Introduction to CI 3310

      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...