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"They were bound because they suffered under the weight of the
Dream, and they were bound by all the beautiful things, all the language and mannerisms, all the food and music, all the literature and philosophy, all the common language that they fashioned like diamonds under the weight of the Dream."
Ta-Nehisi Coates,  2015, pg.119

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"We are a bunch of exhausted stragglers, exalted strugglers, disciples of the dreamers who came before us"
Jason Reynolds, 2018, pg. 30

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Identity is a journey, we grow our identity when we are a guiding light to ourselves and others. We use our experiences to grow and create our identity through those life experiences.
Marcus Lyon, 2016

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"Are we creating popular culture ourselves through social media every single second every single day? Popular culture as we know it is probably dead, but long live popular culture."

Phil Miller, 2015

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Seattle local news, traffic, weather, business news, sports, real estate, photos and events.

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 Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives. 

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 Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives. 

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"Pop-Culture-especially inits American and Western European versions-has been the target of many attacks and critiques form all kinds of intellectual and idealogical angles, ever since it erupted on the social scene at the turn of the twentieth century. Such critical theories, as they can be called, look at the overall consequences that pop culture has brought about in contemporary society's, and at how these have affected the evolution of all forms of culture - conceptual, material, performative, and aesthetic."
Danesi (2012), Pg. 39-40

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The way people aoopligise has changed with the evolution of popular culture and the rise of social media.  It has become increasingly easy to give an apology without inciting real change.
Jenna and Wesley (2021)

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"Studies of the school and its graduates show that normal, average children become educated through their own play and exploration, without adult direction or prodding, and go on to be fulfilled, effective adults in the larger culture. Instead of providing direction and prodding, the school provides a rich setting within which to play, explore, and experience democracy first hand; and it does that at lower expense and with less trouble for all involved than is required to operate standard schools."
Peter Gray (2008)

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Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle Over Educational Goals

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Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle Over Educational Goals

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"Grounded in this contradictory social context, the history of American education has been a tale of ambivalent goals and muddled outcomes. Like other major institutions in American society, education has come to be
defined as an arena that simultaneously promotes equality and adapts to inequality."
David Labaree (1997)

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Inquiry and Counter-Witnessing in COVID-19

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Inquiry and Counter-Witnessing in COVID-19

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The loss of in person learning led to a discovery about the benifits of a schooling enviornmet for the learners as well as the teachers.  Teachers are left feeling less productive despite the multiple hats being at home and teaching required, and students were unable to fully articulate feelings across a screen.

Erica R. Hamilton,Deborah Vriend,

Gretchen Rumohr (2020) Pg. 52

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The way we were taught to live has got to change, and embracing the differences in our identity's is a beautiful thing. Putting ones self into a box is only stifling what we could be. Gaining acceptance is never worth losing apart of yourself.
Casey Gerald (2018)

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The loss of job/career in order to stay home with young children needing care during the COVID-19 pandemic is a topic that will forever  be marked and effect the popular culture of today.  This loss of career to stay home and care for children has since marked a loss or change in identity for the women being displaced from work. This change provides insight as to how careers impact who we think we are.
Crista Chapman and Rebecca Lieberman. (2020)

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Survivor Recalls the Tragedy

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Survivor Recalls the Tragedy

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Tragedy effecting students during formative high school years leaves a major and lasting impact on the lives of everyone involved.  Incidences of tragedy such as this lead educators and administrators to further ensure the physical and emotional well being of students.
Maya Altman and Robyn Altman (2019)

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Identity, popular culture, and schooling are intertwined with one another.  Popular culture and schooling can impact a persons identity in meaningful ways throughout an individuals lifetime.  In Marcus Lyon's TED Talk he addresses the question of: is identity given or created? In this talk he identifies that Identity is a journey.  This journey includes both what happens in popular culture and in ones schooling experience.  People ultimately find identity in their journey.  This journey includes such factors as popular culture and schooling.  As noted in Danesi's (2012) article, "Popular Culture:Introductory Perspectives", individuals are being influenced by social media and other popular internet outlets on a daily basis.  Identifying the theories that may be at play in the background of these messages can go a long way in identifying why we believe certain things abut ourselves or others (identity).  Schooling effects identity in much the same way.  Labaree puts forth three purposes for education in his article, "The American Struggle over Educational Goals".  If an individual can identify which of the three purposes (democratic equality, social efficiency, and social mobility) most  impacted their schooling they can likely also identify something of great importance to how they view themselves and their associated identity.

It is my premise that viewing these three ideals with identity as the overarching umbrella that binds them all together is the best and most accurate way to process the information.  That said, popular culture and schooling play a role in impacting one another in a very poignant way.  In his book, Between The World and Me, Coates evaluates his schooling experience and shows the reader how the popular culture of repressing the black man have a grave effect on both his schooling and his current identity.  The popular culture of the day will always effect the schooling of students either by way of the teachers teaching, peer influences, or the subjects being taught.  It would be remiss to view identity, popular culture, or schooling as singular ideas.   The truth is the complexity of these three categories are only shown when looked at and critiqued together.