Introduction to CI 3310

      The compelling question still stands, why are schools still segregated? One might think to themselves, well I went to a diverse school how could schools still be segregated in our times when that was banned years ago. Well, the story of gentrification goes on and on. Just like we have previously talked about before, we learned that certain areas of towns will continue to grow business causing the price to rise in certain districts which makes it harder for those who are not well off; typically minorities, to purchase land and live in a wealthier area. This cycle has been going on for hundreds of years and is most providently seen now that there are no real segregation rules. We see the poor continuing to get poorer and the rich continuing to get richer. The worst part about it is it is not that noticeable to a lot of people. When someone buys a not-so-nice house in a poorer neighborhood but completely remodels it the cycle starts. Neighboring houses around will begi...

      As a Mexican American myself, it was fascinating to read about the experience other Hispanics experienced in school in the youtube videos. Being able to recognize the struggle and pain heard in the voice of those adults who not only experienced the racism but the Hispanics whose children experience the racism. While thankfully I can say I did not experience racism like this, I was and am still exposed to microaggression. For me, as an educator, it is so important to make sure that racism is never seen in my classroom to all lengths. I know that words hurt and they stick. I still remember the microaggression I heard when I was younger and for that to be from an experience I had years ago is very telling. These are traumas that I would not want any student or parent to experience. Seeing the video and hearing the parent's voice of being told that Spanish being the main language at home is the problem resonates with me because I primarily speak Spanish to my parents. F...

    Gender affects the teaching profession in many ways. In a personal experience growing up, I always enjoyed language arts classes and history classes more than math and science while my male counterparts seemed to generally enjoy mathematics and science classes more. Looking through some articles that stated that subjects like language and history seemed to come across as more feminine while other subjects like math and science came off as more masculine. It is interesting to dive into this discussion of gender division in things that we normally would not notice. For instance, why are subjects that are generally considered easier "feminine" while harder subjects are considered "masculine". Also, these subjects that require more creativity as well are seen as feminine. It is an interesting take on gender inequality. We know that education for men and woman are generally more equal now and that previously was not in earlier years. As future educators, we should be...

    Even before I have read these sources, I knew schools to not be equitable. We know time after time that schools are not equal. Growing up I myself have seen this time after time. Attributes to political affiliation, gender, race, financial status. These issues early set how schools are not equitable. Starting off schools in higher income neighborhoods have better education systems. This allows schools to hire more tutoring and be able to pay teachers more that can make the requirements to get hired harder. This can be see any and everywhere. One spot I am familiar with is the Dallas Texas area. Schools like Highland Park versus schools such as Boles offer two very contrasting Highland Park being a very high income area which allows students to be able to prepare for success after high school earlier on. I personally am from a very, very small town however, we had multiple high schools. I went to a high school that had a great education system however, our team ri...

Whose are told and whose remain in the margins? I believe we can assume whose stories are being told and whose are not. Racism and discrimination, while not as terrible as it previously was is still alive and well. We see in the changing demographics how the trends for racism and discrimination against groups such as LGBTQ+ community are decreasing, however, even on a personal level we still see this discrimination. I, as a Mexican American woman, have experienced racism. While it was not as scary and traumatizing as some cases, this still affected me today. The fear of not knowing the judgment someone is going to give you based on the color of your skin is terrifying. However, we see these problems deeply rooted in our society. Schools with higher POC populations tend to have lower funding leading to a cycle that repeats poverty. This is very sad because we hardly hear of these types of situations and those who did not grow up in these schools or areas will likely never understand the...

  How do we talk about issues that matter?  In the modern world, a lot of compelling controversial issues are hard to talk about. As a future instructor we must be able to talk about the conversations in a politically correct and suitable for work manner. This is especially important today because we must normalize hard conversations. In my golden lines post I used the quote "...We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking on it, and in the course of speaking of it we learn to be human". This particular golden line to me shows that we can normalize things and end stigmas as long as we are able to have conversations about issues and are able to come to a consensus on these issues. I plan on teaching middle school aged children which is a crucial time for development on your own opinons. In this I would bring up a conversation and allow my students to go through a discussion of their opinon on certain topics, while stating that everything they sta...