Reading this made me realize how education can impact me as a hispanic student. Growing up I always went to public or charter schools, so my classmates would always be hispanic, black, etc.. I never felt alone because I always shared a connection somehow with each student because of our cultural background. My teachers would sometimes be white, but I never paid attention because they were always so nice and understood their students. However, when I came to my first year in college at URI my perspective quickly changed about how the education environment made me feel. I went to all my classes and most of the time I was the only hispanic girl in my class apart from all the white students. I never felt comfortable talking to my white professor because I felt as if they would never understand or take time to help because the way they taught was always so stern. In one of my classes it hit me pretty hard how different I was because I always sat alone and the white girls in my class would just look at me with confusion. The white girls always somehow cliqued and when I tried it was as if they were talking to an alien. White privilege is very real and hard to overlook, but in a school where white people clearly have power it's hard to stand up for yourself and speak up when you know you're alone. It makes me think about how many teachers there might be in the world where they still show favoritism to white students instead of their colored students. Or how some professors might feel pity and show lack of respect for their students or lack of acknowledging about what type of students they teach. I would like to know since our class are the future educators, how would they interact with their students to make sure they won’t ever feel alone in who they are?
I would like to connect with Raine’s blog #9 post because I think it is very unfair for kids with disabilities to be ignored or put aside because it doesn’t help them learn or be confident in who they are. In Hehir’s reading he mentioned that “In schools like this, students with disabilities learn about their disabilities and learn how to be self-advocates”. Students with disabilities should not be treated any differently unless they need extra help with their work because if they are left out then the other students around the classroom will treat them differently instead of wanting to engage with them. Some might believe that people with disabilities shouldn’t get a chance to participate because they might think they're slow or can’t speak for themselves, but it’s because they don;t give them the proper help they need to be able to succeed and advocate for themselves. I like that Raine mentioned that ‘ I think this pattern shows a lot about people’s ableism in thinking disabled ...
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ReplyDeleteReading this made me realize how education can impact me as a hispanic student. Growing up I always went to public or charter schools, so my classmates would always be hispanic, black, etc.. I never felt alone because I always shared a connection somehow with each student because of our cultural background. My teachers would sometimes be white, but I never paid attention because they were always so nice and understood their students. However, when I came to my first year in college at URI my perspective quickly changed about how the education environment made me feel. I went to all my classes and most of the time I was the only hispanic girl in my class apart from all the white students. I never felt comfortable talking to my white professor because I felt as if they would never understand or take time to help because the way they taught was always so stern. In one of my classes it hit me pretty hard how different I was because I always sat alone and the white girls in my class would just look at me with confusion. The white girls always somehow cliqued and when I tried it was as if they were talking to an alien. White privilege is very real and hard to overlook, but in a school where white people clearly have power it's hard to stand up for yourself and speak up when you know you're alone. It makes me think about how many teachers there might be in the world where they still show favoritism to white students instead of their colored students. Or how some professors might feel pity and show lack of respect for their students or lack of acknowledging about what type of students they teach. I would like to know since our class are the future educators, how would they interact with their students to make sure they won’t ever feel alone in who they are?