Talking points 1

White Priviledge is something that our country will always suffer from. It is where we came from and what we have done for hundreds of years. Even in the colonial times the whiter and more pale the color of your skin was translated into how wealthy you were. Not being tanned means you did not perform labor outside implying you do not do hard work signifying status.

The author here tells us that the system keeps people in place and not to challenege the rules and codes of power that Delpit teaches us. If we do not challenege those concepts our world will never develop and will only et worse as time goes on.

testing from class

Talking Points #6

Arguement:

To be completely honest I was really lost during this and was not able to make many connections at all. It went over my head and I had a really hard time with this.

Can someone help me out????

Talking Points #3

"2009 National School Climate Survey: Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT Students Experience Harassment in School" - Daryl Presgraves

QUOTES:

1. "84.6% of LGBT students reported being verbally harassed, 40.1% reported being physically harassed and 18.8% reported being physically assaulted at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation." - The importance of this quote to the text is that with these numbers it is shocking or at least should be shocking how many kids are unsafe in their enviorment. A child cannot learn unless they are in an enviorment where they feel safe and comfortable. When stress is added to a child nothing gets accomplished and the chances of that child participating in class are slim to none. These children who have reported these incidents have had their own education taken away from them due to someone elses ignorance.

2. "As our nation seems to finally be taking bullying more seriously, it is crucial that LGBT students are no longer left out of efforts to address this public health crisis."- This is crucial to the argument in this article. While efforts have been made in decreasing the amount of bullying in schools by enforcing policies, there are still a shocking amount of kids who have reported issues. The majority of the problem stems from their homes. The children who are doing the bullying are coming from homes where their parents most likely feel the way they do and while they may not condone the actions, they may condone the attitude towards LGBT students.

3. "72.4% heard homophobic remarks, such as "faggot" or "dyke," frequently or often at school."- This stat is actually surprisingly low to me. To the article its relevance is necessary because it shows the casualty that people have when throwing words around like that. Even though your friends might not be of that orientation it doesn't mean that someone around you when you are saying these things aren't. Walking to class I hear these terms at least three times or more between groups of friends laughing and joking around.It just goes to show how much our society really hasn't changed all that much. It shocks me to see how much disrespect that our society allows. Even though those words aren't politically correct there is no fine or punishment for using them in a conversation with friends just joking around when there should be.

Question- Is it acceptable with you if your friends use that type of slang?

"Aria" Richard Rodriguez

REFLECTION:

I think that teaching a child to be bilingual will only set them up for sucess in the world we live in today. For people who speak English as thier first language learning spanish is a very asset to have when entering the job market. With the hispanic population rising being able to speak both makes you a great candidate over someone who can not. What do you do if you are a server in a restaurant and your table speaks only Spanish? If you do not speak the language at all you are stuck. You either have to find someone to help you or you have to struggle your way through trying to take the order. It is an embarrassing experience for both parties.

On the other hand what if your first language was something other than English and you are living in the USA? People around in in society are constantly jeering at you to learn "our" language and look down upon the people who use their native tongue in public. The thing that gets me is that What if that is the only part of their culture that they have left and are proud of? Must we take that away or does speaking English and forcing them to adapt make their life better? I'm not really sure how to answer that question myself.

Seeing as how I was not born in this country am I a Russian? Or am I American?  It is something that I struggle with on a constant basis. I am not in my technical homeland yet the USA is all I know so who then do I identify with? Should I speak Russian or should I be speaking English?


Comment to share: For the other people that were born in a foreign place how do you identify?

A little about me :)

Hey guys,

My name is Lauren and I am a sophmore here at RIC. So far my semester has been going very well with the exception of science. I am an secondary ed major with a concentration in english and special ed (the reason math and science are my downfall). I live in very rural area of foster and have been riding horses since I was 4. In case you guys didn't know we have an equestrian team that I ride for! if your interested in anything about it or want to learn about horses or riding let me know! 

Just a little bit about myself. See you guys in class!!