Blog post #9

 

                            

                                                                            Blog Post #9

1. Woke Read Alouds: They, She, He Easy as ABC - I found this video very important and one that will stick out to me past this class. I think it gives people a chance to educate themselves on a rapidly evolving topic in a way that can be easily understood. I also think it speaks on a deeper message in giving people who may be struggling with their personal identities a safe space and show that there are other people that may be going through the same thing as them. 

2. Rodriguez, “Aria” - This article was extremely important especially to read as I went into my service learning program. The story Rodriguez shared and his struggles with having to leave his culture behind and try to conform to a new culture I could see at times with the students I worked with. Thankfully, I saw a difference from Rodriquez's story as I saw the teacher work with his students with different backgrounds, like giving tests or assignments in Spanish to help his non English language first students complete their work.

3.  Delpit, “The Silenced Dialogue” - This was probably the most important reading we had all year. Delpit will stick with me throughout my teaching experience, as her codes and rules of power were something I never thought of before and making sure students know these rules and codes of power is something I find important. Her reading made me question what I thought I knew about how to be a teacher and I'm glad I was able to read this before I really got my teaching career started.