Privilege, Power and Difference Think Piece As a young white male I have noticed that some races get treated better than others, not on all instances in one of my schools I went to, I recall a time when a older teachers aid would pay closer attention to the children of different races more closely […]
Social Justice event. My uncle Fernando Faria (My grandmothers brother) is a gay male living with HIV/AIDS. During a Portuguese event he had wrote speech to give. Portuguese are known to be very biased, very stubborn and religious when it comes down to certain Social subjects. He started off my saying, “life as a human […]
Ira Shor Intervention in education has to happen at an early age, we have to catch the attention of the students. I believe education now is to much teaching to the test rather than teaching what we love and gathering the attention. There isn’t much room for veering from the subject. “He urged teachers to […]
Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome I have many friends through work I have had the wonderful opportunity to grow a friendship with. My friend Mikey, who besides working at Shaw’s with me, DJs on the side and Runs track and plays basketball in the special olympics. My good friend Steven AKA The Stevie D, Besides working with […]
Racism, Scholarships and the Manufacturing of White Victimhood. 1954-1968. Civil Rights movement is going on in the United States. Young men and woman are fighting for the rights of equality to white people, something we can say today that still is simply not fixed. We look at the looming question did we really stop the […]
Its true, it’s absolutely unequivocally true. We can change, we can complete what has been started for many years we need to all completely realize that education is the starting point. I mean in the sense, of education is the main focus. Were not in school for the pride or color, race, gender, sexual orientation, […]
What I’ve learned from Service Learning Service Learning, its an opportunity to make a difference on kids and gain knowledge from the experience. I’ve learned so much from the kids at the MET different backgrounds a new way to utilize your mind, not only do you have to work hard, you get the experience to […]
My Brothers distorted reality. Movies, television, video games and internet thats the world my brothers have grew up believing that everything they see is okay because its done on T.V so it must be true. Growing up sure I had T.V, but because my parents really didn’t have a lot because they had me at […]
In one of the classes I attended when for Service Learning, I noticed that the kids when they were put into groups the caucasian students were predominant in speaking out they wouldn’t even allow the chance to allow other students speak it was as if they felt they were the automatic leaders. It was almost […]
Teaching Equality As children we are the most impressionable beings, anything that is said or done can reflect what we think in the long term. Growing up my father was a huge Yankees fan and I wanted to follow everything and anything he did because he was my father and he was the male figure […]
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