e focus of multicultural education is often on teaching empathy, respect, understanding and tolerance of difference.
Out of all of these in my opinion, respect is the one that should be reinforces. Having respect for those who share totally distinct customs and characteristics is what is the foundation. Because if students go into a multicultural education curriculum having some sort of ugly mindset about others then it wont work the right way.
he importance of the Club was in offering Asian American students a space to develop leadership skills at the same time that it gave them a place where “everybody [can] feel like they belong.”
Relating this to my personal experience, It feels nice when clubs make you feel like like this. There are many clubs and organizations on campus that have this goal for students and I think they do a good job in accomplishing it. I love being part of these because in such a big campus it is common to feel lonely at times.
By focusing on “making peace” with the past, it ignores structural and ideological power relations that continue to construct inequality
I agree with this statement because if we focus on "making peace" with the past what if we ignore the things we learn from that past? I guess ignoring the past has its goods because it enhances you to start with a clear mind, but also, what if if stops us from reflecting on everything from that time
Multiculturalists agree that the primary goals of multicultural education include transforming educational institutions so that students from different racial, ethnic, gender, and class backgrounds may have the opportu-nity for educational equity and succes
This sounds like a good goal to have but isn't the point of multicultural education to teach and create a diverse environment for people to learn about others different from them?
It implies t~at differ:nces a~e acknowledged and their importance is neither den~ed nor belittle~.
This is so important for people to have, acceptance. I feel like those who have not passed this level of diversity tend to feel some kind of hatred towards other ethnic races. I believe this is what causes the racial physical attacks that have been happening lately.
here are large signs in English wel-coming visitors, although there are no staff on hand who can communicate with the families of the growing Cambodian student population.
I wish educational institutions made better decisions about this. Yes, English is the dominant language of the US but for events like orientations which parents wish to be involved in, having staff with different speaking languages would be nice to have. Everything is always in english and it sucks because not everyone understands it.
Students who speak a language other than English as their native language are either placed in regular classrooms where they will learn to "sink or swim" or in "NE" (non-English) classes, where they are drilled in English all day and where they will remain until they leam English sufficiently well to perform in the regular classroom.
This reminded me of an experience that I has back in elementary school. Being the oldest of three sisters and growing up in a Mexican household, spanish is the only language I knew entering the education system. I had a teacher who would force me to speak English in order for me to go to the restroom and perform activities. I used to be such a shy kid and this teacher would scare me more and more everyday because she knew that I wasn’t comfortable speaking English and she always put me on the spot in order for me to "learn it."
On the contrary, it can be thought of as a range of options across a wide spectrum that includes such diverse strategies as bilingual/bicultural programs, ethnic studies courses,
I think this is a great way to approach the implementation of multicultural education. Especially the aspect of bilingualism because students get to implement some sort of art in the learning.
These must be from people who have never experienced a racist encounter ever. Because for the most part, those who have want to create a space for it so that its talked about. They want to raise awareness on this topic.
During the early 1990s, multicultural education evoked a divisive national debate, in part because of the divergent views that citizens hold about what constitutes an American identity and about the roots and nature of American civilization.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the idea that Americans are usually afraid that other cultural groups will steal their American customs. They are afraid that others take over their stuff.
During the early 1990s, multicultural education evoked a divisive national debate, in part because of the divergent views that citizens hold about what constitutes an American identity and about the roots and nature of American civilization.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the idea that Americans are usually afraid that other cultural groups will steal their American customs. They are afraid that others take over their stuff.
Historically, the school curriculum in the United States and other nations has focused primarily on the cultures and histories of mainstream groups with power and influence (Banks, 2009b, 2012, 2017).
Yes this is very true because we do not really see representation for minority groups like blacks and hispanics.
This is great, students of color and white students should definitely form a team and fight the education system so that they implement the teaching of other cultures. They are stronger together than apart.
Because one of its goals is to increase educational equality for stu-dents from diverse groups, school restructuring is essential to make multi-cultural education become a reality. To restructure schools in order to provide all students with an equal chance to learn, some of the major assumptions, beliefs, and structures within schools must be radically changed.
This is exactly what the goal is and I am glad it is stated like that. But like mentioned, in order for the public to have a positive perspective of this then the rumors and miss interpretations should be shut down. Parents should definitely use their voice when it comes to this.
he advantages associated with inclusive settings include fewer behavioral problems, improved math and reading achievement, higher graduation rates, improved attendance, and lower rates of unemployment after graduation
I can conclude that this is because when people from different backgrounds merge together and collaborate ideas and projects will obviously everything will be better. I read an article a while back that mentioned how people are not born being racist or discriminatory, they learn it through others so I feel like if we can have kids share environments with diverse people then they would not grow up to be mean in that way.
non-Black teachers were less likely to believe that Black students would complete a four-year college degree
This is not surprising to me, people of higher levels tend to really underestimate the qualities and success of minority groups. This is so racist in my eyes because they see us as weaker and just having less potential to be like them People still act surprised when I tell them I am going to UCI since I come from s very poor community.
In order for a counselor to have this role in a chillds life, that counselor must first be so in love with their job in order to take that extra step. It would be amazing for school staff to want to guide students not only in school but outside of school too. These type of educators are the ones that really make a difference in a childs life.
Researchers have hypothesized that living in poverty contributes to the disproportionate rate of students of color in special education since these students are more likely to be exposed to risk factors that increase academic underachievement and behavioral problems
Being poor does create more disadvantages for students due to reasons like not being able to afford resources that could boost their progress in school. I also think that people should not immediate assume that just because a person is low income does not mean that they have behavioral problems. This would be very unfair and not right.
Low-income students are more often identified in subjective disability categories, such as emotional disability and intellectual disability, and more frequently placed in separate classrooms.
I came from a low income family but I feel like most of the people in my high school were also low income so it didn't make me feel as an outsider or anything. But now in college things are a bit different because there are so many diverse here from different backgrounds economically and physically, I never knew that people like this were put in separate class rooms, I feel like this would be worse because it is calling them out.
ome of the factors that may contribute to this problem include poverty and inaccurate teacher perceptions. To reduce this problem, teachers can be trained to be culturally responsive and the public-school system can be improved so that students from low-income households receive better services.
This part explains exactly what the school system needs but then again I feel like it sounds repetitive in a manner in which nothing is getting seriously done. Better teacher training and access to pre school programs is exactly what need to be done to create a better experience for students especially low income ones.
“I thought for a very long time that I was introverted. I realized that I just wanted to be my true and genuine self -and that’s difficult if people act like it’s weird”
I really felt this statement right here because I also went through the same thoughts when I was in high school. I always considered myself as being very shy and introverted but now that I am in college I reflect back and note that that was not the case at all. I was just not that comfortable expressing my true wild side due to the people in my classrooms.
I knew that a lot of parents are against the idea of their kids learning stuff about gender and sensitive topics like that, but what surprised me a bit was this possible reason behind it. I never thought about it this way. My main guess was always that parents were afraid that their children were exposed to these topics at a young age because they were afraid that the kids would take it the wrong way since they are not mature enough yet.
Nowadays LGBTQ+ students face the challenge of “coming-out” in a heteronormative world.
I can only imagine how hard it must be for people of this community to stand up to their parents or loved ones and tell them their sexuality is different from everyone else. I know a lot of families object to this and they do not understand the whole concept so it must be quite an experience. I wish it was normalized to be different so that these experiences are less stressful.
As education against homophobia proceeds, it is necessary to find ways both to support people who experience homophobia and also to ask dif-ficult questions about the cultural, religious, and contemporar7 roots of or alibis for homophobia.
This is so true! Homophobia is a word I do not hear often which I am not too sure if it is a good or bad thing. I think people often avoid talking about it or addressing the problem with this because either they are afraid that they say something incorrect or simply because they do not know how to. I think a class on homophobia would for sure be very helpful to people going through it.
ncluding school professionals, root their beliefs about gender norms or the inappropriateness of homosexuality in their cultural background or religious tradition. Cultural beliefs and religious texts of-ten are interpreted to mean that LGBTQ people are aberrant, sinful, or at the very least unacceptable.
This is really accurate because growing up in a traditional catholic family, my parents always expressed how God made the women for the man and vice versa. And that id this was violated then it would be a sin. I never understood their logic but I respected their opinion.
Gender bias is also a problem not only for women. Young men who understand cultural messages about masculinity as encouraging their dem-onstration of superiority show their power through aggressive taunting.
I think this is a good statement because I feel like since we hear more about women being be littled because of gender roles, we forget that this could also happen to males. Males can also feel like they are being misjudged.
Just like my classmate mentioned, I feel like growing up in a mexican household where my parents are so used to the traditional gender roles of males and females, these things were greatly shown. I remember that when I was little my mom would never let me play with my male cousins because they were "rough" and "more violent" It would make me pretty sad because I always liked the sports my cousins were in.
For me its crazy to think that doing things like this was considered normal in the school setting. I clearly remember my teachers doing this. Specifically, when we would play sports we would often organize teams like boys vs girls all the time. I obviously never thought of it as being wrong but now in this class it is making me reflect on it.
The 2019 GLSEN survey found that 60% of LGBTQ students surveyed had been sexually harassed in the past year
For some reason the public seems to think of LGBTQ students as being weak or not being able to provide defense for themselves. This is so messed up because they use this to pick on them. Harassment is never okay no matter the prefence of a person.
Experiences of harassment, assault, or simply not seeing any representa-tion of LGBTQ lives in the curricula all contribute to negative school-based experiences.
These are sad circumstances that are always happening around the world but I feel like because of this, more resources are being yielded towards this community, For example, on campus now we have a LGBT resource center where students are more than welcomed to use. Hopefully as time passes people of this community feel more allied and protected.
he ideal student is one that can sit and listen and learn from me-work with their peers, and take responsibility on themselves and understand what is next, what is expected of them. He's not really Goody Two-shoes, you know. He's not quiet and perfect. He'll take risks. He'll say the wrong answer. He'll fool around and have to be reprimanded in class. There's a nice balance to him. 24
Is this really what teachers think makes a great student? I csn see why the "perfect"student would have these qualities but it sounds like it could be harmful in the way that now other students who are different from this description will be compared. Comparison can be bad because it will change how teachers view them.
When teachers are asked to remember their most outstanding students, boys' names dominate the list. Teachers say males are brighter, better at science and math, and more likely to become the nation's future leaders. When students are asked to choose outstanding classmates, they also name boys. But boys are also on another roster. When teachers remem-ber their worst students-the discipline problems, the ones most likely to create a classroom disturbance or to flunk out of school-they still list boys.1
This is actually the first time that I hear that boys are depicted as being smarter in school. This honestly surprised me because all the time I hear that girls are the ones who tend to care more about the education so this caught me by surprise. I wonder if this also has an impact on the support males get compared to females.
The gender segregation was so formal in this class that we asked if the teacher had set it up. "Of course not." She looked offended. "I wouldn't think of doing such a thing. The students do it themselves." It never occurred to the well-meaning teacher to raise the issue or change the seats. Here is another segregation episode, this one involving affluent inde-pendent school students during a swimming lesson.
I think that segregation when it comes to gender comes naturally to young people because we have grown up being surrounded by these environments. It does not come from a place of hate or discrimination, it is just that we are so used to it. Personally, sometimes I find myself feeling intimidated by male figures and then I remember that this is wrong so I should not be doing so.
\Xie are often asked to talk to classes about sexism in school.
I wish more school districts did this so that our future generations could learn about it to be better educated to educate others.
When teachers ask students to read aloud one after the other down the row, one paragraph after another, nominal students count ahead and practice their upcoming paragraph silently
I clearly remember doing this and I could of sworn that it was just me that did that. I never admitted to doing this because I always felt some kind of embarrassment so to be reading about this now is funny to me.
The stu-dents who may be most in need of the teacher's attention will be least likely to get it. The students who most need to learn the lesson of how to talk in public are least likely to have that opportunity. Students who need a little more time to think-because they are by nature thoughtful, or because English is a new language, or because their cultural background encourages a slower response, or because they are shy-become specta-tors to rapid classroom exchanges.
Its crazy to see the tendencies that happen within students and how their levels of need greatly help them in a way that they learn to develop different learning abilities and tricks.
Yes this is very accurate and my elementary school teachers would always say that in order for a child to succeed there must be a triangle happening. That in one end of the triangle there was the parents, in the other two, the teacher and the student. This teacher would always reinforce this picture in parent meetings and conferences.
Agreeing with a comment from a classmate earlier, dress code only brings ,ore attention towards sexual harassment. By implying that what people wear has to do a lot with how people are treated sexually is reinforcing the idea. Dress codes in general as very dumb in my opinion because everyone has the right to express themselves how ever they wish.
Im kind of confused as to what this means, is it implying that in a Latino household, having a baby at a young age is seen as a consequence of being of low/high income classes? Because if this is the case then its a pretty unfair conclusion to make.
More than ever, American boys are trying to find these designer bod-ies not only in a gym but also through steroids. Steroid use has long been widespread among athletes looking for a quick way to add strength or speed, but now boys as young as ten and high school students who do not play team sports are also bulking up with steroids simply because they want to look good. Nearly half a million boys are taking steroids, and risking their lives. 33
I know in high school we have P.E classes where students learn more about staying active but i think if the education system could incorporate more classes about nutrition like this then students would make better decisions. I have noticed more people are getting into fitness so these classes would definitely be helpful!
Women of color also rarely find themselves in ads and media, and when they do they see models and celebrities who closely follow the white beauty ideal.
Because of the deal with this. brands especially beauty ones are starting to incorporate more people of all skin colors and sizes. But they are only doing this so that people notice it and support it which sort of defeats the whole purpose. The representation of all people is something no one has to see as a norm.
Social status is based a lot on looks."
Sadly, I have some experience with this. My dad works in construction so he is always looking dirty and just tired in general. When I go out with him and I look nothing like that people assume that we are either not related or that we are struggling financially. I have witnessed people giving us mean looks because of his image and it gets me mad and sad.
This strongly correlates to todays events because just yesterday was the Met Gala and Kim Kardashiian was sharing that in order to fit into her dress she had to lose 16 pounds and she did this by not eating carbs and eating less. Now, other than this being unhealthy, it is sending young girls the wrong message, Girls who look up to her are going to think this is acceptable and it really is not.
Girls wanted to be remembered as a "leader in activities," closely followed by "most popular." "Brilliant student" ranked a distant third.7 For boys, athletics was mentioned again and again as the gateway to high school status. When girls were asked how they reached the leading crowd in school, they referred to appear-ance and personality:
This is so true. The same common stereotypes revolving each gender. Recently. I have been witnessing more women figures in the sports industry which makes me so happy because it is fighting this stigma.
As youth struggle to reconcile different parts of their personalities, they look to parents, teachers, classmates, and friends for reactions.
This is closely related to what I mentioned before about the people you surround yourself with having an impact on your success. I feel like when we are young we rely greatly on our friends for advice and for reactions, this is probably just a phase we go through and it sounds like it can be harmful since we depend on our friends a lot.
This part of the article reminded me of this tweet that I saw last time that said "school isn’t about learning anymore, its about turning assignments in at midnight." This is somewhat true and I wonder if this is as bad as it sounds.
emember your high school days? (Are you smiling or grimacing?) Were you an innie, a popular kid with lots of friends, wondering if these may be the best years of your life? Or were you an outie, a social reject, living on the perimeter, hardly ever noticed, and wondering in your heart of hearts if you would ever get a real life?
This is definitely a great way to open this passage about the high school life because I feel like this is how all of us feel when we are in high school or reflect on our high school experiences. You were either part of the popular groups or the shy groups.
While the Asian American girls struggled with navigating displacement in the uS, including isolation at home and alienation in classes and mainstream spaces at school, they had sufficient creativity and improvisational skills to invent their own community.
I can see why these girls had more creativity and skills to invent their own community. Usually when people experience isolation either at home and other environments they have more time to themselves which allows them to evolve their interest and hobbies.
The girls rejected mainstream spaces where they often felt marginalized and isolated, such as the ‘Main Street,’ a popular place to sit during lunch, recess, and after school. ‘Main Street’ was a ‘big hallway’ with tall ceilings and many windows located near the main school entrance. It reflected the racial, ethnic, and class diversity of Maple High. It was packed with many groups of students who often sat together based on race, class, and/or gender.
Girls tend to feel more stress and nervousness when being alone in public spaces. Especially if one was to walk into an environment where people are socially grouped together based on class and race. It is intimidating for sure.
The role of family cars was also a surprise, given the descriptions in the literature of poor families’ reliance on public transportation (Neuman, 2009). As we engaged with the families, it became clear that an important aspect of the parents’ mediating role was driving Benny and Miguel to places beyond their neighborhoods where spaces were constructed. The fact that both families had cars seems consistent with the identification of their neighborhoods as low income but not without resources or character-ized by a concentrated level of poverty.
This is very interesting and a good observation because often society creates this picture of "poor" or low income families as not having good values or accommodations, but in reality this is not what being poor is about. I am a bit surprised that people assumed poor families do not have cars.
For Miguel, the intersection of virtual and electronic worlds with popular culture was also an important literacy space. He frequently played Pokémon games on his DS,
I like how this part of Miguels life is also highlighted in the article. Its cool to see how his hobbies made a good impact on him because we often think of our hobbies as thinks that we do just for fun but forget that it kind of shapes the way we learn.
I remember talking to my mom and saying that maybe I cannot do it. I have been spending my whole school career trying to do something that I am really not going to end up doing. My parents are very positive and they always say “there is always a way, there is always a solution. You have to look for it and you have to work hard. Don’t let it get you down, keep working”. It is always this that keeps me going, going strong.
I one hundred percent agree with this persons statement because I relate to it very much, Being an immigrant myself I always though of myself as not being able to achieve my dreams due to my immigration status. But it just took proper preparation and use of resources to help me understand that my status does not define me. Also, my parents were always so supportive and always gave me words to keep pushing forward.
hey also faced restrictions from federal and state fi nancial aid. 2 As a result, tens of thousands of undocumented young people leave school each year with uncertain and untenable futures.
Yes this is true but I also think that this issue has improved over the years. Thankfully, now there are many scholarship opportunities for immigrant youth who wish to pursue higher education. The Dream Act has also helped many individuals make college affordable.
Talking from experience, yes we are definitely vulnerable. Personally, being undocumented and going to school where no one else seemed to face this issue definitely took a toll in my self esteem and self worth. It made me doubt my ability to succeed and pursue higher education.
The transition into college is already hard enough for regular students now imagine for immigrant youth who are not familiar with how everything works. Especially if they are still struggling in learning the language of english. This is why we need more resources in school to guide them.
I think this story is somewhat encouraging and shows how ambitious and determined immigrant are. Even though it look her longer than she expected, she still managed to receive her GED.
America is said not to have a dominant established language but I think we can all agree that English is definitely it. And whether we like it or not, if we cant to succeed in this country we must be fluent in it. I can only imagine how hard it must be for the immigrant youth to master it.
It is not only in the classroom but also in the schoolyard, on field trips, and on the bus ride to and from home that they will struggle to learn the English language that is so necessary for their success in the United States
I think these environments help and attack immigrant youth. On the positive side, they get to make new friends and accustom to their new way of living but can also expose them to bullying and racism. Especially if the children are not fluent in English yet.
Schooling is of course important for the immigrant youth but specially for their parents/guardians. School tends to be the biggest reason why parents choose to bring their kids to the US, so that they receive the best education possible.
What ambitions do these newest and youngest Americans bring with them, and how effectively are we as a society har-nessing their energies? Do boys and girls experience the migration journey differently?
For the most part, when relating these questions to my own experience I can say that Americans definitely think more bad stuff about immigrants than good stuff. Yes, there are cases where immigrants do not know how to value and take opportunities when they arrive but most of us only come here to put extra work to better ourselves.
I am not too sure how I feel about this statistic. For some reason I thought the percentage would of been a bit higher. Specially since I have been reading about how much immigrants have impacted the country.
This statement and this topic in general have my general attention because I am living the experience on what it means to be an immigrant student. My parents brought me here at just the age of one in hopes that I have better opportunities to succeed in this country, So I am definitely excited to keep reading about this.
does the term "generational echoes" mean that aspects like values, traditions are passed down generation by generation? Kind of like a snowball effect? I had never heard this term before.
I am not too sure if teachers making assumptions is necessarily a bad thing since lets say maybe an assumption can save a kids life. What I mean is that I am sure certain kids are not examined in the way that they should so educators might miss important aspects of their behavior that are concerning.
Working-class and poor parents' concep-tions of adulthood and childhood also ap-peared to be closely connected to their lived experiences.
Poor family parents do not want their kids to repeat the same steps and the same path as theirs, that is why they are always reinforcing the idea of going to college and getting a job ten times better than a 5-9. Poor families live many sad experiences together and this marks them in a way that will eventually push them to break the cycle.
Working-class and poor children seemed aware of their parents' frustration and wit-nessed their powerlessness.
I can strongly relate to this because when I was little I got to witness my parents stress about us not having enough money to buy food and personal care materials. I think that a common trend too is that poor family parents take our whatever stress is upon them into their children. So of course their kids get affected in their social life and school environment..
Although girls sometimes ventured outside to ride bikes and play ball games, compared with boys they were more likely to stay in-side the house to play.
This might be because the working class tends to shape their kids into thinking that each gender must be complying of social norms. Parents tend to be really old school and follow common gender roles, so that is what their kids grow up to think too.
Girls tended to participate in dance, music, and Scouts, and to be less active in sports. This pattern of social class differences in ac-tivities is comparable to other, earlier reports (Medrich et al. 1982).
Girls tend to participate in these activities because of what society tells us. Also how our parents influence the interest we have on outside activities.
The pace of life for Harold and his friends ebbs and flows with the children's interests and family obligations.
This is what the goal should be for all kids. For their interest and family obligations to flow well together is what leads to positive learning and growth. Because imagine that your family does not support the things you enjoy doing, that sounds stressful. Well it depends on the kids interests but for the most part, family support means more than what it sounds.
Talking from experience, I can see why poor students participate in less organized activities. Being low income and being aware of it can lead students to feel intimidated and insecure within a greater community. They do not wish to be pointed out by others so this is why they act this way. They also have richer ties within extended family because they go through so many things together, mostly through rough times. In addition to this, poor families tend to be a little more grateful for their family since that is all they have.
working-class and poor parents expressed a de-sire to enroll their children in organized activi-ties
I am guessing that this is because as a working family, you would want your kids to use up all the resources available. Resources that include free and reduced lunch and just free stuff in general. Growing up this is how I always did this because my parents always influenced me to take all opportunities given to me especially if they were free.
I seek to show empirically that social class does indeed create distinctive parenting styles. I demonstrate that parents differ by class in the ways they define their own roles in their children's lives as well as in how they perceive the nature of child-hood. The middle-class parents, both white and black, tend to conform to a cultural logic of childrearing I call "concerted cultivation." They enroll their children in numerous age-specific organized activities that dominate family life and create enormous labor, par-ticularly for mothers. The parents view these activities as transmitting important life skills to children. Middle-class parents also stress language use and the development of reason-ing and employ talking as their preferred form of discipline. This "cultivation" ap-proach results in a wider range of experi-ences for children but also creates a frenetic pace for parents, a cult of individualism within the family, and an emphasis on child-ren's performance.
I found this section really interesting because it shows how different parent and parent figures address their children. I had read about this happening before but it had to do with race and cultural backgrounds, but never about social class.
I think people who do not rely on resources like free and reduced lunch take it for granted and fail to realize how essential it is for other people. Growing up, I always qualified for free lunch but I never felt weird or embarrassed about it because about 95% of the school received it. But I can only imagine how I would of felt I was surrounded by people of higher classes.
I wish more teachers shared this point of view. To be open to listen to what students have to say about themselves without making them feel insecure.
I am not too sure what this section means by "Race to the Top Money," does this mean that all the schools cared about was money/getting the most funding instead of focusing on student success?
When I read these articles I always try to place myself in the persons shoes in order to understand everything a little more clear. It shocks me to see how cruel people can be. To make someone feel guilty about their economic status is just inhumane.
It’s safe to say that poverty and its attendant risk factors are damaging to the physical, socioemotional, and cognitive well-being of children and their families
Out of all of these. I think that socio emotional is the most fragile. I say this because poverty is something that obviously kids are ashamed of and not proud of.This limits their ability to interact with students in their class who are most likely upper class.
In my own perspective, people always say how success is something that every person has their own perception of. That not everyone considers the same goals as success. Well. I think that it is the same thing with the concept of property. What some might consider as failure, others might not. For the most part I am sure people connect poverty to money.
I guess this reminds me of the term "white washed" that is used when describing a person born in the US but is Mexican (or another race/ethnicity) and has forgotten typical Mexican traditions or simply does not speak Spanish and has adopted American characteristics. This is seem as something to be ashamed of since you are not expressing the places you come from.
Reffering to this, recently I have been saying my. name in spanish whenever they ask me what it is. I grew up pronouncing it in english because I felt like no one would say it correctly if it was in spanish. I put that behind me though because I really like how my name sounds in spanish.
I get this reaction a lot coming from a low income community. I get reactions like "damn someone from bell gardens actually goes to UCI?" all the time. I dont know how this makes me feel because I am not sure if it is a compliment or not.
students at Alhambra High have been accustomed to a racial/ethnic mix that is overwhelmingly Asian and Latina/o (most recently, 45 percent Asian and 47 percent Latina/o).10 For Gabriela Fer-nandez, a nineteen- year- old Mexican American whose family had lived in Alhambra for three generations, since elementary school, the racial/ethnic mix had “prett y much been like, you know, the Hispanic and the Asian and that’s prett y much all I’ve ever seen. And sometimes, [a] Cauca-sian comes in . . . and you’re just kind of like, well, OK, you can come and be my friend too.” Gabriela’s parents worked as a professional nurse and a meatcutt er, making “good money,” as she put it.1
I remember in high school I was part of the track team and we would compete against Alhambra. I recall being a bit shocked when noticing that most of their students were Asian. I had nothing against it, I was just a bit surprised. In my high school we were all Mexican/Latino so I was just used to that environment.
Note the risks of speaking out against such racial-ethnic stereotyping, for here that generated more verbal attacks that articulated yet more stereotypes. This is a common report from Americans of color who do speak out against the com-monplace stereotyping and discrimination
So wha this is trying to say is that it is worse to defend ourselves because then we could get called even worse names? So its implying that it is for the better to be content with all this? This does not sit right with me at all. This definitely should be a greater focus to fight! I wish we had classes on how to stand up for ourselves.
The issue here is that why is the teacher directly assuming that their students of color do not want to go to college after high school. This is very much racists and part of the problem is that people would see this teacher as being a good educator for taking the students of color to college campuses. They won’t see the bigger picture.
There is definitely a pattern in the ways that people address being racist on. My parents never really though me or talked about racism but now that I encounter this topic real often, I plan to teach my future kids about it and how to react and stand up for their value.
Her teacher’s advice was a routinized “just a project” and “don’t get your feelings hurt,” which requires a seven-year-old to depersonalize something that is indeed personal and painful.
I feel like educators often feel like just because their students are young and fragile. they often do not know what they are feeling. Like if their feelings are not valid. Like if children say things just to say them, with no meaning.
y Asian American students were attacked on and around their South Philadelphia High School campus. Thirty of them sustained injuries serious enough to warrant a hospital visit. These Asian American stu-dents were targeted, and school officials had ignored their complaints of bully-ing and pleas for protection for years
This reminds me greatly of attacks that have recently happened to people of my culture. I come from a Mexican family and something that is very common within us is selling street food. By this I mean street vendors. Recently, people of other races have attacked them by beating them up or kicking down their little carts full of merchandise. These are innocent souls who are doing nothing wrong. Nothing was done to the people who did this and it made me a bit serious.
The university failed to address the rac-ist rant, although Wallace did apologize and resign from the school for personal reasons.22 She received some notoriety from the racist incident and was asked to appear on MTV. This is one of very few examples of institutional consequences for whites who engage in anti-Asian racism, and of the apparent acceptance of Wallace as a humorous figure in pop culture
I am shook that the school let this pass! Did they not think it was that bad and mean? Did they avoid talking about the topic? For someone to mock another race is just totally inhumane. I am sure that if Wallace was Asian or Black or Latino, she would of been held accountable for her actions. Race plays a key role in punishment and consequences.
When younger, he struggled to learn English, which made it difficult to adapt in his predominantly white environment.
I have experienced this right before my eyes, as I volunteer at an after school center. I have had students who just moved into the area and do not know a word of english. I mostly concentrate on kindergartner students, so when helping them with their homework I always feel so bad and sad for them. I could just imagine how lost they are in class. Their homework is all in english so if it was not for me then I am sure they will be even more behind.
Is this implying that teachers often abuse of their power in approaching different cultures? If so. in what ways do they do this? I do not think I have experienced this through my school years thankfully.
I do strongly agree that children are their own person and cannot be be shaped. But I also believe that children will learn everything they know from their family/parents. I think this is an informal way of shaping them. Sometimes that is the goal and other time it is not. We obviously want our kids to catch on to the good things that their parents do, but unfortunately they will always pick up the bad stuff.
We need to understand that in racially mixed settings, racial grouping is a developmental process in response to an environmental stressor, racism
I totally get this because when I go into public settings where there are hardly latinos, I try not to but I get a bit scared of being looked funny or being made fun of by the other races. I definitely feel safer and most comfortable in places where I see a lot of people with similar features as mine. I wonder if this would be considered a type of racism since I feel intimidated around others.
This part of the passage really caught my attention greatly because I don't think this is a healthy way to approach cultures. A few weeks back, I had seen a TikTok of a famous influencer being "canceled" for wearing braids simply because she was not black and that was part of the black culture. When I seen this video, I didn't think it was that bad of an issue because I think its a beautiful thing for everyone to adapt things from different cultures as long as they do it with good intentions. I am eager to know why this is seen as "mocking" or not respecting another persons identity.
Increasingly, online racial discrimination is impacting adolescents of color.
What kinds of online discrimination exist? This is the first time I hear this concept.
I sort of understand this due to personal experience. I think growing up in a low income community surrounded by latino families, I never thought of the US as being prominently white. However, when moving into college here in Irvine and getting to experience the exposure to a new environment, this changed. I started to notice how many white individuals were everywhere. Not only on campus but in Orange County in general.
An individual is not likely to explore all identity domains at once, therefore it is not unusual for an adolescent to be actively exploring one dimension while another remains relatively unexamined.
I am a bit confused as to what this is stating. Is it implying that individuals have a hard time getting to know their own selves or is it saying that it is difficult for people to get to know the different cultures they are exposed to?
This is pretty accurate because I get to witness this behavior even know that I am at UCI. My friends and I would have conversations about how hispanics hang out with hispanics and other races hangout with people of their own. We always wondered why this was a pattern. We always concluded that it was just because we as humans are afraid of change. We rather stay in places we feel comfortable in and seem familiar to us. I do not think it has to do with racism or discrimination of any kind.
Schooling 169 Peer pressure, too, plays a powerful role in fostering high academic performance. The influence of peers, which tends to peak at ages 15-18, has been shown on teens' academic achievement, educational aspira-tions, college going, misbehavior, drug use, truancy, and depression, as well as consumer behavior.
I highly related to this section because when I was around the age of 17 back in high school I always wanted to be doing what the rest of the people of my class were doing. It would be things like going out and having big groups of friends. During the teen years is when we start to explore ourselves a little more and therefore peer pressure is a big factor in our growing.
0 In the past three decades, moreover, as the class gaps have rapidly widened, local property taxes in many states have funded a smaller and smaller fraction of school budgets, in part because court decisions in those states have mandated equalization of spending across school districts.
What I understood from this part of the paper is that school budgets are meant or being pushed to being equal among all school districts. Even though this might sound fair and rational, I do not think that its a smart idea. Well because the schools who are in richer areas will most likely not do good use of that money. And that money could be more useful at other schools.
atastrophically, "everything changed once my grandma died
Its very common for poor families to value and perish the family value even more because we grow up having what we do because of them. In contrast with people from higher class who most likely hardly spend time with their loved ones if they have good busy jobs.
"I think ic comes from the lack of family cohesion," she says, "Many families in the community were dysfunctional."
It seems like everything is a pattern within families. Well obviously because everyone learns basic behaviors at home, it's where we spend most our time. Later in the passage, it mentions how Claras parents only went up to fourth grade, I think this is very common with Latinos and as later generations we use this as motivation to pursue higher education.
I find it really shocking to me that I would not known of this issue if I was not attending UCI. I had never really been around Orange County before living here for school. Why isnt there much light shining on these issues? Or maybe there is but I have never looked into it. My point is that I wonder how much people know today of this stuff.
As I listened to students talk about the different places they visited during their summer vaca-tions, I felt more and more out of place and uncomfortable.
I have noticed that many times these kids who have money and get enjoy all these privileges are never really aware of how fortunate they are. On tiktok there are creators from all over the world and many share their fancy lifestyle s, they make it seem like if its a normal thing for everyone. I am not sure if this is better or worse than then being aware.
Yes this makes total sense because the school would not want the people from higher classes to send their children to other schools, this would affect the reputation of the school. Not only that, but the school wants the rich families involved so that they could potentially make donations or bring value. So they will do anything to keep these families content.
I loved being Black, but I hated being poor.
I think that we all as a society should learn to take pride on all of our backgrounds or backstories. It does sound easier said that done because many of us feel embarrassed or shy to admit to things that have happened to us but I am sure that if we work on it then we will value our achievements more.
I loved being Black, but I hated being poor.
I think that we all as a society should learn to take pride on all of our backgrounds or backstories. It does sound easier said that done because many of us feel embarrassed or shy to admit to things that have happened to us but I am sure that if we work on it then we will value our achievements more.
I can strongly relate to this because I also grew up in a poor household and one thing that this part of the reading reminded me of was when in elementary school there would be book fairs and my parents could not really afford to buy me anything from there. I recall a lot of my classmates would bring money and buy posters, comic books, reading books, and I would just buy dollar pencils or whatever was cheaper.
I am a bit confused about what this is trying to say about extracurricular activities. Does it mean that extracurricular activities encourage more segregation? Or is is simply saying that because of segregation, students choices on extracurricular activities reflect that?
achievement, such as school size, the student-to-counselor ratio, procedures that are used to track stu-dents into higher-an<l lower-level courses, and processes used to provide academic support co students who are struggling. These aspects of the school structure all contribute co the achievement gap, and unlike the backgrounds of students, they can be easily modified and reformed
it is important that the things that the education system can fix or manage are properly being taken care of. Backgrounds of students cannot be changed but something like class size can. For example, the school cannot do something about a student being the oldest kid in the family. but can definitely place that kid in a smaller class so they feel get more attention than they do at home.
What do they mean when they say the term "puzzlement"?? Does it mean that the achievement gap is seen as an unsolved mystery?
Participating adults were offered a menu of benefits-a cash earnings supplement, child care and health care subsidies, temporary community service jobs-provided that the families maintained at least a thirty-hour work week. Results from a random-assignment evaluation showed that children, especially boys, of families participating in New Hope demonstrated higher school achievement and better behavior than their control group counterparts.
This reminded me of the recent pandemic where financial help was offered to many low income families. Not only money but food was also being offered. I can only imagine how much these types of programs helped really poor families. I am sure it took some weight off their shoulders.
Alexander's mother helped him secure a summer internship in a medical office. None of Anthony's or Harold's parents had any experience with a four-year college.
I strongly relate to this because my parents barely finished elementary school in Mexico and therefore had no knowledge of college when it was my next step in life. I felt so lost at the beginning but I am glad that now I get to teach them about my college experience and educate them on important issues going on in the world.
children from low-income families are more likely to engage in antisocial behavior and to have mental health problems.
I have heard of similar obsessions like this. But I have a quick question here, I can see why this is accurate but it also makes me a bit concerned for the "rich kids" because what if people assume that they are doing great mentally just because of their status. Just because someone has money should not directly mean that they are happy with life.
An-thony's mother completed some classes after graduating from high school, but his father, a high school dropout, struggled even to read. And in con-trast to Anthony, Alexander lived with both of his parents, which not only added to family
Reading about Anthonys and Alexanders differences makes me realize how grateful I am that I grew up in a community where we all share the same struggles and backgrounds. We all came from a Mexican background and there was never an obvious difference between any of us.
I find this very interesting because you would conclude that because Alexanders family was able to provide for his education economically, Alexander would be a great student right? I have witnessed several people deciding to drop out of school simply because their parents are successful. I guess they would count on their parents success for their own.
Making the classroom a democratic setting where everyone feels a responsibility to contribute is a central goa! of trans-formative pedagogy
This is what a lot of classes lack now a days. It is crucial for students to feel like they have a saying in the classroom, that they are also being represented. Students especially older ones tend to do a good job in hiding their emotions to not seem weak or pointed out. So if the teachers makes an effort in making the students feel supported and heard then they will have a safer space to share their opinions.
Students taught me, too, that it is necessary to practice com-passion in these new learning settings
Teachers might not always have the easiest job trying to pick out how their students feel. It can be hard to examine children especially since they must of felt overwhelmed with how much was being thrown at them.
I am a bit confused on what this is saying, Is it saying that it is a bad thing for them to recognize non progressive thinking?
I found it necessary to recognize wbat I have called in other writ-ing on pedagogy different "cultural codes." To teacb effectively a diverse student body, I bave to learn tbese codes
This whole article is amazing to me because it is written by an actual educator. Reading how motivated and intrigue she is when trying tp become a better teacher is captivating. I really wish that all teachers had this kind of mindset. Because there are a lot of teachers out there who do not care about the well being of their students, especially elementary teachers. I have witnessed so many teachers who just do their job in their most convenient way and this obviously affects students enormously.
This applies almost anywhere actually. For example, students from minority groups going into big populated settings like universities often feel belittled compared to their peers. It has been happened to me, coming into UCI I felt intimidated by seeing that I was one of the few Hispanic people in my class. This can be a reason why the nonwhite students were not talking.
Since so many profes-sors teach from that standpoint, it is difficult to create the kind of learning community that can fully embrace multicultural-ism
Definitely the teacher as a person will always have an input in the students learning journey. Not only when teaching about multiculturalism, but anything in general. I am just wondering, what can be a pro and a con when having the teacher be this involved with the learning process? Would it be more harmful or helpful?
In previous classes, I have learned the meaning that pre school has on kids academic achievement. Not everyone has access to it so this is where low income students start to fall behind because their classmates have already learned things that they have not. Its definitely hard for them to catch up later in the year.
I believe that when people grow into a poor community they either fall into the trap of repeating the pattern since they witness their family being able to handle it, or they learn from their parents mistakes and fight to repeat the same lifestyle. But for the most part, poor people can only do so much, they end up living in poverty too.
I believe that when someone grows in a poor environment struggling with money, they can either learn from the experience and work even harder to fight the pattern or can either not do much about it since they see that past generations have survived with this way of living. Many lack the courage to keep going so the pattern repeats with their kids.
I think it's very ignorant for people to think this way. This sort of reminds me of when individuals suggest homeless people to work so that they’re not homeless anymore. Like just because things are offered does not mean they are easily reachable.
hey can send them to schools with wealthier children, or they can, as a reasonable second best, seek to give them an education in their own neighborhood that has the features of school-ing for well-off students.
I have a question having to do with this, how would sending poor kids to wealthy schools be beneficial to them? Wouldn't this just make them feel bad about being left out?
Because education is so im-portant to the way the American dream works, people care about it intensely and can strongly disagree about definitions, methods, and priorities.
Of course education is super important to the way that the American Dream works. This is because Americans believe that higher education is the key to achieving the American Dream. When in reality anyone can achieve their own version of the American Dream with out proper schooling.
HE AMERICAN DREAM IS A POWERFUL CONCEPT.
I think it was a really smart idea for the author to place this sentence at the start since the reader has no idea if this is meant in a positive or negative way. The word "powerful" is a perfect word for describing the American Dream since it definitely shapes us one way or another.
The "which everyone can do it" part is very misleading. This is because of so much inequality that happens in the US. This caused by factors including financial status, immigration status and ethnicity. This is why the concept of the American Dream is tricky, because it makes one believe that if we do not achieve the common perception of it, we have failed ourselves.