Blog #7

 In this blog I will be doing quotes, I feel it will better help anyone reading this understand it more. In the reading "Eliminating Ableism in Education" by Thomas Hehir it talks about the issue of Ableism ad why/how it needs to get out of the education systems. 

This first quote I choose was "disability only becomes a tragedy for me when society fails to protect the things we need to lead our lives - job opportunities or barrier free buildings" (Sharpiro, 1994, p. 20). I find this quote to be important because this is one of the biggest, main reasons why Ableism is happening. There wasn't equal opportunities for the disabled children, which is not fair. There were no job opportunties given to them or equal opportunities in schools. 

The next quote I have chosen was "Ive faced unintentional discrimination, and it's just as damaging then racism... its called Ableism, the devolution and disregard of people with disability" (Smith, 2001, p.162). Although some people may not realize this, Ableism is just as important as race or sex, etc. (racism or sexism). Just as a transgender person is human, and a black person is human, people with special needs are humans and its not fair that they don't get treated as such. 

The last quote I choose was "As is the case with racism and sexism, progress toward equity is dependent first and foremost on the acknowledgment that ableism exists in schools." We must realize that this is a real issue in schools, and is not just something that should be forgotten about. We must educate the students in our education system and show everyone that this is not okay. 

Video Analysis: Butler and other disabled people use the term "walk" when expressing to someone that they are going out for a walk. Butter also says that places with accessible entry for her, and in places that have more accessible spots leads to a social acceptability. She says there are many disabled people out in the world, so many have learned how to "interact" with them better. We should be normalizing using our bodies in different way. 

https://www.accessliving.org/newsroom/blog/ableism-101/ 

This is a link to all facts about ableism. 

Blog # 6

This blog is broken up into two different sections: the videos and the article. 

The videos: The first video (episode 1) explain how years ago students were not allowed to speak any other language but for English in the class, and how sometimes students would Aldo often get punished of they speaking their own language. In the second video (episode 2), one of the teachers say that sometimes it can be intimating if they are not bilingual. The teacher also mentions that having different languages is only going to help the students and to let them go further. We should continue to encourage it. The two teachers say that teachers should learn to become co-learners along side their students. And in the last video (episode 5), In the bilingual classroom, they alternate days, one day they learn in English and the next day they learn in Spanish. The children incorporate English and Spanish into their poems. The teacher also adds that it could be a good idea to talk to parents and students about language goals. 

Now, for the article I have chosen to reflected it on my own personal life, specifically my own personal experience at the providence elementary school that I am student teacher at. 

In the reading "Tongue Tied" written by Richard Rodriguez the importance of a bilingual education is discussed. One of the first things that is being said is that if kids were taught Spanish at a young age, and we're taught in a bilingual classroom, it could more beneficial not only for the kids learning Spanish, but also for the kids who already know Spanish. Sometimes, it can be scary for Spanish speaking students to enter a classroom that is only English speaking. Some of Richards teachers showed up to his house on day and asked his parents to to start speaking English in the house and give up the Spanish language. In an intent, Richards family agreed, they wanted the best for their child and thought this was what they had to do. Every night the family would gather after dinner to work on their English words, Richard would also see a daily tutor to help with his English. One afternoon, Richard walked into the kitchen and heard his family speaking Spanish, he quickly become distraught when he realized he couldn't understand anything his parents were saying, he didn't feel like himself anymore. Richard felt like he lost his identity. 

Connecting this to the elementary school I am currently student teaching at, there are a few children who primarily speak Spanish. Although it can sometimes be difficult to fully understand what they are saying, I can somewhat makeup what they are trying to say. Spanish is apart of these children identity's and should certainly never be taken away from them. I think it would be so unacceptable to go directly to the parents and ask them to stop speaking Spanish, I feel like that is taking they're whole identity background. 

https://online.tamiu.edu/articles/education/why-bilingual-education-is-important.aspx 

This is a link of why bilingual education is important. 

Blog #5

For this Blog I am doing reflection, I will be connecting some of my personal experiences to this article. 

    This article explains different social classes and what they look like, and how they act. Growing up, I was more in the middle/upper class. Though I did go to a public school, it was more of a middle class public school. The article explains how in the middle class schools breadwinners were a mixture of highly skilled blue and white collard workers, and that traditional middle class occupations were teachers, social workers, accountants, and middle managers, where were different all things (people) that you would see in my schools at home. The article also said that the incomes in middle class schools were better than average but below the top ten percent. I would defiantly say that this is pretty accurate in regards to the high school that I went to. The school would have money to do fun assembly things, proms, field trips and more. But, at the same time my school was always fundraising for things to make more money. There was also a time I specifically remember freshman year of high school, some of the teachers jobs were threaten due to lack of money. But, nothing was put into effect and the teachers got to keep their jobs with a raise in the towns tax. 

The article also mentions about how the way the teacher teach in certain social classes. The article goes on to say how teachers of middle class schools believe their job was to teach knowledge taught from in textbooks and in which dictated by curriculums experts. This included reading text, listening to the teacher, answering questions, and then doing a report. They looked at it as more of a matter of giving and understanding information from socially approved sources. I think I could agree and disagree with this in regards to my high school. There were some teachers that would have us read from the textbook, listen to them talk, answer question and then do a report. But, there were also teachers who would make class more exciting and interactive and not just about what's in the textbook. 

This is a link that talks about the five sisal classes: 

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/204497/determines-americans-perceive-social-class.aspx

Video Analysis: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UmiwDpAOK9Marzr4EwQmy7mawYWrgXEHy9iyK8tif8I/edit