https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd Prompt: Speak Truth: Cancel Culture (linked in course page) features a recap of a discussion with students about cancel culture. Read the article and respond to the prompts posted below. [note: Padlet allows for anonymous posts. We encourage you to begin your post with your name.] en-us 2021-08-17 11:19:49 UTC 2021-08-28 20:17:51 UTC hello@padlet.com selvamrobyn https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1696771882 In the article a student named Shaleya said "Maybe move to offering the offender constructive criticism to give people a chance to grow" when discussion what can be done to combat cancel culture. 

This statement made by Shaleya can be adopted in many different systems, especially in the classroom. When a student does something "wrong" us as educators should not just label the student as bad. We need to provide students with opportunities to learn and grow from their behaviours. 

Many of the statements that these young people made are amazing. They are equipped with the critical thinking and communication skills to show how these societal issues affect not only them but greater society. I'm excited to start having more of these conversations in my classroom this year. ]]> 2021-08-25 20:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1696771882 selvamrobyn https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1696780395 One of my anxieties of facilitating conversations like these in the classroom is how to keep my opinion out of the conversation. I think it is important for students to be able to form their own opinion on social issues. Teachers are often thought as the "knowing of all things" which can really influence how and what students think. ]]> 2021-08-25 20:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1696780395 https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1698285745  “we do it in the name of correction but it’s a complete dragging of that person in public even after they’ve genuinely apologized. Any potential they have of redemption is completely shut down.”

This statement really resonated with me. It feels all too common with many of my students. The collective decides to cancel something and there is no opportunity for growth or corrective behavior. This almost seems to have the opposite effect as people dig their heels in and create more tension and division.]]> 2021-08-26 11:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1698285745 https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1698287368 Like the previous poster, one of the questions that always arises for me when facilitating discussions is finding the balance between presenting facts, keeping my own opinions off the table, and also helping students present their opinions without them coming off as attacks on other students. The balancing act is always a struggle.]]> 2021-08-26 11:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1698287368 christinaw4 https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1702151351 This was stated about the current generation of young people - insanely cautious to the point where we refrain from sharing our opinions in order to avoid being seen in a negative light.

You can be too politically correct - political correctness can result in sweeping things under the rug instead of open dialogue towards real change....  And when the article has the students discussing things that people do as being 'right' or 'wrong' - according to whose judgment?  There are varying degrees of how much something is offensive to different people.  Sure, there is a bottom line, but again, who is judging?

I went to a PoCC conference - attended a huge affinity group of like 400+ Asians educators...we were told for an icebreaker to get into groups and go take photos trying to recreate different scenes of others in our ethnicities from around the world...one Japanese American woman around my generation got very mad - this is how we were teased before....the tourists taking photos - and she refused to join in and eventually left...I get her point, and got the point of the group leading the activity, too....from whose perspective is the action being seen - is it current, modern fun or totally insulting?]]> 2021-08-28 20:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1702151351 christinaw4 https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1702153215 I tend to address everything in my classroom - facilitate discussions with the ground rules that some people could get their feelings hurt, while others are voicing their opinions - everyone has an opinion and nothing is clear cut. This work is messy, but in order to move forward, things have to be authentically discussed openly and honestly. So obviously ground rules come first to form a safe environment that cannot be broken if it is to work....and then time for the mutual trust to build - and for each student, this will be different. Opening up myself and saying that I don't know or don't have the answers to everything, I think, helps my students trust me more....I am not here to judge.]]> 2021-08-28 20:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amandaburch1/fr5ir204j60r41bd/wish/1702153215