For white folks who teach in the hood...and the rest of yall too by Elesa Hamilton

For white folks who teach in the hood...and the rest of yall too by Elesa Hamilton https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8 Chapters 1-3 en-us 2017-09-08 02:26:48 UTC 2017-09-08 03:42:01 UTC hello@padlet.com "The reality is that we privilege people who look and act like us, and perceive those who don't as different and, frequently, inferior" (19) elesahamilton94 https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185746288 We can not look at people who look different then us as being inferior to us. I like this picture because it depicts how we should think as educators. Students may look different but they make up the community by being different and having different cultures

]]> 2017-09-08 02:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185746288 "The belief that students are in need of "cleaning up" presumes that they are dirty. Second, the aim of. "giving them a better life" indicates that their pleasant life has little or no value" (20) elesahamilton94 https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185748655 Our students have their own identities and their own culture. As an educator we need to realize and gain a basic knowledge of our student's culture.The demoralization of students happen unintentionally by insinuating that who they are and who their, culture is, is not good enough and they will not be successful if they do not assimilate. ]]> 2017-09-08 02:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185748655 "To be in touch with the community, one has to enter into the physical places where the students live, and work to be invited into the emotion-laden spaces the youth inhabit" (21) elesahamilton94 https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185750467 Educators accept jobs in low income areas for the wrong reason, like to get a loan forgiveness, or even a degree. They are afraid of the communities that breed the students that they teach and are uninterested in being transcended into the community. Students act or react to their environment in a variety of ways and if an educator does not know what is going on in the community, or are uninterested, they will not form a necessary emotional connection with their students. ]]> 2017-09-08 03:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185750467 "Teachers become adept at creating high-pressure classrooms focused more on testing than teaching" (37) elesahamilton94 https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185751811 Teacher's success is based on how well students do on test. This put pressure on teachers to teach from the test. It is easy to succumb to the pressure but as an educator, we have to remember that we are teaching the individual student, not the test]]> 2017-09-08 03:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185751811 "When the preacher delivered his sermon, the congregation remained fully engaged" (45) elesahamilton94 https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185752989 At a black church, everybody is free to engage as they feel necessary to feel the Spirit. The preacher is like the teacher that keeps everybody engaged through read aloud, sermons, and ect. I want my students to be as engaged as the pulpit is in a black church. ]]> 2017-09-08 03:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elesahamilton94/uzf0a0xa5hp8/wish/185752989