My Views On Education 205

In the article, Education and Schooling: You Can Have One Without the Other, Mwalimu J. Shujaa of the State University of New York discusses the importance of learning that there is a difference between schooling and education. Can education exist without schooling or vice versa? Shujaa’s article gives an insight into the conjunction of schooling and education and how they impact the culture of African Americans.

I’m interested in this topic because it’s a topic we talk about but ignore., watching young Hispanic black and other racial minorities kid being gunned down because an officer "thought" he was armed is an absolute disgrace to this country. I like it because I sometimes ask myself will I a victim of not only racial profiling but encounter racial injustice. Will my brother get gunned down by an officer while walking to school? Or Be a static of racial disparity? I also liked because the majority of our population is ethnic or racial minority. informing the audience about racial disparities in our justice system will be an eye-opening topic. Research by Swaine, Jon. Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white.. I’m

Racial profiling has gotten worse over the last decade. The issue of racial profiling has been one of the most important, if not the most important issue for a number of years throughout the U.S. Racial profiling has spread throughout the U.S. fast and it is still spreading as we speak. Evidence shows that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be stopped and searched by police, even though they are less likely to be found possessing contraband or committing a criminal act(Natarajan). The police’s use of excessive force is a national and systematic problem. They need to put all of the officers into a class which shows them that racial profiling is bad, considering how often it happens and how worse its getting. Racial profiling

For me, the decision to become a teacher is more of a way of life than a career. I have always loved school, practicing at being school marm from a young age, and voraciously devouring every shred of education offered me in my career as a student. If it were possible, I would be a student for the rest of my life. And then I still would not have learned enough. As a teacher, I hope to instill this appetite for knowledge in secondary students. They are, after all, the future leaders of the world, and what better place to expand the minds of the generations to come than here in Appalachia where education programs, especially the sciences, which I plan to teach, are poorly funded and children’s dreams

I came into this class not so naïve as some students may have been. I’ve grown up going to public schools, living in a diverse small town, and having interracial relationships in my family. Although I was informed on some forms of racism and the fact that racism does in fact still exist, I didn’t realize it was extensive as it really is. All the readings, videos, and lectures have directly related back to the purpose of the course. As a whole, I feel like this class has grown in knowledge not only about how racism affects people, but how to change and make a difference. This class has informed me a lot more about the unfortunately thriving acts of racism in the United States.

Racial Profiling was the topic I choose to do my personal project on. I selected this topic because I wanted to bring awareness about racial profiling and the lives it has affected. Plus around the time personal projects started multiple incidents of cops’ shooting African Americans had taken place. The statistics of African Americans being arrested for a crime that they have not committed are immensely high. This topic interests me because I want to be a lawyer; furthermore, a lawyer gives the voiceless a voice and by me spreading awareness about racially profiling I am giving them a voice. Another reason I am was interested in this topic is because I am an African American who gets racially profiled. However before I started this project I knew about racial profiling and heard

Education entails individual human development in the cognitive, emotional, creative and social areas. All children are entitled to a free education regardless of race, cultural background or handicaps. For education to be an effective part of the students life, the student and teacher must be actively and enthusiastically involved in learning. A teacher needs to be well prepared and organized. They need to know the perspective goals for each student and ways to achieve these goals. Teachers need to work with students to help them grow and develop ways to use their knowledge.

The three videos that we have viewed in class that have had the most impact in my personal life have been: the undocumented workers at the dairy farm, The Lunch Date, and Women in Juchitan. The video about the undocumented workers at the dairy farm helped me to understand the importance of the work these people do. They directly said in the video that they were doing jobs that were considered undesirable, and even showed someone offering the job at the dairy farm to white people who were actively job hunting, and declined to work at the dairy farm. I feel as though the dairy farm workers are providing a service to the community, and instead of trying to deport people like them, the community should protect them from deportation because without them we would have sick cows and no milk. I also gained new perspectives on my own implicit biases by watching the film The Lunch Date. I was led to believe, like the actress in the film, that the African American man was homeless and had in fact stolen her salad. I had a profound shift in perspective at the end of this film when I notices, as well as the actress, that her salad plate sat at the next table uneaten. I learned that it is important to understand all the sides of a situation before I make a big judgement call against someone because they fit into a stereotype that I hold. I also found the movie of the Juchitan Women to be transformative because of the perspective of the women in the film, and their views on American

In the article “Education at Crossroads part 3” Vicki Viotti discusses improvements regarding retention with new teachers. “An emphasis on mentoring teachers in their first three years has been credited with more of them staying beyond five years in the profession, a proportion that’s now up to 60 percent”(Viotti pg.3 par.1). Teacher retention is when teachers decide to continue following their path as teachers. The rate of teacher retention was low due to teachers transferring to other schools. However, after being a persistent matter in schools, it has recently increased to 60%. In addition to teacher retention, resources for fundings also seem to be a problem. “...resources aren’t where they should be”(Viotti pg.3 par.3). The DOE believes

Over the course of this class, my understanding of Race and Racism in higher education has change my views and opinions on what the aspect of race and racism really is and how it can make a huge impact in our lives.

Over all, Education 2120 has been a wonderful experience for me as a student and a future educator. The class has taught me to be open minded about all the aspects of diversity and how to be an accepting person. With the knowledge I have gained, I believe I could handle almost any situation that comes up about diversity. This class has shown me that there is much more to education than just the subject material. Every classroom will be different and full of diverse students that bring in their own struggles. Education 2120 has shown me what diversity is and how to effectively use it as a tool in my education and my future students

All I knew was that I had to type an 8-page paper, find at least five reliable, recent sources, and present it to my class. I needed to find a topic that I could talk on-and-on about to my classmates and keep them interested at the same time. There were so many topics I could have written about, but then two people popped up in my head: Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin. I cannot recall what made me think of these two men, but that is what encouraged me to write about racial discrimination. From that point on, it was not about just finishing the assignment and getting it over with; it was about taking a closer look into racial profiling and the evolution of it from the earlier eras to the modern

Stereotypes have been around forever: the preconceived belief about a type of person or group. Stereotypes can remark on different races or cultures like Polish people or African American people. For example, stereotypes may say Americans are lazy obese, or unintelligent. There are also many stereotypes about genders. For example, women are weaker than men or women like to cook more than men or they are better caretakers. This discussion addresses major controversial stereotypes within medical schools and health institutions across America. For centuries women have faced the challenge of gender inequality within their medical education and profession. Different medical fields in schools, practices and institutions have different types of

When I was five years old I began school. In Kindergarden we learned basic things like letters, numbers, and how not to be fully engulfed in flames. For some reason, 2004 was the height of anti-fire education in Missouri and before I knew how to tie my shoes I knew that if I ever was ablaze, to cover my face, fall to my knees, and roll back and fourth. This is what my institution placed serious value upon and because I was a student of that institution I also placed serious value upon it. The same idea must be applied to a university's teaching of environmental sustainability. This is discussed in David Orr's "What is Education For?" Through choosing a curriculum a university chooses what it places value onto, by making the environment a priority it showcases to the future generations that environmental wellness is an important responsibility for them to take ownership.

This class has provided me with a lot of useful information that I will be able to use in the future. This class has shown me how to adapt my skills to different populations. I became aware of how every individual experiences the world in completely different ways. This class gave me an insight on civil disobedience, sharing cultural backgrounds, skills to develop as a counselor and white privilege.