Pecha Kucha - Link


   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQCLSO4jRRcxa221-YDIM61KSo_SKs3-1ef9LFwXzmkj4kPehxM5vo5KICLEdMuFCku8z4r7y5if14o/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=20000

             

                    Social Justice Event - The best kindergarten you've ever seen



                       For my social justice event, I chose to watch a TedTalk by Takaharu Tezuka and it was called, "The best kindergarten you've ever seen". After watching this TedTalk, it changed my mind on how classrooms should look. A typical classroom that everyone visions in there head is desks, chairs, a board, and a teacher desk. When kids think of classrooms and class, they think of lectures, notes, and no talking. What Takaharu spoke about in his TedTalk is that students need to be free. They need to be in a environment where they can learn and be themselves. Children need to talk and they need noise. He also stated that they need to be outside. This TedTalk can connect to what August was saying in her article. The classroom needs to be a place where kids can feel comfortable and not hide. Everyone needs to feel equal and not separate. This TedTalk can also relate to what Christensen was saying in her article. Christensen talks about stereotypes and the stereotypes of what a classroom should look like can be permanent in a Childs brain. Some kids are scared and do not want to go to school because they think its boring and a waste of time. The classroom should be a place where it is fun and a comfortable environment. Another author I can connect this TedTalk to is Oakes. Oakes talks about tracking and the negatives of it. Tracking can bring down a students confidence level and point out a student and their struggles. A child should be free and love the classroom that they are in and it should be fun for them so they can be themselves. Below are a couple of helpful links.


1. https://www.middleweb.com/16325/effective-teachers-classroom-looks-like/


2. https://www.boredteachers.com/classroom-ideas/classroom-themes-ideas

3. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/classroom-decor-ideas_n_55c36d36e4b0f1cbf1e3d87f

                         Kliewer and Shor - Hyperlinks



                    After reading these articles, I can relate to a lot of what Kliewer and Shor are talking about. When having a disability, it is more than having Down syndrome or autism. It can be anything like ADD, Parkinson's, ADHD, or any other learning disabilities. These disabilities can effect and students learning and it can show in the classroom. My cousin has dyslexia and it is effecting him in the classroom. He receives extra help in the classroom and teachers attend to him more often. Down below, I put some links on how to help students with these disabilities in the classroom.


1. https://childmind.org/article/understanding-dyslexia/ This link gives information on what dyslexia is and how people can help kids with dyslexia.

                     
2. https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/learning_disabilities/teacher/#.XMXsJy2ZNsM This link shows how teachers can handle kids with ADD in the classroom and how children can cope with it.

                 August Safe Spaces - Quotes



 "From our homes and neighborhoods to schools, athletic fields, and community organizations, LGBT youth often experience physical and psychological harm inflicted by peers and adults.  


There are a lot of people in this world that do not accept LGBT. LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. In a lot of families, there are certain religions or rules that does not accept LGBT. Kids who are gay or transgender do not come out because they are afraid that they will get bullied or harassed by peers. It is sad because these kids should not be afraid to be who they want to be and many people can not accept that.  This psychological harm from peers and adults can ruin a Childs future and make them feel like they are not accepted for who they are.


"Sexual Orientation topics are entirely absent from nearly half our elementary teacher education programs in the United States. It is therefore unsurprising that LGBT people are largely absent from elementary curricula or classroom discussions". 


When teachers teach a class and talk about anything sexual such as health class, it makes a lot of kids uncomfortable. Some schools do not even teach these topics in health class. LGBT people are absent in these discussions because they feel uncomfortable about the topics that are being taught. It is important that teachers make the students feel comfortable in the classroom and with the peers that they are surrounded with.




                    





                         

                 Map the Authors -  Values that are held in the classroom


                       Having values in a classroom is very important when it comes to being a student and a teacher. Values in a school give a sense of respect in a school between the students and the faculty and it builds a great relationship. At Mary E. Fogarty, the values of respect and responsibility are being shown and is expressed throughout the whole school. The teachers have respect for the students and where they come from and a lot of the student show respect and responsibility during there time in the classroom. The faculty and staff respect the students in the way that they take there time teaching the class and respectfully understand each students learning capability. A lot of the students show respect by listening to the teachers when they tell the students what to do but in a nice manner.
                       The authors that I connect these values to are Kahne and Westheimer and also Patrick J. Finns article, "Literacy with an Attitude". In most of this article, he talks about respect between the student and the teachers. In the article, Finn says, "The children were sometimes flippant, boisterous, and occasionally rude. However, they were usually brought into line by reminding them of their responsibility to achieve. "It's up to you."Teachers were polite to students. There was no sarcasm, no nasty remarks, and few direct orders". Teachers need to respect the students because if they don't, the students will not respect the teachers.

             Herbert and Tal - Reflection




                   After reading the article by Bob Herbert, it reflected what I have seen for years and especially over what I have seen for the past month. More schools are more diverse now than it was back in the day but race has always been an issue. During my field placement at Mary E. Fogarty, I see how poverty effects these kids in and outside of the classroom. All the kids are either black or hispanic. Looking at the school and being involved in the school, you can see how poverty stricken it is and it does effect the kids as well. With the school being so poverty stricken, the kids will not get the education that they can get and it also effects the teachers as well. What the school does well is that it makes the kids feel like they are not in a poverty environment because the classrooms and the teachers make it that way.
                   Going to Bishop Hendricken, I saw a great deal of diversity. Kids came from all over the state but there were kids that lived in poverty. The school and the teachers made the kids feel comfortable because the teachers and staff made everyone feel equal. Some kids did not have to pay to go to school and they got a great education and played sports at the highest level. The surroundings of what school you go to makes a huge impact on the students.

FNED 346: Map the Author

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13wXJ5FaH1lHXKFplfH5n9CsbhqTLE7ELBApYVh6I11s/edit?usp=sharing

   

             Kahne and Westheimer - Reflection


                     After reading the Kahne and Westheimer article, it made me reflect on how I used to collect goods and donate to different organizations when I was younger. Service learning within schools is becoming more of a valuable learning experience to kids and it I am seeing it more and more. 
                    When I was younger, my middle school did a service project for people in Peru. We collected canned goods and other items to send over there. We also made boxes and put various items in there to send over. We put toothpaste, board games, card games, clothing, and other items in the boxes and sent them over to Peru. During this service project, it made you realize how lucky you were. 
                    Another service project that I was a part of was a peanut butter drive. This was collecting peanut butter and then donating it to a charity. This was eye-opening because there are many people out in this world starving and just a small impact can change there lives. I have been a part of other service projects with helping kids and just seeing there smile on their faces is a unbelievable feeling. Knowing that you are helping someone is heartwarming. 
                   As teachers, service projects can help kids learn and grow. Helping and giving is an important part of everyones life and it will make kids learn that there are people suffering in the world and that they need help. Service projects are eye opening and is a great thing that teachers should implement into their classroom. 

       

           Christensen - Reflection


                         As I was reading this article by Christensen, it reminded of me of my childhood how I used to watch Peter Pan, Popeye, and sometimes Cinderella movies. Now that I look back on the shows and how they were represented, the stereotypes that they had back then were crazy. You would never see a person of color and if you did, it was rare. Usually in the movies about princesses or for instance in Popeye, the women is always being saved. Whether it is from a bad guy or something else, the stereotypes are obvious looking back on it. As a kid, I watched these shows sometimes and I never really picked up on it until later on when I watched them back. When you think of princesses, you think of pretty, tall, white, and girly. When you think of the men you think of muscular, handsome, and charming. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5iQKRDDzYE

Here I have a link to a youtube video that shows the gender stereotypes in Disney movies. It shows that men are strong and manly and that girls need to know how to do chores and housework. 

            Rodriguez and Garcia - Hyperlinks

                     After Reading the article by Rodriguez and Garcia, translanguaging is a new term to me. The story that was told by Rodriquez was interesting and it is not a story that you hear everyday. Translanguaging can help more people than we think. It is a way to communicate between to people who are bilingual and also people are only know one language. It is usually used at home but using this in the classroom would solve many problems between the students and there teacher. Translanguaging in the classroom would make the children more comfortable and there success would shine in the classroom. https://blog.languagelizard.com/2011/08/27/5-tips-to-help-bilingual-children-shine-in-the-classroom/

This link will show how students that are bilingual can shine in the classroom.

After going to this link and reading, these are 5 tips on how to make bilingual children comfortable in the classroom. 

1. Be prepared and know your student before they come into the classroom.

2. Be supportive 

3. Be positive and make them feel like they are welcome. 

4. Make them feel equal in the classroom.

5. Make the classroom fun and colorful. 

When a student feels welcome in the classroom, it makes them want to learn more.  

     Jonathan Kozol: Amazing Grace - Quotes

                      The author Jonathan Kozol in "Amazing Grace", talks about how these poor communities are effected by many different factors and how hard it is to survive and get out of bad conditions. 

                     There were a couple of quotes that caught my attention and it made me realize how lucky I am. The first quote by Kozol was, "Crack-cocaine addiction and the intravenous use of heroin, which children I have met here call "the needle drug," are woven into the texture of existence in Mott Haven." This quote caught my eye because it was surprising that these drugs were being exposed to these young children in these communities, specifically Mott Haven. Drugs can play a huge role in the communities and it can bring a community to becoming poor. People spend there money on these drugs and then they have no money for anything else. Sometimes people will use these drugs to cope with the depression that they have and they think it is the only way out. Needles and drugs can also cause AIDS or HIV which a lot of people die from. 

                   Another quote that I thought was interesting was, "In humid weather, roaches crawl on virtually every surface of the houses in which many of the children live." These children are living in awful conditions and because of this, most of them will grow up to live in these bad conditions and it will be very hard to get out of it. This tells us how poorly houses are constructed and how the living conditions are not safe. Children can get sick and hospitalized because of this. 

                  Jonathan Kozol also stated that, "Times refers to streets around St. Anne's as "the deadliest blocks" in "the deadliest precinct" of the city. The places where these families are living are not the safest areas. People get killed probably everyday and they can not do anything about it. How do you think the kids feel? They probably feel hopeless and they don't know any better. Most of them see this everyday and they do not know how to live a normal life without seeing violence or sickness or bad home conditions. Its sad and most of them will grow up in poverty or in a bad area. The author wanted to show us the poor conditions of these communities and wanted to show us how unfortunate they are. 

                      

   

Kristof Article - Quotes

                  After reading the article written by Kristof, there was one particular quote that caught my attention. The statement was said by Senator, Marco Rubio. "We have never been a nation of haves and have-nots." "We are a nation of haves and soon-to-haves, of people who have made it and of people who will make it."
                  This quote particularly caught my attention because it is giving motivation to the people who live in our nation.  The haves and have-nots are two types of people. The wealthy and the poor. Marco Rubio is saying that we have never been a nation of wealthy people and poor people. We are one. We are a nation that is on the come up and when he says soon-to-haves, he means that everyone will be successful and on the same page. 
                 Another quote in this article also caught my attention. Alan Kruger stated that, "The chance of a person who was born to a family in the bottom 10 percent of the income distribution rising to the top 10 percent as an adult is about the same as the chance that a dad who is 5 feet 6 inches tall having a son who grows up to be over 6 feet 1 inch tall." I agree with this statement 100%. It is very hard to come out of poverty if you were raised in it but it is also possible. The chances are slim but people do get lucky and good things do happen. I have seen friends who are in poverty and they do not get the same support as others do. I believe if you have the motivation and mindset to become successful, you can do it. 
                  

                         

This is my brother and three cousins. Spending time with them is the best because we are all so close and we all get along very well. 

This is my best friend Michaela. We have known each other for about 4 years now and she is amazing. She is there when I need her and I love spending time with her. She's the funniest person I know and always knows how to make me laugh. I hope we stay friends for as long as possible. 

This is my outdoor coed soccer team. It is made up of a couple of family members and the rest are all friends. I played in high school and wish I continued in college but it wold of been to much. I have been playing soccer since I was four and I would like to play as long as possible.

This is when I took a trip to Oregon. My cousin was working out there for physical therapy and I decided to travel with some family to go visit him. I went with my aunt, uncle and my cousins friend Jimmy. We all hiked the Red Woods and did other adventurous things as well.

This is my dog Beckett. He is five years old and he is my best friend. He is a Shitzu and is the best dog I could ever ask for. 

Baseball has always been a part of my life. It is my favorite sport and I have been playing since I was six. I hope to continue to play throughout college.