participate in a Service Learning Program because it is a way to help and give back to their community. At the same time Service Learning projects promote students' self-esteem.
Quotes:
1. "In contrast, much of the current discussion regarding service learning emphasizes charity, not change.”
I am confused. I don’t understand this quote. Isn’t giving or helping part of changing someone’s live.
2. "After they returned, the students' perspectives on these elementary school children had changed. They were "surprised at the children's responsiveness and their attentiveness," they found the children to be "extremely polite and surprisingly friendly," and they discovered that they "listened well and had excellent behavior." One student wrote, "Everyone at the school had good manners, and I think more highly of the neighborhood now."
I think that this quote is very important because after the students visited the school in a poor neighborhood they changed their way of thinking. They realized that poor people also have good manners and that they can be friendly. Besides helping others, I believe that Service Learning projects can change the way students think about others. If they wouldn’t done that service learning activity their misconception about that school and their students was going to be the same or even worst.
3. "Effort to integrate service learning activities into the curriculum has great potential and deserves the support they are now receiving."
I agree with this quote. I think that it is very important that service learning projects become part of the curriculum. I think that it is a great opportunity to learn and help those in need.
Comments/Point to share: I think that this article was very interesting. I think that Service Learning is a great idea and it should be part of the school’s curriculum. It is an excellent opportunity for students to give back to their community. I am so glad that one of the requirements for FNED 346 is the SLP. I believe that everyone should be encouraged to do it.
The Politics of Service Learning
Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer
Authors' Argument: Kahne and Westheimer argue that it is important that students participate in a Service Learning Program because it is a way to help and give back to their community. At the same time Service Learning projects promote students' self-esteem.
Quotes:
1. "In contrast, much of the current discussion regarding service learning emphasizes charity, not change.”
I am confused. I don’t understand this quote. Isn’t giving or helping part of changing someone’s live.
2. "After they returned, the students' perspectives on these elementary school children had changed. They were "surprised at the children's responsiveness and their attentiveness," they found the children to be "extremely polite and surprisingly friendly," and they discovered that they "listened well and had excellent behavior." One student wrote, "Everyone at the school had good manners, and I think more highly of the neighborhood now."
I think that this quote is very important because after the students visited the school in a poor neighborhood they changed their way of thinking. They realized that poor people also have good manners and that they can be friendly. Besides helping others, I believe that Service Learning projects can change the way students think about others. If they wouldn’t done that service learning activity their misconception about that school and their students was going to be the same or even worst.
3. "Effort to integrate service learning activities into the curriculum has great potential and deserves the support they are now receiving."
I agree with this quote. I think that it is very important that service learning projects become part of the curriculum. I think that it is a great opportunity to learn and help those in need.
Comments/Point to share: I think that this article was very interesting. I think that Service Learning is a great idea and it should be part of the school’s curriculum. It is an excellent opportunity for students to give back to their community. I am so glad that one of the requirements for FNED 346 is the SLP. I believe that everyone should be encouraged to do it.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Talking Point#4-Christensen
Unlearning the Myths That Bind US
Linda Christensen
Author's Argument: Christensen argues that the media portrays the wrong imagine to our children. Children are learning about sexism, racism, etc. at an early age. Christensen also argues that it is our responsibility as parents and teachers to teach the correct information.
Quotes:
1. "Many students don't want to to believe that they have been manipulated by children's media or advertising. No one want to admit that they've been "handled" by the media. They assure me that they make their own choices and the media has no power over them - as they sit with Fubu, Nike, Timberlands or whatever the latest fashion range might be."
I agree with this quote. It is really sad to know that most of our children will not wear nothing else but brand name clothing and shoes. I agree that the media has a lot to do with our children’s behavior, but I also believe that peer pressure plays a big role in it too. Our children see it on TV, at school and in their friends. They think that in order to be accept by their friends, they need to wear nice clothes. The funny part of all this is that most of them don’t work and their parents are the one ended up paying for their expensive clothes. In order words, we as parents also contribute to that “manipulation.”
2. "Have you ever seen a black person, an Asian, a Hispanic in a cartoon? Did they have a leading role or were they a servant?"
I can see how this quote is true, but at the same time I can see how this is changing. Nowadays, I can see more cartoons with black, Asian and Hispanic character in them, e.g. Little Bill (produced by Bill Cosby), a Chinese cartoon that came out recently called Ni Hao Kai Lan, and our famous Dora the Explorer and Diego. There are not too many, but at least we can find some if we start flipping through channels.
3. "Because we can never look like Cinderella, we begin to hate ourselves. The Barbies syndrome starts as we begin a lifelong search for the perfect body. Crash diets, fat phobias, and an obsession with the materialistic become commonplace.
It is so sad to think that media has such as big influence in us. I believe that when we have a low self esteem we are more vulnerable to feel that we-"to start hating ourselves." We get the wrong image from TV, magazine and we forget that it's all airbrush. What we see is not real, but we don't get it.
Comments/Point to share: This was a very interesting article. When I finished reading this article I thought about my culture. You will think that in the Hispanic culture things are different. The answer is no. It is hard to see on Hispanic news, soap operas, talk shows, etc. someone with dark skin completion or curly hair. The majority are good looking, lighter skin, blond hair. Although, the Hispanic culture is a mixture of African, European and Indian. It is really hard to see the African and Indian characteristics on Hispanic television. It is sad.
Linda Christensen
Author's Argument: Christensen argues that the media portrays the wrong imagine to our children. Children are learning about sexism, racism, etc. at an early age. Christensen also argues that it is our responsibility as parents and teachers to teach the correct information.
Quotes:
1. "Many students don't want to to believe that they have been manipulated by children's media or advertising. No one want to admit that they've been "handled" by the media. They assure me that they make their own choices and the media has no power over them - as they sit with Fubu, Nike, Timberlands or whatever the latest fashion range might be."
I agree with this quote. It is really sad to know that most of our children will not wear nothing else but brand name clothing and shoes. I agree that the media has a lot to do with our children’s behavior, but I also believe that peer pressure plays a big role in it too. Our children see it on TV, at school and in their friends. They think that in order to be accept by their friends, they need to wear nice clothes. The funny part of all this is that most of them don’t work and their parents are the one ended up paying for their expensive clothes. In order words, we as parents also contribute to that “manipulation.”
2. "Have you ever seen a black person, an Asian, a Hispanic in a cartoon? Did they have a leading role or were they a servant?"
I can see how this quote is true, but at the same time I can see how this is changing. Nowadays, I can see more cartoons with black, Asian and Hispanic character in them, e.g. Little Bill (produced by Bill Cosby), a Chinese cartoon that came out recently called Ni Hao Kai Lan, and our famous Dora the Explorer and Diego. There are not too many, but at least we can find some if we start flipping through channels.
3. "Because we can never look like Cinderella, we begin to hate ourselves. The Barbies syndrome starts as we begin a lifelong search for the perfect body. Crash diets, fat phobias, and an obsession with the materialistic become commonplace.
It is so sad to think that media has such as big influence in us. I believe that when we have a low self esteem we are more vulnerable to feel that we-"to start hating ourselves." We get the wrong image from TV, magazine and we forget that it's all airbrush. What we see is not real, but we don't get it.
Comments/Point to share: This was a very interesting article. When I finished reading this article I thought about my culture. You will think that in the Hispanic culture things are different. The answer is no. It is hard to see on Hispanic news, soap operas, talk shows, etc. someone with dark skin completion or curly hair. The majority are good looking, lighter skin, blond hair. Although, the Hispanic culture is a mixture of African, European and Indian. It is really hard to see the African and Indian characteristics on Hispanic television. It is sad.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Talking Point #3 - Carlson
Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community
Dennis Carlson
Author's Argument: Carlson argues that it should be part of the Public Schools curriculum to talk about sexual identity (gay, lesbians, travesties). He also believes that a democratic multicultural education must become a dialogue in which all "voices" are heard and all "truths" are understood as partial and positioned.
Quotes:
1. "Within normalizing communities, some individuals and subject positions (i.e. white, middle class, male, heterosexual, etc.) get privileged and represented as "normal" while other individuals and subject positions (i.e., black, working class, female, homosexual, etc.) are dis empowered and represented as deviant, sick, neurotic, criminal, lazy, lacking in intelligence, and in other ways "abnormal."
I am starting to like Delpit. When I read this quote I immediately saw the connection with Delpit's idea "the culture of power." Carlson and Delpit are basically saying the same thing. In order words those who are considered "normal" have the privilege to be part of the normalizing communities and those who are considered "abnormal" have not any privilege.
2. "Willard Waller, in his 1932 classic The Sociology of Teaching, argued that homosexual should not be allow to teach for several reasons. Teachers were presumed to be lecherous and develop "ridiculous crushes" on students."
I don't know if this could be a quote, but when I was reading this part of the article I said to myself how about heterosexual teachers, they have ridiculous crushes on students and they are allow to teach.
3. "Not only do these silent spaces work to make those on the margins invisible and silent; they also, and at the same time, make the cultural center invisible as a center since it never has to "speak it own name."
I can see this quote connected to Johnson's argument about saying the word in order to recognize the problem. I agree with Carlson and Johnson. When we don't express our feeling it makes hard to comfort the problem. It is like being able to see, but not wanting to see the reality.
Comments/Point to Share: This article was somewhat difficult to read. There were paragraph where I did not have a clues what Carlson was trying to say, but there were other parts that were clear and I was able to make connections with other texts that I have read.
It is sad to think that gays and lesbians are associated with disease.
Dennis Carlson
Author's Argument: Carlson argues that it should be part of the Public Schools curriculum to talk about sexual identity (gay, lesbians, travesties). He also believes that a democratic multicultural education must become a dialogue in which all "voices" are heard and all "truths" are understood as partial and positioned.
Quotes:
1. "Within normalizing communities, some individuals and subject positions (i.e. white, middle class, male, heterosexual, etc.) get privileged and represented as "normal" while other individuals and subject positions (i.e., black, working class, female, homosexual, etc.) are dis empowered and represented as deviant, sick, neurotic, criminal, lazy, lacking in intelligence, and in other ways "abnormal."
I am starting to like Delpit. When I read this quote I immediately saw the connection with Delpit's idea "the culture of power." Carlson and Delpit are basically saying the same thing. In order words those who are considered "normal" have the privilege to be part of the normalizing communities and those who are considered "abnormal" have not any privilege.
2. "Willard Waller, in his 1932 classic The Sociology of Teaching, argued that homosexual should not be allow to teach for several reasons. Teachers were presumed to be lecherous and develop "ridiculous crushes" on students."
I don't know if this could be a quote, but when I was reading this part of the article I said to myself how about heterosexual teachers, they have ridiculous crushes on students and they are allow to teach.
3. "Not only do these silent spaces work to make those on the margins invisible and silent; they also, and at the same time, make the cultural center invisible as a center since it never has to "speak it own name."
I can see this quote connected to Johnson's argument about saying the word in order to recognize the problem. I agree with Carlson and Johnson. When we don't express our feeling it makes hard to comfort the problem. It is like being able to see, but not wanting to see the reality.
Comments/Point to Share: This article was somewhat difficult to read. There were paragraph where I did not have a clues what Carlson was trying to say, but there were other parts that were clear and I was able to make connections with other texts that I have read.
It is sad to think that gays and lesbians are associated with disease.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Talking Points #2 - Rodriguez
Aria
Richard Rodriguez
Author's Argument: Rodriguez argues that it is important to maintain you private individuality, but at the same time by learning the public individuality makes easier to achieve/acquire the "Culture of Power."
Quotes:
1. "One day in school I raised my hand to volunteer an answer. I spoke out in a loud voice. And I did not think it remarkable when the entire class understood. That day, I moved very far from the disadvantaged child I had been only day earlier."
I compared this quote to Delpit's quote and I think that Dr. Bogad likes too. "Teaching the codes of power help individuals acquired power more easier." Even though, Rodriguez's family was falling apart he learned the "public language"(English) and was able to communicate his thoughts.
2. "My mother! My father! After English became my primary language, I no longer knew what words to use in addressing my parents. The old Spanish words (those tender accents of sound) I had used earlier - mama and papa I couldn't use anymore."
I think what Rodriguez is trying to say is that it is hard sometimes when someone learns a new language to translate, and sometimes when a word is translated it doesn't has the same meaning.
3."I would have been happier about my public success had I not sometimes recalled what it had been like earlier, when my family had conveyed its intimacy through a set of conveniently private sounds."
What I understand by this quote is that althought, Rodriguez was able to learn and communicate in English, he wasn't completely happy because he misses his private language-Spanish. He misses his family.
Comments/Point to share: I really like Rodriguez's article. It was easy to read. It seems to me that in order to acquire the "Culture of Power" we have to give up our own individuality. I don't think that is fair. I thought about the poem we read in class where it says, "The first thing you do is to forget that I'm black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black." In order words, accept me for whom I am, accept my culture, my language, my race, but don't judge for being who I am.
Richard Rodriguez
Author's Argument: Rodriguez argues that it is important to maintain you private individuality, but at the same time by learning the public individuality makes easier to achieve/acquire the "Culture of Power."
Quotes:
1. "One day in school I raised my hand to volunteer an answer. I spoke out in a loud voice. And I did not think it remarkable when the entire class understood. That day, I moved very far from the disadvantaged child I had been only day earlier."
I compared this quote to Delpit's quote and I think that Dr. Bogad likes too. "Teaching the codes of power help individuals acquired power more easier." Even though, Rodriguez's family was falling apart he learned the "public language"(English) and was able to communicate his thoughts.
2. "My mother! My father! After English became my primary language, I no longer knew what words to use in addressing my parents. The old Spanish words (those tender accents of sound) I had used earlier - mama and papa I couldn't use anymore."
I think what Rodriguez is trying to say is that it is hard sometimes when someone learns a new language to translate, and sometimes when a word is translated it doesn't has the same meaning.
3."I would have been happier about my public success had I not sometimes recalled what it had been like earlier, when my family had conveyed its intimacy through a set of conveniently private sounds."
What I understand by this quote is that althought, Rodriguez was able to learn and communicate in English, he wasn't completely happy because he misses his private language-Spanish. He misses his family.
Comments/Point to share: I really like Rodriguez's article. It was easy to read. It seems to me that in order to acquire the "Culture of Power" we have to give up our own individuality. I don't think that is fair. I thought about the poem we read in class where it says, "The first thing you do is to forget that I'm black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black." In order words, accept me for whom I am, accept my culture, my language, my race, but don't judge for being who I am.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Talking Points #1 Kozol/Goldberg
Kozol-Amazing Grace
Argument: Kozol argues that the children and people living in Washington Heights, Harlem and South Bronx should have better quality of life.
Quotes:
1."Virtually every child at St. Ann's knows someone, a relative or neighbor, who has died of AIDS, and most children here know many others who are dying now of the disease."
This is so sad, but it is the truth. This quote shows that beside poverty these people are also suffering from some many disease and unfortunately the children are living and seeing all that suffering.
2. "The time before, when I had a fever, my doctor said I had pneumonia. I waited in the emergency room two days to be admitted. Waiting in the waiting room with everybody else. Right there, in chairs, with all the other people who were waiting."
This is shocking, but not surprising. It is so sad that a human being is treated like that. Beside been sick these people have to experience more torture. There is no guarantee that once they get to the hospital they are going to feel better.
3. "Somebody has power. Pretending that they don't so they don't need to use it to help people that is my idea of evil."
I compared this quote to one of Delpit's aspects of "the culture of power," she said that "those with power are frequently least aware of." In this case, those people in need hardly receive help from those with power, instead the get help from people like themselves, poor and sick.
Point to Share: This article was easy to read and very interesting. I grew up in the Bronx and I used to live four blocks away from the Bronx Lebanon Hospital. My parents still live there and when I was in high school my first summer job was at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Cat Scan Dept. I saw how patients were treat, especially when they were HIV and AIDS. They were isolated in a room. It was very sad.
Goldberg-100 People
Argument: Goldberg argues that children have no interest in learning about their heritage.
Quotes:
1."There is a sense, within the Cuban schools, that one is working for a purpose and that that purpose is a great deal more profound and more important than selfish pleasure of an individual reward."
I think that Kozol wants to incorporate ideas from other cultures to help students become better ones.
2. "Teachers should talk to their students about the architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, whose own preparation for obedient behavior, was received in German public schools which produced good Germans, or good citizens, as we in the Untied States would say."
In my opinion, I think that this quote is important because students learn better from other students' experiences.
3. "What will become of a country whose youngest have been taught to have so little affection for it."
I think that this quote is very important because whatever we teach to our children now is how they'll act in the future. If we teach them to love that's what they will give.
Comments: I think this article was a bit boring compared to Amazing Grace. I was confused when it mentioned Sol Stern; I don't know where he came from. However, I think that it was a interesting article because I could see two differents points of view, the conservative and liberal. I really like Goldberg' quote at the end.
Argument: Kozol argues that the children and people living in Washington Heights, Harlem and South Bronx should have better quality of life.
Quotes:
1."Virtually every child at St. Ann's knows someone, a relative or neighbor, who has died of AIDS, and most children here know many others who are dying now of the disease."
This is so sad, but it is the truth. This quote shows that beside poverty these people are also suffering from some many disease and unfortunately the children are living and seeing all that suffering.
2. "The time before, when I had a fever, my doctor said I had pneumonia. I waited in the emergency room two days to be admitted. Waiting in the waiting room with everybody else. Right there, in chairs, with all the other people who were waiting."
This is shocking, but not surprising. It is so sad that a human being is treated like that. Beside been sick these people have to experience more torture. There is no guarantee that once they get to the hospital they are going to feel better.
3. "Somebody has power. Pretending that they don't so they don't need to use it to help people that is my idea of evil."
I compared this quote to one of Delpit's aspects of "the culture of power," she said that "those with power are frequently least aware of." In this case, those people in need hardly receive help from those with power, instead the get help from people like themselves, poor and sick.
Point to Share: This article was easy to read and very interesting. I grew up in the Bronx and I used to live four blocks away from the Bronx Lebanon Hospital. My parents still live there and when I was in high school my first summer job was at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Cat Scan Dept. I saw how patients were treat, especially when they were HIV and AIDS. They were isolated in a room. It was very sad.
Goldberg-100 People
Argument: Goldberg argues that children have no interest in learning about their heritage.
Quotes:
1."There is a sense, within the Cuban schools, that one is working for a purpose and that that purpose is a great deal more profound and more important than selfish pleasure of an individual reward."
I think that Kozol wants to incorporate ideas from other cultures to help students become better ones.
2. "Teachers should talk to their students about the architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, whose own preparation for obedient behavior, was received in German public schools which produced good Germans, or good citizens, as we in the Untied States would say."
In my opinion, I think that this quote is important because students learn better from other students' experiences.
3. "What will become of a country whose youngest have been taught to have so little affection for it."
I think that this quote is very important because whatever we teach to our children now is how they'll act in the future. If we teach them to love that's what they will give.
Comments: I think this article was a bit boring compared to Amazing Grace. I was confused when it mentioned Sol Stern; I don't know where he came from. However, I think that it was a interesting article because I could see two differents points of view, the conservative and liberal. I really like Goldberg' quote at the end.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
About Me
My name is Yulisse my family and friends call me Yuly. I have a BS in Biology from Suny New Paltz. This is my second degree and I'm majoring in Sec-Ed. Spanish. My semester is going well and I'm so happy to be here. I have a full time job at my house as a mom and I just love it. I'm also in charge of my church youth group. I love to help others, love to laug, dance and play with my two boys. I think that's it for now. Muchas Gracias!
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