March 8, 2012
How does the central or supporting argument/s of this author connect with other course readings or themes?
“Race and Respect Among Young Children” as well as” Teaching for Social Justice” have a lot in common with other course readings such as “Unlearning the Myths That Blind Us” for example.” Unlearning the Myths That Blind Us’ purpose was to provide the knowledge necessary in order for us, as future teachers, to be able to teach our students who to be accepting people. “Unlearning the Myths That Blind Us” also focused on what are those “unseen” things that we watch on TV that change our perspective of others without us noticing. This reading relates to” Race and Respect Among Young Children”. In “Holding Nyla”, the narrator, Katie Kissinger, expresses her desire to incorporate Nyla into the classroom and help the other students accept her. Even though the teacher was successful at helping her students accept Nyla, I believe that the idea of treating Nyla especially because of her physical disability was still present in the classroom. As I read this story I could sense how the students were deeply interested to Nyla because she was different. I also believe that they used her as a toll for experiment to learn about her condition. In my opinion, this attitude the students had toward Nyla, even though it was not a negative one, it was to a certain degree influenced by the things we watch on TV and the way in which society typically perceives people with disabilities. Likewise, “Teaching for Social Justice” relates to the two articles mentioned before.” Teaching for Social Justice” suggests the idea of students learning about themselves and helping better the lives of the people in their community. Like “Unlearning the myths that blind us”, “Teaching for Social Justice” suggests that students’ actions are influenced by the media. It also suggests that the reason why students are fooled by the media is because the curriculum does not allow teachers to have deep discussions about topics that concern them.
Rosaly Cuevas
I agree Rosaly. Young people are exposed to "life" in school through their textbooks and classes. Many times, we perceive the world in a stereotypical light since the textbooks are written with a narrow perspective.
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