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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Double Entry Journal #2
Quote:
"I believe that if we claim to allow equal access to educational opportunity to all children in our schools then we must" (Purcell-Gates 2002)
Reaction:
This is completely true. We pride ourselves on the fact that we are an equal society. Everyone should have the same benefits and no one should be an outcast. Yet we fail to realize that no matter what goes on, someone is an outcast. Not everyone gets treated equal . The phrase "Practice what you Preach" comes to mind. We say that this should be done and that should be done, but in turn, we don't to it. Our society is a very contradictory society. The education system, I feel, reflects our major system as a whole. And in order to fix ourselves, we need to learn to work together to fix our educational culture. This includes listening to all parents and making sure each child is treated equally.
Related Resource:
I found this at this link.
This is a great example of unity and how we are supposed to be "...one nation..."
Reference:
"I believe that if we claim to allow equal access to educational opportunity to all children in our schools then we must" (Purcell-Gates 2002)
Reaction:
This is completely true. We pride ourselves on the fact that we are an equal society. Everyone should have the same benefits and no one should be an outcast. Yet we fail to realize that no matter what goes on, someone is an outcast. Not everyone gets treated equal . The phrase "Practice what you Preach" comes to mind. We say that this should be done and that should be done, but in turn, we don't to it. Our society is a very contradictory society. The education system, I feel, reflects our major system as a whole. And in order to fix ourselves, we need to learn to work together to fix our educational culture. This includes listening to all parents and making sure each child is treated equally.
Related Resource:
I found this at this link.
This is a great example of unity and how we are supposed to be "...one nation..."
Reference:
Purcell-Gates, Victoria. (n.d.). "..as soon as she opened her mouth!".. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6DFAmexYq7vMGQxMjI1OTEtMjAyZS00NzJmLTg1OTUtODlmMGQ0ZDIxOTVk&hl=en_US
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Double Entry Journal #1
Quote:
"My own father spent his life backing up, apologizing for the space he took up in the world. He took the hillbilly stereotype to heart and all of his life believed that he was backward and inferior -- a despair I, too, have been trying to escape all of my life."(O'Brien, 2003)
Reaction:
This is a great example of how stereotypes can shape an individual's life. I selected this quote because I see a lot of ways people try to fit into the mold created for them. It is really sad to see, but it is a trend that is hard to break. This idea of stereotypes occur a lot in high school, which is a crucial time for all people. America is supposed to stress individualizaion, but yet it seems to emphasize more on the negative end of things. Other groups like Goths, Christians, and Muslims are often set aside and "picked on" because of their ways of life. A great example I have found is a quote tied to a youtube video. The video doesn't apply necessarily to the example, but the quote tied to the video does.
"I'm not even a Christian and I love this song. I respect Christians immensely. They get abused from every direction and yet they still stand tall and continue to believe in what they CHOOSE to believe in." (TheLawlington, 2011)
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~I feel in we, as a society, need to strive to be unified and use each other's uniqueness in order to achieve greater ambition~
References:
"My own father spent his life backing up, apologizing for the space he took up in the world. He took the hillbilly stereotype to heart and all of his life believed that he was backward and inferior -- a despair I, too, have been trying to escape all of my life."(O'Brien, 2003)
Reaction:
This is a great example of how stereotypes can shape an individual's life. I selected this quote because I see a lot of ways people try to fit into the mold created for them. It is really sad to see, but it is a trend that is hard to break. This idea of stereotypes occur a lot in high school, which is a crucial time for all people. America is supposed to stress individualizaion, but yet it seems to emphasize more on the negative end of things. Other groups like Goths, Christians, and Muslims are often set aside and "picked on" because of their ways of life. A great example I have found is a quote tied to a youtube video. The video doesn't apply necessarily to the example, but the quote tied to the video does.
"I'm not even a Christian and I love this song. I respect Christians immensely. They get abused from every direction and yet they still stand tall and continue to believe in what they CHOOSE to believe in." (TheLawlington, 2011)
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~I feel in we, as a society, need to strive to be unified and use each other's uniqueness in order to achieve greater ambition~
References:
O'Brien, J. (2003, May 10). Tall tales of appalachia. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html?src=pm
TheLawlington, Initials. (2011, May). [Online Forum Comment]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPrK3FP9Yrs
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