Well to begin with the topic of the Holocaust makes me very emotional. All my life I have read about this horrible massacre that took place in Germany known as the Holocaust. I honestly feel that this cruel event changed the world completely.I remember when I was in midle school my teacher brought in a Holocaust guess speaker to tell us how he survived this terrible incident that happened in German. I can also remember me crying because of all the cruel things he had to go through. It all started with a man named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi’s, who murdered over 6 million Jews. Hitler had a vision of the perfect race, which meant that those Jews who did not have blue eyes and blonde hair were to be exterminated. This is how the holocaust all started. Hitler’s German army Known as the Nazi’s would capture all these poor people and would either murder them or send them to concentration camps. Concentration camps were camps in which Jews were tortured. Millions of Jews died in these camps due to malnutrition, diseases, mistreatment or just having them executed because there were not fit to work. For example, they would make them work like slaves and not even feed them food. In addition, these Jews were tagged like items. For instance, they would tattoo a number in there inner waist.
This situation reminds me somewhat of Cuba. In Cuba Fidel runs the country his way as a dictatorship and no one can do anything about it. Therefore citizens’s have no rights and have to live under these rules like slaves. For example, he holds the control of the amount of food people get in every house hold by using a little book. This book is given to each house hold in order to receive the monthly there monthly food. Depending on the number of family members living in the house is the amount of food you get which never is enough. In Cuba families have to work twice as hard just to survive these circumcises. In my opinion no one should have to go through these situations. All these things that took place in this point in time were inhumane. We should all be able to be free and just be a united nation. But unfortunately, life is not like that however, we should try to make this world a better place and learn from the past events.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Service Learning Reflection
While working on my Service Learning hours I was able to observe and gain some insight on how a diverse classroom should be obtained. Throughout the hours I watched the different ways the teacher demonstrated effective teaching in regards to diverse students. The following were my observations. In the classroom the teacher has a set of high standards and expects the students to rise up to these standards, yet he treats all students with respect and dignity. This classroom was made up of 100% Hispanics but from different countries. Each country has its own Culture and unique customs. Therefore, the teacher has established an atmosphere of respect and courtesy towards all the students. After all we can learn from one another. As for recognizing different learning styles, the teacher places the students into small groups by reading level. When guided reading is taking place the teacher works with the small groups and adjusts his teaching to the different learning styles. For example, there are students who are visual learners some who are auditory and some who are just hands on.
Throughout the class the teacher is always instructing all students. First they have an entire group instruction where the teacher explains the benchmark or skill that will be learned. Then gives the opening lesson and goes on to guided reading or independent work. In the classroom the teacher has a good relationship with the students providing an open climate making them feel safe when asking questions and also having a healthy exchange of ideas among them. In addition to the classroom being all Hispanic, it is also an Esol class with various levels including ESE non Esol students as well. However, the teacher still provides material for this diverse population. For instance, there is the reading series which includes the vocabulary and a reading library to go along with the story. These are written at the lower level to adapt to the student’s capability. Therefore, he applies different Esol strategies throughout the lessons as well as modifies the curriculum when necessary.
In conclusion, I believe that the instructor is extremely sensitive to the cultural diversity in his classroom. The material that he uses represents the various cultures present in the class. For instance, in the curriculum there are stories about different countries and cultures. Overall I had a great experience which helped me gain some knowledge on how to handle a diverse classroom.
Throughout the class the teacher is always instructing all students. First they have an entire group instruction where the teacher explains the benchmark or skill that will be learned. Then gives the opening lesson and goes on to guided reading or independent work. In the classroom the teacher has a good relationship with the students providing an open climate making them feel safe when asking questions and also having a healthy exchange of ideas among them. In addition to the classroom being all Hispanic, it is also an Esol class with various levels including ESE non Esol students as well. However, the teacher still provides material for this diverse population. For instance, there is the reading series which includes the vocabulary and a reading library to go along with the story. These are written at the lower level to adapt to the student’s capability. Therefore, he applies different Esol strategies throughout the lessons as well as modifies the curriculum when necessary.
In conclusion, I believe that the instructor is extremely sensitive to the cultural diversity in his classroom. The material that he uses represents the various cultures present in the class. For instance, in the curriculum there are stories about different countries and cultures. Overall I had a great experience which helped me gain some knowledge on how to handle a diverse classroom.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Reflection # 13
After reading the articles the most important concept I intook was bow we care what society thinks of us. It's like we care about what poeple have to say of us and how they see us as a person. as we grow up self esteem and our self concept play a significant role in our lives. I remember being in high school and it was all about joining the popular groups and knowing everyone. I was one of those students always trying to fit into those types of groups. For example, I got myself into cheerleading squad just to be a part of the popular kids in school so that poeple would recognize me. However, this cause me to be indifferent with my other friends which were not in these popular clicks; which made me realize that i was not being myself and that it was not about being popular and being known. Honestly it's about who you are and the things you do that make you different and who you really ate as a person in society. Unfortunately, in this corrupted society that we live in, people think they have to put a front and change themselves to someone else han they really are just so they can feel and be acknowledged in society.Although I acted in such a way in high schoolit made me be who I am today. I now understand my actions were due to me having a low self esteem as well ascaring more about what other saw me as.
In addition, in the article on understanding one self Don E. Hamachek's explains how there is a difference between physical self concept, social and emotional self concept. Nevertheless, they have a connection that helps us be aware of how society feels about us and how it persuades the way we perceive ourselves.Another thing mentioned in this article was the way we present ourselves different than we are. For Instance, I have a friend to protrays that she has money and lives in a huge house. But in reality she is not but a middle class average girl. People like this live in a fantasy world, thinking that there one thing but really they are another.On the same note the real question I have from this whole idea is why do we act and behave in these ways? In my opinion it's all because of our self esteem levels.
Overall, I felt these articles to be helpful in making us realize we need to focuse our minds and oneself in stopping the way we worry how society feels about us.
In addition, in the article on understanding one self Don E. Hamachek's explains how there is a difference between physical self concept, social and emotional self concept. Nevertheless, they have a connection that helps us be aware of how society feels about us and how it persuades the way we perceive ourselves.Another thing mentioned in this article was the way we present ourselves different than we are. For Instance, I have a friend to protrays that she has money and lives in a huge house. But in reality she is not but a middle class average girl. People like this live in a fantasy world, thinking that there one thing but really they are another.On the same note the real question I have from this whole idea is why do we act and behave in these ways? In my opinion it's all because of our self esteem levels.
Overall, I felt these articles to be helpful in making us realize we need to focuse our minds and oneself in stopping the way we worry how society feels about us.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Reflection #12
For starters Sigmund Freud was a very clever man who invented the cure of talking, which is known for his philosophy. I personally like his theory and think it is vital for us to learn the information Freud has to offer us. Freud was known for being curious on the way people behave. According to him there are a number of things that are internal in which can move or drive us to the way we behave and act. For example, the first time you ride a roller coaster you get this tingly feeling in your stomach. This feeling can be the action of excitement or fear. Some behave can also be by instinct, which can be seen as reflects. Reflects are involuntary movements that will happen whether or not you want to. Freud discusses how there are two essential drives that help stimulate our thoughts, emotions and behavior. Which are characterized as sex and aggression. These drives all lead to Freud’s theory of the sexual patterns.
Freud’s theory on the personality models follows three structures, the Id, the Ego and the Super ego. The Id is the collection of drives, needs and instinct which is presented once a baby is born. This stage is an important one because as a newborn they obtain all these basic needs which we give them. The Ego stage is when the child interacts more with the outside world. The ego starts to develop more and can understand other people’s needs. The Superego stage is that last stage in which has developed due to moral and ethical restraints set by our parents. In addition to these stages Freud also follows the stages of life. These are the Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage the latency stage and the genital stage. In the oral stage the biggest thing is eating because they are babies. In this stage baby tend to stick thing in there month. In the anal stage they are toddlers and it’s when potty training is being done. The phallic stage is when the child starts understanding language and begins an attachment towards the mother or father depending on the sex of the child. For instance, as a child I was always daddy’s little girl, I wanted to be with my dad all the time. The latency stage is when they start interacting with other children of the same sex and are less attached to the parents. The genital stage is when the interacting with the opposite sex and become more independent due to puberty.
Overall I find Sigmund Freud’s theories very important and educational. I personally can use them so when one day I conceive a child I can know the different stages they are going through.
Freud’s theory on the personality models follows three structures, the Id, the Ego and the Super ego. The Id is the collection of drives, needs and instinct which is presented once a baby is born. This stage is an important one because as a newborn they obtain all these basic needs which we give them. The Ego stage is when the child interacts more with the outside world. The ego starts to develop more and can understand other people’s needs. The Superego stage is that last stage in which has developed due to moral and ethical restraints set by our parents. In addition to these stages Freud also follows the stages of life. These are the Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage the latency stage and the genital stage. In the oral stage the biggest thing is eating because they are babies. In this stage baby tend to stick thing in there month. In the anal stage they are toddlers and it’s when potty training is being done. The phallic stage is when the child starts understanding language and begins an attachment towards the mother or father depending on the sex of the child. For instance, as a child I was always daddy’s little girl, I wanted to be with my dad all the time. The latency stage is when they start interacting with other children of the same sex and are less attached to the parents. The genital stage is when the interacting with the opposite sex and become more independent due to puberty.
Overall I find Sigmund Freud’s theories very important and educational. I personally can use them so when one day I conceive a child I can know the different stages they are going through.
Reflection #11
The article on Belief’s, Values & Attitudes caught me attention. Beliefs, values and attitudes play a significant part in our lives and in how we interpret things. To me a belief is anything you think is real. Throughout our lives we usually belief everything our parents thought us. For instance, I mother would always tell me to be careful to not sweep me feet while sweeping the floor because I would never get married. As I have mentioned before parents take part in an important part of our lives. In on journey through life we sometimes come across things that we are not sure whether or not we should believe them. This is because we believe the things by authority which is our parents. If we are faced with something that our parents told us verses something a teacher might tell us we are put in a state of confusion. Therefore, we should try to find evidence of what is really true .In the same token we have our attitude which is another word for conviction. It is the mental image we place that gives us a feeling to act. A good example of conviction is when Kanye West just based on his views and attitude made him act in a discriminative way.
In addition we have our values in which are similar to our beliefs. Values help us classify the good from the bad and the right from wrong. A value I always keep in mind when eating at my parent’s house is to never place my elbows on the table. To my parents that is disrespectful and in our house hold this is one of the values we follow. However, all these beliefs, values and attitudes we confidence in can all lead to us become prejudice people. Prejudice is when a person has negative views about another person’s cultural, race, gender & etc. In which can cause a person to act in different forms toward these multicultural people. For instance, a person can have a prejudice behavior such as discrimination towards a colored person. Discrimination can lead to the person avoiding or physically abusing the other person, just by the color of there skin. I personality think that this is not the way we should treat each other. People need to start trying to become open to new things and ideas. They need to stop being closed and believing everything there parents have taught them. We are in the 21st century were supposedly everyone is equal but till this day we are not. There are still people harming others and we have not yet become a union nation that we should be.
In addition we have our values in which are similar to our beliefs. Values help us classify the good from the bad and the right from wrong. A value I always keep in mind when eating at my parent’s house is to never place my elbows on the table. To my parents that is disrespectful and in our house hold this is one of the values we follow. However, all these beliefs, values and attitudes we confidence in can all lead to us become prejudice people. Prejudice is when a person has negative views about another person’s cultural, race, gender & etc. In which can cause a person to act in different forms toward these multicultural people. For instance, a person can have a prejudice behavior such as discrimination towards a colored person. Discrimination can lead to the person avoiding or physically abusing the other person, just by the color of there skin. I personality think that this is not the way we should treat each other. People need to start trying to become open to new things and ideas. They need to stop being closed and believing everything there parents have taught them. We are in the 21st century were supposedly everyone is equal but till this day we are not. There are still people harming others and we have not yet become a union nation that we should be.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Reflection #10
To begin with, I found this article, on Inclusion very informative and helpful for those interested in becoming future educators. The article gives you a number of diverse teaching strategies on different issues you can face while teaching. As a teacher you need to remember that you will be faced with many different situations in your classroom. However, as teachers it is important that you make sure a child feel they can succeed under any circumstance. Teachers are the guide to these young children; we are the ones they look up to in the education world. In this article you get an insight from how to address your class on the first day of school and goes on with issues like gender, racism, conflicts, and sexual assaults and how to deal with them. For example, in a classroom teacher need to distinguish any stereotypes you have engaged.
One of the topics that I found more entertaining was the one on getting to know your students. Teacher’s should always get a feel about there student’s cultural background and ask them to tell you a little about themselves. This is important that we get to know who are students are and were they come from and it should all take place on the first day of class. In a classroom you can find students from all over the world and they may have different cultures from one another. For instance, in one of my classes we were going to have a Christmas gift exchange party but, I had one student who was Jehovah’s witnesses. This is a religion in which they do not celebrate certain holiday like Christmas or Halloween, etc. Therefore, as a teacher I could not just exclude the student from this holiday activity just because he can not participate due to his religion. So what I had to do is accommodate to the child’s beliefs and change the name of the name of the event to Winter break gift exchange so that it he didn’t feel left off from the party.
In conclusion, this article presents a guideline that can aid teachers in established a more comfortable learning environment for students. Whether your students have any diverse backgrounds teachers should try to make an effort to make a comfort zone for these kids. By that said, the atmosphere of a classroom is the key ingredient to establishing a safer and comfortable zone for students. Overall I really enjoyed this article I have to say it was one of my favorites so far, one that I feel can help me in the long run as
One of the topics that I found more entertaining was the one on getting to know your students. Teacher’s should always get a feel about there student’s cultural background and ask them to tell you a little about themselves. This is important that we get to know who are students are and were they come from and it should all take place on the first day of class. In a classroom you can find students from all over the world and they may have different cultures from one another. For instance, in one of my classes we were going to have a Christmas gift exchange party but, I had one student who was Jehovah’s witnesses. This is a religion in which they do not celebrate certain holiday like Christmas or Halloween, etc. Therefore, as a teacher I could not just exclude the student from this holiday activity just because he can not participate due to his religion. So what I had to do is accommodate to the child’s beliefs and change the name of the name of the event to Winter break gift exchange so that it he didn’t feel left off from the party.
In conclusion, this article presents a guideline that can aid teachers in established a more comfortable learning environment for students. Whether your students have any diverse backgrounds teachers should try to make an effort to make a comfort zone for these kids. By that said, the atmosphere of a classroom is the key ingredient to establishing a safer and comfortable zone for students. Overall I really enjoyed this article I have to say it was one of my favorites so far, one that I feel can help me in the long run as
Reflection #9
After reading the article on awareness and consciousness I gain knowledge that we need to make sure we are aware and conscious when trying to understand things. My understanding on how awareness is being described is having the ability to identify, or realize events, objects or patterns happening. It all derives from being aware of your environment. For example, I consider myself to be an aware person when I’m traveling to a different county; I find myself observing my surroundings and categorize different things I have not seen before, which catch my attention. On the same token consciousness is quite similar. The condition of being conscious is the state of mind in which the person can classify different aspects such as a person’s attitudes, beliefs or the characteristics. Both being aware and conscious is all linked through our minds. As a read I also came across different points of views. The person I personality agree with is Metta Zetty. She explains, how it is part of who we are, what we know and what we see as observers. However, I don’t really agree with Deepak Chopra awareness and quantum theory. It makes me feel as if he expresses us as a science project comparing us to atoms.
On the other hand, consciousness can be described in three forms according to David Rosenthal. He explains that there are three different types of forms of consciousness. His first view he refers to it as the creature consciousness. In the stage people as well as creatures are conscious of being awake and the way they open to sensory participation. In his second belief of consciousness he explains how people and animal’s are conscious when you see or hear something and identity’s it in another way. This is called the transitive consciousness. His last concept of consciousness applies to everything. Rosenthal says this stage is the mental phase where people and creature and animals sense things, think, feel, desire things and can perceive things, which is called the state consciousness. Overall, both awareness and consciousness both work together in our minds. They are very similar in what they do to us. They both help us with our reactions and the way we perceive things.
On the other hand, consciousness can be described in three forms according to David Rosenthal. He explains that there are three different types of forms of consciousness. His first view he refers to it as the creature consciousness. In the stage people as well as creatures are conscious of being awake and the way they open to sensory participation. In his second belief of consciousness he explains how people and animal’s are conscious when you see or hear something and identity’s it in another way. This is called the transitive consciousness. His last concept of consciousness applies to everything. Rosenthal says this stage is the mental phase where people and creature and animals sense things, think, feel, desire things and can perceive things, which is called the state consciousness. Overall, both awareness and consciousness both work together in our minds. They are very similar in what they do to us. They both help us with our reactions and the way we perceive things.
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