Blog #8

 

Quote 1:

"In an instant, they agreed to give up the language (the sounds) that had revealed and accentuated our family's closeness."

This quote is telling how the church asked them to have their children speak English at home. They complied and are now giving up their family's language because of the church. I don't believe that anyone should have a say in what happens within someone's household other than the parents.

Quote 2:

"The family's quiet was partly due to the fact that, as we children learned more and more English, we shared fewer and fewer words with our parents."

This quote is saying how now that they've all learned English, they're interacting with people in their classes and neighbor hoods so they're never really at home. This caused the family to become more distant and not communicate with their family as often.

Quote 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."

Although they've successfully learned English, it doesn't make them integrally happy. They loved how their life was before and it didn't need any fixing. Now that the Church forced them to learn English, they're not a intimate family anymore.

These quotes make me feel empathy towards the family's journey. They got pressured into learning a new langue by the church which caused their family to become more distant from one another. It broke down their culture and family language that now they don't even feel comfortable calling their parents the same name that they used to refer to them as.

Blog #7

 

            Literacy with an Attitude by Patrick Finn

        Quote #1:

"After the printing press was invented, literacy among the masses was viewed with fear and trembling among the ruling classes of Europe."(chapter 1, pg. 2)

I think this quote is important because it showed how they feared that widespread literacy would empower citizens with knowledge and challenging their authority. This shows that literacy was known as a negative thing for a period of time.

        Quote #2:

"What do you think of when I say the word Knowledge?' not a single child used the word think." 

This quote shows how we need to teach students differently, so they'll understand better. they're not interested in class, so they don't know basic knowledge that is important.

        Quote #3:

"Were locked into a system of rules and roles that none of us understood and that did not allow much in the way for education."

This quote shows how people can feel trapped within a rigid system that enforces rules and roles which limit opportunities for meaningful education or personal growth.

I think these quotes are very important to keep in mind when teaching your students. It helps you keep in mind what you should be teaching and focusing on in your future years as an educator.

Blog #6

     

        Classroom tour

    I have personal connect to this video. She kept talking about how her room wasn't perfectly clean and that's how I feel about my room. No matter how much I clean it, it never feels perfectly clean because I just have so much stuff. Something else I can connect to was how she added stuff to her classroom that she likes. She added a bunch of Hamilton decorations because that's what she enjoys. I think adding stuff you enjoy in your classroom is very important. I always add a touch of my personality with everything that I do. Something else I enjoyed was how she decorates her room with cute cheap things. I know I definitely won't have a lot of my own money to spend on my classroom in the future so her showing that you can make your room cute with cheap materials is helpful. This part of the video probably makes many future teachers, including myself, feel better about how they're going to be decorating their room with a budget. It also helps by giving us ideas. Something I enjoyed in her room was her homework board. When I was younger, I would easily get distracted and not hear about the teaching talking about homework, so I'd get 0s on a lot of work. If my teachers had homework boards, Id easily be able to look at the board before leaving the classroom so I can see what I have due. In the back of her classroom, she has a bucket of computer chargers for her students to borrow. In high school, I'd get home from work late and would forget to charge my computer for school. My teachers would often let me borrow a charger so I wouldn't have to worry and this was very helpful.

Student

     

    When I go into the 4th grade classroom, they're in recess. This one student, who I'll call, Jade. Jade walked up to the teacher saying how her foot was hurting. She then took her socks and shoes off and put them on the table. The teacher tried to tell her to put her socks back on, so she walked around barefoot. 

    After recess ended, I took Jade and some other students into the hallway to learn math. She kept distracting the students and run around. I told her to sit in her own seat and to be quiet. Jade then kept looking at the other students work and copying them. Because she kept doing this, I had to give every student a different question. While I was teaching them how to do the work while facing the whiteboard, I heard Jade start singing something inappropriate that's on TikTok. I told her how that's not appropriate and shouldn't be talked about in school. She then kept talking about skibidi toilet and Fortnite when I was trying the teacher her. I wanted to try to get her to focus and stop distracting others, so I told them that if they behave, I'll let them do a problem for the other students on the big board. It worked and I got them to calm down and follow directions. 

Troublemakers

 

    TroubleMakers by Shalaby

First Quote: 

"As an educator it is in my job to insist on every child's right to a classroom experience that daily honors her, reverse her smarts, engages her curiosities, and ensures her dignity." (Preface, pg.1)

This quote emphasizes the responsibilities of an educator to create an inclusive and respectful classroom environment for every child. It telling you that you need to provide a positive work environment for the students. This'll make them feel welcomed and supported. This quote is impo
rtant to the text because the reading is telling you what you need to provide your students as an educator. 

Second Quote:

"Classrooms must be places in which we practice freedom." (Preface, Pg,2)

This quote shows that we need to encourage our students to express themselves freely. Students should be able to learn without the feeling of fear when asking questions, getting something wrong, or more. This quote is important to the text because throughout the reading, they tell us encouraging our students is very important. 

Third Quote:

"I somehow felt that the combination of my credentials and my status as an adult should signal the Anthony my clear authority over him" (Introduction pg.1)

This quote shows us that even though you're the teacher, doesn't mean your students will show you respect. There are some students that'll give you a hard time because they dislike school. This quote is important to the text because it shows that there will be some negativity when becoming a teacher.

I thought these quotes were very important to think about when teaching. Its not always going to be easy but you have to find a good way to teach difficult students.