Brown Vs. Board

this case of fighting for the white kids and the African American kids to be in the same school, reminds me so much of the story of "The Little Rock Nine".
in the little rock nine, 9 black students went to an all white school, and every morning were tortured for it. they even had to go to school with the national guard next to them for protection because white parents were being outragous, obnoxious, ignorant, and threatful. these kids could have easily lost their lives just for having the courage to attend that school.

so i am glad that there have been others such as Oliver Brown to also fight for this cause.

Shor (connection)

Shor, is arguing that students need to question the education system. students need to question the teachers lessons, teachers perspective, the work being given and more.i feel that if students were to do so, most of them would get in trouble. because most teachers wont see that as open mind, they'll see it as ignorance and probably annoyance.

this relates to Kliewer in the sense that Ann was put in a job position without being asked what she wanted to do. she was put to work with kids and does not even like kids.

this relates to christensen in the sense that shes all about fighting oppression and standing up to the government.

this relates to delpit in the sense that kids not questioning their eucation, is living by the rules and codes of power.

reconceptualizing down syndrome (hyperlinks)

i personally think that people just want to make an issue out of something that does not need to exist. the segregation of special education and normal education is needed because REALISTICLY speaking, they show their academic differently. for example, a child with down syndrome will not show academic ability the same way a child who doesnt have down syndrome, would. their learning techniques are different.

ofcourse i think they deserve the same beneficial opportunities in life that a normal education child would have, but their abilities to show an understanding of something, or ability to learn something is more complex because it can be a little more challenging. they should get treated the same and have just as much rights but people should also be realistic. its not discriminating i think its actually a functional system.

Mary Ellen says in her column, click here, that the segregation is needed because the non-special education students are suffering because the special education children are using most of the teachers attention.

an article, click here, says that it is a way for students to recieve their educational differenece requirement.

Jeanny Oakes (Argument)

This auther, Jeanny Oakes, argues that "One fact about tracking is unequivocal: tracking leads to substantial differences in the day-to-day learning experiences students have at school."

this basically summarizes both parties arguments towards tracking and not tracking. One party feels that tracking is good because it helps teachers target students abilitys and it can help them learn. where the second party argues that tracking is bad because then alot of students get put into stereotypical classes known as "less able."

i feel that oake's argues that both are right, but her main point is that it causes students to feel and get treated differently. and that by doing so it causes many different experiences for students when it comes to learning whether it be positive or negative.

Click here!!!! this website includes different types of information of tracking

Promising Practices

i attended the workshop "if you're safe and you know it clap your hands" by Dr. August. She was a very nice person and she seemed like she put alot of effort into preparing for that workshop, but i didn't find it that interesting. i felt more like i was in class rather than a workshop. she tried to make it engaging but the topic was just pretty boring and it didnt catch my attention. But i know she tried to make it fun, and she seems lie a very nice professor.

i also attended the workshop that the group "youth in action" hosted. i lved it. it was extremely entertaining and fun and we, well i, learned and saw alot of new cool things. they even showed a video of them doing a test on professors at Roger Williams University, which was extremely funny.

i also presented on the topic of cultural competency, I was so nervous to present I didn't even read off my paper, yet i said everything that was on my paper. everyone told me i didn't i even look nervous which is good. i am glad i chose to present. i felt good after, proud, accomplished, and even though it wasn't anything out of this world, i sort of felt important. Especially since we also had to get all dressed up and stuff. click here for a website that is all about cultural competence

the youth in action workshop related to the text where, i forgot which author, you have to be able to say the words in order to start making a change. youth in action works with schools and community related things where there is poverty, or just ANY situation that needs attention. they are even trying to get bus passes for students who live less than 3miles away, because the district does not understand that even people who dont love 3 miles away, can still live far enough for it to be too long of a walk.

click here for youth in action website

i think my first workshop with Dr. August was more of a Delpit thing. where the workshop was about kids need to feel safe in order to learn. kids who idntify themselves as LGBT must need to also feel safe. click here

Immigration Obama VS Romney

i am a descendent of grandparents and parents who are immigrants. ofcourse now they are all U.S citizens because they did their citizenships a few years after they got here, but they once were immigrants to this land. that is why i care alot about immigration laws, because if my parents wouldn't have migrated from Dominican Republic to New York, they would have never met and i would not exist.

On the site. click here, Obama's view on immigration is positive. he is going to try and make the transition from being illegal to legal in the United states easier.

Luckily by what people are writing so is Romney. here is a website, click here, that has quotes of what romney has said about immigration.
and on this website, click here, Romney talks about how he will NOT abolish the laws Obama has put towards illegal parents with citizen children. Which is that they could get a 2 year visa to work and live here legally if they meet certain criteria.

this makes me happy to know that both candidates are on the same page on this.

service of what (extended comment)

i will be doing my extended comment blog on Lucy's blog.

Lucy says that her first quote,
Quote #1: "Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling."
is something she agrees with because she has gotten alot out of doing service learning. i also have to agree because doing my service learning has helped understand that not everyone is at the same level. it will take some students more practice to learn than others, some students learn one way and others feel more comfortable learning in another way. it helps you see all kinds of diversities.

Lucy says that her second quote,
Quote #2: "For Thanksgiving this year my stepmother helped serve the seniors their Thanksgiving dinner. This was a very rewarding experience helping others in need. It seemed that the dinner was something special to them; it was a chance for them to get together with their peers."
is something she likes because its someone taking their service learning in a positive way. this quote actually reminds me of a time that i did volunteering for a christmas party at wiggins village. i basically helped raise money to provide gifts and food for the children of the village who were of low income families. in doing so i had so much fun with the kids and it opened my eyes more to many different families, situations and diversity.

Lucy says that her third quote,
Quote #3: "After they returned, the students' perspectives on these elementary school children had changed. They were 'surprised at the children's responsiveness and their attentiveness,' they found the children to be 'extremely polite and surprisingly friendly,' and they discovered that they 'listened well and had excellent behavior."
is something that caught her eye because she experienced this as well. i cant count the number of people that just assume that little kids are out of control and are hard to handle. where i think, even though that may be the case with some students, it is mostly the case with secondary students, because thats when they're finding themselves and becoming rebellious.

Click here for a page that i found why service learning is important