1. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
I know this was a John Kennedy quote but i really like it. You still hear this alot now-a-days and it will carry on for a long time. If you ever really just sit and think of this quote you could have many different perspectives for it. When I read it what first comes to mind is that people are lazy and do not like to do things on their own to help out anybody but themselves. Except we have teachers dedicating their lives to help these children and sometimes they get questioned. Referring back to the Christensen article with the teachers getting fired for being gay. They were not trying to hurt anybody they were there to help, and they get fired because of a certain preference they might have. When other people are just trying to cheat the system to get by.
2. "These categories can help clarify our understanding of the possible relationships between service learning activities, their outcomes, and the goals that motivate their design."
Yes granted there are several different ways to look at the service learing projects. No matter what though they clarify the understanding, and everybody is looking to do somewhat of the same thing and help out. Whether it be in one way or another when we get in depth with the project we can learn from the outcomes and the goals they began with.
3. "Government cannot rebuild a family or reclaim a sense of neighborhood."
I completely agree with this quote, and sometimes things are just out of their control. For the most part they do everything they can to hold things together and make our country a better place. Referring back to my first quote about ask what you can do for your country, you can help out in the community and fix things. Help the government because they can't do it all on their own. Although some of us may believe they should be able to, and then we just sit back and let a lot of potentially good things go to waste.
Overall I enjoyed reading the article, and that was especially because they had certain quotes from John Kennedy and certain "higher up" people. I liked to look back and think about these famous quotes that these famous men have said and just analyze and give my own opinion on what they mean. I may be wrong, but we are all entitled to our opinion, and when certain men were in office the country was a better place. The Kennedy quote is really deep for just a short play on words, and it impacts a lot of people still to this day.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Christensen- Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us
1. "A Black Cinderella? Give me a break. She wrote: Have you ever seen a Black person, an Asian, a Hispanic in a cartoon? Did they have a leading role or were they a servant? What do you think this is doing to you child's mind?...Women who aren't white begin to feel left out and ugly because they never get to play the princess."
I always grew up watching cartoons just like every other kid I assume, and never remember any disney characters or main ones at least that are black. This is so true and a lot of children don't notice this I'm sure because I never did myself. Now that I go back and think about it though that is not right at all. All kids growing up must think oh it is just typical for characters or princesses are supposed to be white. Which makes them think it must be right to be white and of no other race which is obviously innacurate. Everyone is created equal and I think the shows on television should have diversity with their characters. Like I said though I never noticed it, and maybe they think children won't notice it.
2. "When we read children's books, we aren't just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated."
I have read many children books and I always read stuff about young white people. All the covers of the books were middle aged white children that are playing sports or doing well in society. Although I have read other books and if it were about young black kids it was how they struggled in life or how they were in trouble in their neighborhoods or schools. It was completely one sided to white kids and that is how children are manipulated. Like I have seen in pretty much all of my blogs that I have never realized these things until reading these stories, and once again it occurs with this quote.
3. "I've discovered that I need to keep my mouth shut for while. If I'm the one pointing out the stereotypes, it's the kiss of death to the exercise. Besides, students are quick to find the usual stereotypes on their own."
This is very true that students are quick to find the stereotypes on their own. I've noticed this throughout my life in public shools. Kids have been sheltered their whole lives from stereotyping so when they get to high school they try to figure out the "groups" and stereotypes. It's society some kids will do it and others wont, that's just how it works. It isn't right to do this but no matter what we say certain people are going to do it and this should not happen.
I always grew up watching cartoons just like every other kid I assume, and never remember any disney characters or main ones at least that are black. This is so true and a lot of children don't notice this I'm sure because I never did myself. Now that I go back and think about it though that is not right at all. All kids growing up must think oh it is just typical for characters or princesses are supposed to be white. Which makes them think it must be right to be white and of no other race which is obviously innacurate. Everyone is created equal and I think the shows on television should have diversity with their characters. Like I said though I never noticed it, and maybe they think children won't notice it.
2. "When we read children's books, we aren't just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated."
I have read many children books and I always read stuff about young white people. All the covers of the books were middle aged white children that are playing sports or doing well in society. Although I have read other books and if it were about young black kids it was how they struggled in life or how they were in trouble in their neighborhoods or schools. It was completely one sided to white kids and that is how children are manipulated. Like I have seen in pretty much all of my blogs that I have never realized these things until reading these stories, and once again it occurs with this quote.
3. "I've discovered that I need to keep my mouth shut for while. If I'm the one pointing out the stereotypes, it's the kiss of death to the exercise. Besides, students are quick to find the usual stereotypes on their own."
This is very true that students are quick to find the stereotypes on their own. I've noticed this throughout my life in public shools. Kids have been sheltered their whole lives from stereotyping so when they get to high school they try to figure out the "groups" and stereotypes. It's society some kids will do it and others wont, that's just how it works. It isn't right to do this but no matter what we say certain people are going to do it and this should not happen.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Carlson- Gayness, Multicultural Educations, and Community
1. "It is now estimated that up to one-third of all adolescent suicide victims are gay, approximately one-quarter of all homeless youth in the United States are gay, and dropout and drug abuse rates among gay youth are likewise high."
Really one-third of adolescent suicide victims are gay? That's terrible. I really don't even know how to respond to that and that's why I picked this quote. It is absolutely rediculous. I can only imagine what gay people go through to have this kind of outcome. No matter what we read, or what we hear we will never really know how tough it is on them. People have their own preference, and if im not mistaken aren't we supposed to be "The Land of the Free?" Just thought that's what I was always taught growing up.
2. "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease."
This is very true because growing up a lot of people don't really learn about homosexuality as hard as that is to believe. It is a huge part of our society and everybody should be entitled to do what they want for the most part. Then you have kids just learning about it when they get somewhat older from their friends or articles they have read. They might misinterpret it as a disease or also somebody could tell them it is a disease. Which to be honest I don't know the whole backround, I learned about it when I was younger, and I completely accept homosexuality, because everyone has their rights. Rumors get started and people say mean or stupid stuff, and that's why a lot of people don't really understand the truth behind homosexuality.
3. "Nothing seems more certain than that homosexuality is contagious."
The sad thing about this quote is that people actually think like this and believe this. I mean by all means people are entitled to their own opinion, but stuff like this is just rediculous. Nobody should ever have an opinion like this because it is completely false. I'm sure many people know at least one person who is a homosexual. I will speak from my own experience which is that I have been to school with some and even a family member is. I laugh that they say it's contagious because that is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. We are all the same except they have different preferences, and it happens in life more than just sexual preference. Although nobody seems to care about other stuff, and only this because it isn't the "societies norm" so to speak.
I just didn't really like reading this article to be completely honest. I mean yes it was a good article and it stated some really good points. Although some of the things I read and never realized just kind of shocked me. People really act certain ways or think certain things about people who are homosexual. It made me kind of mad just because people are not open minded at and can really be so ignorant to the fact that everyone isn't the same.
Which then leads me to my next point, which is kind of a question I was wondering. When do you think it is right to bring up homosexuality into a classroom discussion? How early do you think kids should know about it? I was thinking this would be good just so they are open to it, and at a younger age know what it is. Whether their parents want to talk about it or not it should be mandatory in school. This is so they don't just hear rumors and go with what people say and turn out to be like a bunch of other people and not be open-minded.
Really one-third of adolescent suicide victims are gay? That's terrible. I really don't even know how to respond to that and that's why I picked this quote. It is absolutely rediculous. I can only imagine what gay people go through to have this kind of outcome. No matter what we read, or what we hear we will never really know how tough it is on them. People have their own preference, and if im not mistaken aren't we supposed to be "The Land of the Free?" Just thought that's what I was always taught growing up.
2. "To the extent that gayness is recognized in the curriculum, it is likely to be in the health curriculum, where it is associated with disease."
This is very true because growing up a lot of people don't really learn about homosexuality as hard as that is to believe. It is a huge part of our society and everybody should be entitled to do what they want for the most part. Then you have kids just learning about it when they get somewhat older from their friends or articles they have read. They might misinterpret it as a disease or also somebody could tell them it is a disease. Which to be honest I don't know the whole backround, I learned about it when I was younger, and I completely accept homosexuality, because everyone has their rights. Rumors get started and people say mean or stupid stuff, and that's why a lot of people don't really understand the truth behind homosexuality.
3. "Nothing seems more certain than that homosexuality is contagious."
The sad thing about this quote is that people actually think like this and believe this. I mean by all means people are entitled to their own opinion, but stuff like this is just rediculous. Nobody should ever have an opinion like this because it is completely false. I'm sure many people know at least one person who is a homosexual. I will speak from my own experience which is that I have been to school with some and even a family member is. I laugh that they say it's contagious because that is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. We are all the same except they have different preferences, and it happens in life more than just sexual preference. Although nobody seems to care about other stuff, and only this because it isn't the "societies norm" so to speak.
I just didn't really like reading this article to be completely honest. I mean yes it was a good article and it stated some really good points. Although some of the things I read and never realized just kind of shocked me. People really act certain ways or think certain things about people who are homosexual. It made me kind of mad just because people are not open minded at and can really be so ignorant to the fact that everyone isn't the same.
Which then leads me to my next point, which is kind of a question I was wondering. When do you think it is right to bring up homosexuality into a classroom discussion? How early do you think kids should know about it? I was thinking this would be good just so they are open to it, and at a younger age know what it is. Whether their parents want to talk about it or not it should be mandatory in school. This is so they don't just hear rumors and go with what people say and turn out to be like a bunch of other people and not be open-minded.
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