Brown vs. Board of education & Tim Wise (connections)

This week’s Videos about Tim Wise book “Between Barack and a Hard and the website of brown vs. board of education was a nice change from reading & highlighting key facts from our articles. I found  many connections  from our SCWAAP exercise and even my political science class last semester(-.-)

The website give a brief background and states that in 1954 was the turning point in American history, segregating wasn’t fair and the statement “separate but equal” was completely false. For example in my political science we discussed Plessy vs. Ferguson a lot. This case was but “separate but equal” Two train carts, one for black one for white yet the carts were exactly the same. Plessy was arrested for being on the white train, for this case, this was seen as constitutional. Thanks to the case of Brown vs. Board of education that case was able to be re-looked and seen as unconstitutional.

“What is real…..We are nowhere near a post-racial American” statement made by Wise
I understand what Wise is portraying in the interview and his book. He says that just because we have a black president does not mean racism is over. Though, he does state that we have come a long way from then “racism 1.0” and we are now progressing in our “racism 2.0”, it’s still an issue but getting better.

Tapping the glass of SCWAAMP , The show host and Wise talk about how one day will be able to see that there are exceptional black or brown people just as bright as Obama but the dress differently or have a different style so others see them as unimportant or not worthy of acknowledgment.


“If a problem is still a problem… talk to the ones that are the target of it, not the ones who doesn’t have to know about it” Tim makes a comment at 3:53 of the second part video about able bodi-ness another connection to SCWAAMP. He states how we should understand the others point of view on issues, if the issue doesn’t target you doesn’t mean you should be ignorant about it.

                                                                                                                                            

Another Flashback of Political science!

If you haven’t go look at Beckah’s page she has a great video that represents the experiment that Kenneth Clark did in 1957, where he showed dolls to black children and asked which one looked like them and which wanted they wanted to play with. Also if you look on Nessa's Page you'll see that same expirement done today.

I found this article on a Dallas Columnist views on modern racism i found very interesting.

In class I hope to discuss where we other think where we stand on racism are we really that far away from complete post racism or are we getting a bit closer.

Running into my SL student at work!

I saw one of the students from my Service learning project at my work (Fantasyland-mini-golf & family center) yesterday. I'm operating the Ferris wheel, when, all of a sudden...

"OMG it's Miss Jewelry! She's my teacher! Miss Jewelry!  Miss Jewelry!".

Now, I tell the class constantly my name is Julie but for some reason some of them think it's Jewelry. The little girl goes on and on about how I help with math. Her and friends are on the ride and each time they go around  hear the words..."Miss Jewelry" "helps" "math" & "nice". They finally get off, all her friends are calling Miss Jewelry and even some other costumers in line. "Bye Miss Jewelry! see you at school!"

I found that to be an interesting visit:)

In the Service of what?? By Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer (quotes)

The article this week by Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer made me think a lot about my service learning experience and how important it truly is. I feel like I am learning a lot through my experience and I’m anxious to see how it will end and hopefully I’ll take what I’ve learn and apply it to the future.

Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorates the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling.
 

A very popular quote this week and agree that it’s important. It’s like give and take. The experience that service learning provides is great, the observer and student get so much out of it.  One learns how to understand the workings of a community, see what the students see. In my service learning experience I help a class with math, I can see that the students struggle greatly but will the one on one help in seeing an improvement and excitement in the students that they are understanding the material in class.

 

The importance of a meaningful reflective component becomes clearer when one considers the kind of deliberation and student empowerment that such a curriculum can foster.

The example given after this quote was Ms. Adam’s class. The student is given the power to take the topic they were exposed to and understand a different lifestyle for children can greatly affect them. Service learning is basically you teaching you a different situation people deal with, putting yourself in that situation and understanding the obstacles others must go through. The learning is in your hands, you have the power to interpret your experiences, just like the middle schoolers did with their essays.

““In what service of what” is a question that inevitably merits the attention of teachers, policy makers, and academicians who take seriously the idea that learning and service reinforce each other and should come together in America’s schools.”


The very last line but is a powerful quote to me, straight to the point. Just break down the phrase “service” volunteering for a community, “Learning” learn from your experience.  I feel that having Service learning in schools does in fact help the students so much especially the youngest ones. Also it gives a glimpse of what educators see daily in their own classroom, which for me is extremely valuable since I plan to be a future educator.

In class I hope to discuss everyone’s view on service learning and see if their experiences are helpful to them.
Service Learning Ideas :)

Forgot a link :)

Ah!! forgot to put a link!! I found a blog that talked about the problems of Disney princesses and talked about some of the "Missing Disney princesses" I thought it related and was interesting to read.

Problems with Disney princesses! =o

Unlearning the myths that bind us By: Linda Christensen (Arugment)

This author Linda Christensen argues that the media that children are expose to ideas that can control what they want to believe, whether it is through Disney movies or in cartoons in general.  Stereotyping in cartoons automatically lead children to believe that they are certain roles in life; women need saving, the beautiful are successful, the fat and ugly are buffoons and people of color are always the servant. 

“At one point of the cartoon, Popeye clips a dog collar on helpless Olive Oyl and drags her through the desert.” Children are affect so much by cartoons, this example alone gives girls the idea that it’s perfectly fine to be the damsel in distress and gives boys the idea that girls can’t do anything for themselves just let the men do everything and save the day.  

“people of color and poor people are either absent or servants to the rich, white, pretty people” is a comment one of Christensen students points out during the film viewings. It is this kind of ideas that can in lead a child to be racist, which is another point Christensen makes. Having people of color shown as a set down from the main characters will have children think they are inferior if they are not white or rich.

Christensen points were not to prove how horrible cartoons are and shouldn’t be shown, it was to help and have people notice the hidden messages that kids might pick up and believe.

“Instead of…..standing around with their hands on their hips, shaking their heads about how bad the world is, I provided them the opportunity to make a difference.”

In class I hope to talk about what differences can we make and if anyone else feels affected by watching cartoons with hidden messages (knowing what they are now.)

Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community by Dennis Carlson (reflection with video)

As I read this article I originally planned to do just do quotes, but as I continued reading I thought of a great friend from middle and high school. He was the nicest guy you’d ever meet, and a few days after graduation he came out to me. I was shocked but I didn’t think any different of him. There have been moments where he was accused of being gay but never confirmed or denied. He told me there were many times he wanted to tell but was fearful of my reaction.  He even explained one of the days he felt ready to “come out” and knew I would be accepting, it was one of the last days in our homeroom class he asked me to make him a rainbow bracelet for a gay/straight parade he was attending and he wanted some colorful gear (because….instead of catching up on important reading for my classes I would make a bunch of bracelets during homeroom) so of course I pleased to help out.  As he told me this I remembered his face when I gave it to him he was so happy I did this for him, it even seemed like he wanted to share something with me but the bell rings, he smiles and says thank you.

I never thought the simple gesture of making a bracelet would make my friend so happy. He told me it wasn’t the bracelet itself but the fact I got out of my way to make something that represented something he believed in.  Another reason why I thought of him throughout the article was because he plans on becoming an elementary school teacher and I know he be a great teacher. J

There was a quote from the article that bothered me. “the dismissal of gay teachers was legitimated as a way of keeping young people from being exposed to improper role models…”

I find that to be so false, I never had a homosexual teacher(so I thought) but ones sexual orientation cannot be seen as a factor of an improper role model, that’s just nonsense. There is more to a person than if they're gay or straight, anyone can be inspiration to a child, they just have to have to right character.

I hope to bring up in class if anyone has ever had gay teacher? I'm curious to see what expirences other classmates had in high school.

I found this on YouTube video about teachers in the UK I thought was related to the topic.