I think that Time Wise knows exactly what he is talking about. He realizes that racism is still here and alive today even after things like Brown vs. Board of Education. He knows that we can try as hard as we want but racism will still be in our everyday lives. He even says that people do try to change how people feel but there is still a lot more work to do. I really liked listening to him talk and completely agree with him.
He was saying how people liked Bush as president better than Obama because of his color. Obama is an intelligent man and has done more than Bush to change and better the country but is still less liked as a person. Many people wouldn't vote for him just because he was black. This just shows how some people will refuse to get to know people just because of the color of their skin. This happens in our every day lives. Someone will not talk to someone and get to know them because of the color of their skin. Some people might really like what Obama has to say but will refuse to listen because he is black.
Brown vs. Board of Education tried to put a stop to African Americans being treated as second class citizens and giving them the same education that white students were getting. African Americans were going to start being treated equally. Wise was right, even after this law was passed they were still not given equal rights. They were still treated terribly. It was a start but definitely not the end of segregation.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
talking point #5
Kahne and Westheimer
1. "In contrast, much of the current discussion regarding service learning emphasizes charity, not change."
Service learning helps everyone involved. The person doing the work can be changed. Maybe before they started their work their opinions were different than when they finished. The people that are being helped are changing as well. They are receiving services that they don't have to worry about paying for. So saying that it is just charity is wrong. It changes many people that the service learning touches.
2."Service learning can advance other priorities, such as the acquisition of vocational skills."
Doing service learning is doing something that you would normally not do. This gives people the opportunity to explore other areas of learning and activities they never would have thought of taking part in. After starting our service learning project I have learned so much more about teaching and urban setting schools. The students teach me so much. If I had never gone to this school and don't this service learning, I wouldn't have the better teaching skills that I have today.
3. “ ‘In the 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.”
Helping others learn can help you learn yourself. Everyone is benefited by service learning. It shouldn't be for a reward at the end of the service because then you won't get anything educational out of it. Some people do service learning just because they have to and they hate every second of it. If you go into it with a positive attitude then you can really take something from it.
I did not like reading this article at all. It was very hard to get through and I don't think I understood much of it at all. I didn't know what else to say and kind of kept saying the same thing. I did understand that service learning is for the best and need to try to connect it to school as much as possible.
1. "In contrast, much of the current discussion regarding service learning emphasizes charity, not change."
Service learning helps everyone involved. The person doing the work can be changed. Maybe before they started their work their opinions were different than when they finished. The people that are being helped are changing as well. They are receiving services that they don't have to worry about paying for. So saying that it is just charity is wrong. It changes many people that the service learning touches.
2."Service learning can advance other priorities, such as the acquisition of vocational skills."
Doing service learning is doing something that you would normally not do. This gives people the opportunity to explore other areas of learning and activities they never would have thought of taking part in. After starting our service learning project I have learned so much more about teaching and urban setting schools. The students teach me so much. If I had never gone to this school and don't this service learning, I wouldn't have the better teaching skills that I have today.
3. “ ‘In the 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.”
Helping others learn can help you learn yourself. Everyone is benefited by service learning. It shouldn't be for a reward at the end of the service because then you won't get anything educational out of it. Some people do service learning just because they have to and they hate every second of it. If you go into it with a positive attitude then you can really take something from it.
I did not like reading this article at all. It was very hard to get through and I don't think I understood much of it at all. I didn't know what else to say and kind of kept saying the same thing. I did understand that service learning is for the best and need to try to connect it to school as much as possible.
talking point #4
Christensen
1. "There should be more women of color who play the leads in these white-on-white wedding cake tales."
Hardly ever do you see a white person as the main character in any Disney or other children's company that makes movies or anything that has to do with what children see, hear or even interact with. Disney started when people of color were not treated like they are treated today. It is not unbelievable that Walt Disney would have been racist and not make any of his main characters black. The characters that are darker colored are usually the ones who are the villains. Just recently I heard that Disney was going to be coming out with a new princess that is black. I think it's a good idea and it is about time that this children industry shows that it doesn't matter what color you are, everyone is an equal character.
This is the conclusion but it won't let me move it after i posted it!
I loved reading this because it made me realize things that I had never taken time to think about before. I enjoy watching Disney movies but now I will like them even more because I will be able to tell the secret messages they are trying to say. Disney does seem to be turning itself around now with the making of the new movie with the black princess as the main character.
2. "The newer cartoons -like Mulan, Aladdin, and Pocahontas - are subtler and take more sophistication to see through."
Like Christensen was talking about, the older cartoons are very open about how they feel towards women, people of color and even poor people. Now when you watch cartoons you need to really be aware of what you are looking for. When we watched the scene from Beauty and the Beast in class I realized things that I had never seen before. When I use to watch the movie I never thought that Bell was being treated differently just because she was smart and wanted to learn. Someone doesn't think of these things unless they are told about it previously. I asked my 16 year old sister what she thought of that same opening sequence and she said she loved the song and wanted to go watch the movie with me. Unless I told her about the prejudice toward Bell, she never would have thought twice about it.
3. "The Barbie syndrome starts as we begin a lifelong search for the perfect body. Crash diets, fat phobias, and an obsession with the materialistic become commonplace."
Mostly all characters we see on TV or in movies are thin and pretty. Not until recently has bigger people and people who are not as pretty been main characters in shows or movies. I even see this Barbie syndrome in young children today. My cousin looks at Cosmo magazine in the stores and says that she's getting fat. She is 11 years old and should not be doing this. She is beautiful and does not need to change anything about herself. But the image that the media is giving her is that there is something wrong with her. A big thing growing up was that she was tanner than everyone in her class and it really bothered her. Fortunately she has come to realize that it is OK to look a little different than everyone else.
1. "There should be more women of color who play the leads in these white-on-white wedding cake tales."
Hardly ever do you see a white person as the main character in any Disney or other children's company that makes movies or anything that has to do with what children see, hear or even interact with. Disney started when people of color were not treated like they are treated today. It is not unbelievable that Walt Disney would have been racist and not make any of his main characters black. The characters that are darker colored are usually the ones who are the villains. Just recently I heard that Disney was going to be coming out with a new princess that is black. I think it's a good idea and it is about time that this children industry shows that it doesn't matter what color you are, everyone is an equal character.
This is the conclusion but it won't let me move it after i posted it!
I loved reading this because it made me realize things that I had never taken time to think about before. I enjoy watching Disney movies but now I will like them even more because I will be able to tell the secret messages they are trying to say. Disney does seem to be turning itself around now with the making of the new movie with the black princess as the main character.
2. "The newer cartoons -like Mulan, Aladdin, and Pocahontas - are subtler and take more sophistication to see through."
Like Christensen was talking about, the older cartoons are very open about how they feel towards women, people of color and even poor people. Now when you watch cartoons you need to really be aware of what you are looking for. When we watched the scene from Beauty and the Beast in class I realized things that I had never seen before. When I use to watch the movie I never thought that Bell was being treated differently just because she was smart and wanted to learn. Someone doesn't think of these things unless they are told about it previously. I asked my 16 year old sister what she thought of that same opening sequence and she said she loved the song and wanted to go watch the movie with me. Unless I told her about the prejudice toward Bell, she never would have thought twice about it.
3. "The Barbie syndrome starts as we begin a lifelong search for the perfect body. Crash diets, fat phobias, and an obsession with the materialistic become commonplace."
Mostly all characters we see on TV or in movies are thin and pretty. Not until recently has bigger people and people who are not as pretty been main characters in shows or movies. I even see this Barbie syndrome in young children today. My cousin looks at Cosmo magazine in the stores and says that she's getting fat. She is 11 years old and should not be doing this. She is beautiful and does not need to change anything about herself. But the image that the media is giving her is that there is something wrong with her. A big thing growing up was that she was tanner than everyone in her class and it really bothered her. Fortunately she has come to realize that it is OK to look a little different than everyone else.
Monday, October 5, 2009
talking point #3
Carlson
1. "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease."
After reading this quote I realized that this is completely true. When you are learning about AIDS and HIV in health class, they tell you it is a homosexual related disease. If I was a homosexual I would be highly offended. Every time someone thinks about the life taking disease, they think about homosexuals and possibly people that they know that are homosexual. I attended a Catholic high school and the topic of homosexuality was never really brought up. But in my own home, I was taught to accept people for who they are and not make judgement if people are different than I am. Someone who was brought up to believe stereotypes and not to accept people that are a little different will listen to the AIDS and HIV comments. It is not just homosexuals that receive this disease, many people can.
2. "We cannot and should not attempt to impose "politically correct" beliefs on students; but we have a responsibility as public educators in a democratic society to engage them in a dialogue in which all voices get heard or represented and in which gay students and teachers feel free to "come out" and find their own voices."
Carlson is saying that we cannot just believe what everyone else believes in regarding homosexuals. As educators, we need to let the children make their own decisions. We cannot tell them what is right and what is wrong to believe in or make them follow the politically correct way of thinking because not all people think the same way. Having intelligent conversations about different people's beliefs would be the right way of going about this debate. Not by threatening or yelling at others who do not think the same way the you do. Children need to make up their own mind about homosexuality and be educated about it.
3. " Throughout much of this century, the dominant idea of community in America was represented by what I will call the normalizing community."
I think "normality" is such a reoccurring topic. To Americans, normal is SCWAAMP. I'm not sure why we as a melting pot of a country still have a normality. Everyone is so different from each other that there is no way we can all fit the norm. I think it's really sad that we cannot all be treated the same. I wish people could be more accepting of people that might be just a litter different from themselves.
I really liked reading this article even thought it was a little difficult to get through. It shows people that we need to accept others like we accept those of our own kind. Homosexuals are in our everyday lives. From TV shows to movies to music, we cannot pretend that it is not there. Everyone can have their own opinion but not in a hateful way. There is no reason to have to make a homosexual feel bad for who and what they are.
1. "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease."
After reading this quote I realized that this is completely true. When you are learning about AIDS and HIV in health class, they tell you it is a homosexual related disease. If I was a homosexual I would be highly offended. Every time someone thinks about the life taking disease, they think about homosexuals and possibly people that they know that are homosexual. I attended a Catholic high school and the topic of homosexuality was never really brought up. But in my own home, I was taught to accept people for who they are and not make judgement if people are different than I am. Someone who was brought up to believe stereotypes and not to accept people that are a little different will listen to the AIDS and HIV comments. It is not just homosexuals that receive this disease, many people can.
2. "We cannot and should not attempt to impose "politically correct" beliefs on students; but we have a responsibility as public educators in a democratic society to engage them in a dialogue in which all voices get heard or represented and in which gay students and teachers feel free to "come out" and find their own voices."
Carlson is saying that we cannot just believe what everyone else believes in regarding homosexuals. As educators, we need to let the children make their own decisions. We cannot tell them what is right and what is wrong to believe in or make them follow the politically correct way of thinking because not all people think the same way. Having intelligent conversations about different people's beliefs would be the right way of going about this debate. Not by threatening or yelling at others who do not think the same way the you do. Children need to make up their own mind about homosexuality and be educated about it.
3. " Throughout much of this century, the dominant idea of community in America was represented by what I will call the normalizing community."
I think "normality" is such a reoccurring topic. To Americans, normal is SCWAAMP. I'm not sure why we as a melting pot of a country still have a normality. Everyone is so different from each other that there is no way we can all fit the norm. I think it's really sad that we cannot all be treated the same. I wish people could be more accepting of people that might be just a litter different from themselves.
I really liked reading this article even thought it was a little difficult to get through. It shows people that we need to accept others like we accept those of our own kind. Homosexuals are in our everyday lives. From TV shows to movies to music, we cannot pretend that it is not there. Everyone can have their own opinion but not in a hateful way. There is no reason to have to make a homosexual feel bad for who and what they are.
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