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Andrea, Lorena, Nancy, Natalia - "Talking Back"

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Andrea, Lorena, Nancy, Natalia - "Talking Back"

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Purpose - In the book “Talking Back” by Bell Hooks, the purpose was to express the struggles of using your voice as a woman of color in a male dominant environment. Despite the difficulties she experiences, she still finds the courage to speak up about injustices against women of color.

Concepts - “Back Talk” or “Talking Back” - those terms are used to identify when a young individual is disrespecting an elder. It usually comes off as being disrespectful and disobedient.

“... speaking as an equal to an authority figure.It meant daring to disagree and sometimes it just meant having an opinion.”

Application - As of today, there are still inequalities that exist between women and men. Oftentimes, women’s ideas, voice and even their presence are not valued or taken into consideration due old social norms that are still being followed by those who hold power and dominance over our society.

Reflection - Being a woman in today’s society has a variety of conflicts that has potentially affected our growth and courage to continue in our life journey. Expressing our needs in today’s society has become one of the most difficult, yet inspiring things that womanhood has done. Even Though there are individuals that ignore the inequalities that exist between men and women, these struggles have only been our inspiration to continue on terminating these gender/social roles.

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Group 5 (Giovanna, Adry, Jonathan, Nyla)

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Group 5 (Giovanna, Adry, Jonathan, Nyla)

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"Equity Symposium"

Purpose:
The purpose of the Equity Symposium reading is to explain the importance of an equitable education system versus an equal education system. An equitable education system has more positive impacts on students and allows for everyone to get the support that they need rather than getting the same support/resources which would only help the few.

Concept:
Having a good education requires funding; distribution of funding in an equitable format (by the level of need) would allow for poorer districts and schools with a high proportion of students in need would allow for them to better support their students. For economic mobility, educational equality is required. Without it, the system will be harmed by a disparity in societal accomplishment. Because some students are not equipped to reach their full potential as workers, there is income inequality, which leads to a wealth disparity. Having good teachers (ones with certification, great knowledge in certain subjects, and have positive interaction with poorer students and students of color) is also important for an equitable education as teacher interaction is a means to engage and motivate students to do well.

Application:

A concept about the topics that were brought up was that students have an equitable system. By that, they need proper funding, well-educated teachers, and discipline policies. In order for students to be able to perform well. With technology being a huge part of public education students need to be proved with the internet and laptops.

The main important concept is that “Is the student equipt to graduate?”

Reflection:
Learning about an equitable education is a good and needed experience for every and any student; students are entitled to having an education that serves them and historically there have been students denied this right. Also, ​​equality in education is an opportunity for students to have equal opportunity, to begin with, favorable educational results, and equity aids in ensuring that those equal possibilities are modified to allow room for children who may require additional assistance and attention.

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the purpose was to let the reader know that it's normal for people to talk about rendering their gender. No one should be told that talking back is only for one gender. The purpose was to tell us that any gender should be able to do the same thing as another and shouldn’t have any penalties when doing it

The concept was that as a woman back then you couldn't say anything you wanted or else you would be punished for it. “They were intended to silence me-the child- and more particularly the girl child. Had I been a boy, they might have encouraged me to speak believing that I might someday be called to preach.”

It's kinda a current thing women today are being silenced or being told what to do when they do something that they “shouldn't be doing” they get told to go do this instead and be pushed down. When I was in high school I notice that when female students wanted to talk not many students were paying attention. I decided to show them that I was paying attention and to show them it doesn’t matter if most of the class does not care. The only thing that matter is speaking up for yourself

I feel like this thing with women not having a voice is still common out in the world today but not as strict as it was back then like with belle hooks that she couldn't talk about these things or else she would be punished but if she was a male she wouldn't. To be shared in school because it will open people's points of view about the issue that many women faced throughout their whole lives. That woman should not be afraid of speaking up for themselves.

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"Educational Equity"

Purpose: Bring awareness to the difference between equality and equity. Equality meaning that everyone is treated the same and equity is when students receive the resources they need to graduate.

Concepts: The author shows data that black students (poc) did significantly worse than white students because of limited resources in the schools they went to.

Application: In my personal experience my roommate was the only person in our community and felt like an outcast as a black student.

Reflection: Different districts in my area were more resourceful than others and it played a part in student's performances and experience in college.

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Room 8 (Abel, Christopher,  Magali, Karen,  Guadalupe) 

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Room 8 (Abel, Christopher,  Magali, Karen,  Guadalupe) 

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purpose: The reading,  Educational Equity talks about how they are equal in the sense that they are all able to receive an education. However the education is not the same because someone in a rich neighborhoods education could be way more advanced than someone from a poor neighborhood. Those who are rich have more of an educational privilege.

concepts: The reading talks about how they are equal in the sense that they are all able to receive an education. "“education is achieved when students are all treated the same and have access to similar resources”  However the education is not the same because someone in a rich neighborhoods education could be way more advanced than someone from a poor neighborhood. Those who are rich have more of an educational privilege.

application: Their concepts are being used to make a change in our modern society. Compared to years back there has been quite an improvement but more change is needed. Walking into a school you can see people of all colors which is a good thing because no one is being restricted not to getting their education. This is still an issue because now there is a problem with lower-income students not getting the same amount of education as people who are mid and higher-class. Their concepts could possibly help fix this in the near future possible.

relection: It relates to us because where we come from it sure does seem like we do not have a lot in education but the education system is making some type of effort to make sure we are set. We enjoyed the reading because of the statistics, graphs and numbers that they used to make it easier to understand.

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Group 4 (Karlen, Giovanni, Alyssa, Terrell)

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Group 4 (Karlen, Giovanni, Alyssa, Terrell)

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Purpose: The purpose of this reading was to learn the difference between quality and equity. It seems that the reading shows how the education system of schools with the most poverty needs better teachers/resources but then there are factors like suspension, absences, and dropouts that are affecting the students as well.

Concept: -   “the percent of English language learners in our schools increased over the last decade from 8 percent in 2001 to the current 10 percent”

The reason why we choose this quote is that it shows you how much the percentage of English language learners has changed. The percentage is so high now that they are many people who are trying to learn about the language.

Applications: So this can apply to us because some of us are the minority and it can have a huge effect on how ready we are for college or higher education

Reflections: The reading was very informative on what equity means in this day and age. I also thought it was really helpful how they quantified what it means to have reached educational equity.

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PCAR group 2 (Jiaman, Kaylee, Julio) Bell Hooks- Talking Back File

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PCAR group 2 (Jiaman, Kaylee, Julio) Bell Hooks- Talking Back File

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Bell Hooks- Talking Back

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I feel that the purpose of this weeks reading was to help us understand how growing up, there are some traumas and mentalities that can cause a long term effect on you.The importance of being oppressed to speak up by others around you can affect you long term as you grow with a fear and different mentality as you don’t have the right to have your voice being heard.

This reading focuses on how this girl grew up in the south. She talks about how growing up in the South, voicing your opinion to elders and others who were older than you was seen as a disrespectful thing to do. “In the “old school,” children were meant to be seen and not heard...To make yourself be heard if you were a child was to invite punishment…” Growing up, she continued with the fear of speaking up and stating her opinion. Even as a fully grown woman, her struggles of being oppressed grew with her even as a successful writer.

Growing up in house holds of color, speaking up can be very difficult since most of us have been oppressed with the ability of speaking up and voicing your opinion. This tends to distance us at a young age since we are sometimes pushed away from certain conversations. Not only this but elders don’t allow kids to get involved in conversations that don’t pertain them. There are some topics that could worry us which is why they hide and avoid having certain situations with kids. Adding on, long term effects of being oppressed are not being able to express who you are, you are concerned with what people will say about you when you speak up, the fear of your reputation can be on the line as you might say something that wasn’t meant to be said, and ordering at restaurants can be difficult

This reading is relative to us and the real world as it is a topic that still continues to haunt many people. There are some experiences in which you won’t get the support from others around you which affects you as you don’t give yourself the credit you deserve and it creates a lack of reassurance which is the effect caused by oppression at an early age.

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Talking Back

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“All About Love”

Purpose: From my perspective the purpose of this reading is to learn more about how to love yourself as you are and how it is a challenge to have a good self-esteem. There are many factors that play a role into a persons self-esteem . There are also many ways you can find help so you can feel good about yourself and have a more positive view of yourself.

Applications: Many people don’t know that what they chose to do earlier in their life can affect their lives later leading to them not being able to love themselves. For example, you might want to do nursing now because your parents wanted you to and everyone around told you to, but will you be happy with yourself later? Loving yourself isn’t just all about romantics but about taking care of yourself as well.

Reflection:  After reading this piece I connected with the idea that we tend to stay and comit to expectations, people and spaces that we shouldn’t. As we grow and mature we start to see how our own relationships and experiences have taken root in what we allow in our lives and while loving yourself first boosts the chances of receiving a greater love from the world, we are all at fault of the insecurities and societal expectations and cultures that exist in our worldview. For example, personally growing up as a black girl in America with no real ties to my culture made it difficult for me to stand up for myself when my peers would comment on how white washed I appeared. In growing up and experiencing my own self love journey I grew in the ways I perceived myself as well as having the respect of those around me. Whether it comes to romantic, platonic or professional  relationships, the relationship I have with myself is the foundation of all things I allow myself to experience outside of myself.

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"The I's Of Oppression"

PURPOSE: The purpose was to explain oppression. It wasn’t just the definition of the word that was explained, but the other types of oppression as well.

CONCEPTS: Oppression is the result of the combination between prejudice and power.
“A simple definition of racism, as a system, is: RACISM = PREJUDICE + POWER."

APPLICATIONS: There are still prejudiced peoples out there that haven’t accepted that they can no longer oppress those who were once oppressed. They show this by continuing to harass and discriminate the latter.

REFLECTIONS: We hate how there is more than one type. However, we found it helpful and relevant. The emotions I feel are disappointment in those who still have narrow minds and satisfaction because the problem was put into words.