Social Issues with Dr.Bogad

 While reading this article I thought of taking  major tests in my life.  I would totally freeze, forget what I leaned and feel like I was going to vomit.  Imagine being put through this as an adult imagine being a student.  As a nurse I watch as the students come to my office one after another with stomach aches, so much anxiety they want to go home. While watching the administration prepare my head starts to spin. On page 9 it states "As one teacher explained, disruption to teaching is huge because schedules were changed on a daily basis even when not testing(and it's) hard for kids to adapt to these changes." Yes I do hear the teachers complain because, with the schedules that changes so does their classes.  Some teacher may have to prepare for fewer students, other are taking the PARCC. One of my student cried because she had to take the test in English because she was not designated a EEL learner. She told our reading specialist she did her best, but you could se

After reading this article I couldn't help of thinking of my own journey in life.  I was always picked on as a teenage by my own classmates.  My freckles were my down fall, my classmates looked at my outward appearance and not inwardly. I cried many days when coming home from school.  Each dat they would tease me from the beginning of school until the end of the day. They would take a pen make a round circle on their hand and say we won't catch her spots,than they would just laugh.  When you get older this truly affects you your whole life, no self confidence and low set esteem.  I can emphasize with my students when they struggle on who they are,or what they should do. Some of my students come and share their stories with me. One student who was born a girl shared that from the time she was young she felt like a boy. I always let her share with me the struggle hushed was having. Than one day I was told I feel male and am going to start my transition. The wold four years we ha

Aria-Richard Rodriguez     In this article by Richard he is a Spanish speaking young child, and he enters school for the first time, and needs to use English as his school language.  To his surprise one morning the nuns come to the family home, and ask the parent to speak only English.  At an early age, he realized he was an American citizen.   For me when I read this section my heart become sad “But the special feeling of closeness at home was diminished by then. Gone was the desperate, urgent, intense feeling of being at home; rare was the experience of feeling myself individualized by family intimates.  We remained a loving family, but one greatly changed.  No longer so close; no longer so close; bound tight by the pleasing and troubling knowledge of our public separateness. Neither my older brother nor sister rushed home after school anymore. Nor did I.”  I felt that some part of the family culture and heritage was gone. “My mother and father for their part, responded differ

As I perused the rethinking web site I was amazed all that it had to offer, especially some As I perused the rethinking web site I was amazed all that it had to offer, special’s I perused the rethinking web site I was amazed all that it had to offer, especially some subjects pertaining to my students.  The article that first took my eye was the article on “I See Birds Everywhere I GO” engaging urban students in the natural world by Ellen Royse Ellen grew up in rural Kentucky she truly enjoyed the outdoors.  Ellen moved to Washington D.C. she was a science teacher, she would teach Urban Ecology to Seniors.  Her students were primarily Black and Latino and they were wary of outdoors.   The students were taken to rock Creek Park a small resistance took place the student did not want to go, because they felt it was unsafe. “They were afraid of their personal safety.” When the students went to the park it was with great sadness because hypodermic needles, used condoms, a flat screen tv

Literacy with An Attitude- Educating working -class children in their own self -interest    Every child deserves an education, in being educated it will foster critical thinking about complex  ideas in helping make life decision. While the poor working class student received instruction on functional literacy that taught compliance.  The student with privilege background receiving teaching powerful literary that promoted leadership and independence.  When it came for education it was not equal, it was separated and distinct according to a person social class.   After reading this whole article about the working class.  I thought about what is the poverty level in the United States.  I found an article from American Community Survey (issue Sept 2013) it states " Nationally between 2000 and 2012 the present people in poverty increases from 12.2% to 15.9% . While the number increased from 33,3 million to 48.8 million."  I am in shock as I sit writing this pa

 The American Life, The Problem We All Live With ((part 1)      In the beginning, I read the article and made numerous notes on the context. Wanting to have a clearly picture, of the entire article I listened to the audio version.  Nikole Hannah-Jones is an educator reporter, she discussed school integration in length concerning the state of Missouri.  After reading I am sure why attention was brought to the Normandy school district was because of the Michael Brown’s shooting.  Michael Brown was a graduate of the Normandy school district and was shot shortly after his graduation.    For 15 years the Normandy school district did not meet the state standards and has lost it accreditation in the year 2013.As school educators, we should advocate for our students and their families in our community.  The school system knows that we always need to look at better policies, have better funding in our areas.  Integration can also help us better the students and help them have a better succ