Final Reflection: Immigrant Students
Final Reflection Immigration, our schools are filled with immigrant kids or children of immigrant parents. As future teacher it is our duty to become informed and stay informed on the issues that immigrants and refugees face in this country. Immigrant families often live on the lowest per household income in the country. We must realize that these kids come from home were basic needs may not be met on the daily and so therefore we must adapt our teachings around that. There is a great meme on Facebook that explains a boys morning routine. It is titled “Because I didn’t have a pencil” and it describes all the obstacles a young boy had to navigate through in the morning to get himself and siblings to school and even after all that his teacher
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Before this class I had never delved into this topic and certainly never in a classroom setting. I think the rawness of the documentary was definitely important because it left almost no room for questions. I think as society we have been able to learn to accept the LGB part of LBTQ pretty well but fail to understand and show a willingness to educate ourselves in the TQ part. We still perceive those last two as taboo and as willingness dwindles our minds suffer. As teachers we will encounter students that will fit all of those categories and like the other terms in this list we have an obligation to be educated in these terms. One of my interviewees for the video project said “if you are not going to make an effort to understand the current state of our world today you should not be a teacher” and I apply that quote to these terms as well.
We must all be feminist. I was at a conference this past Saturday volunteering for Alex. It was centered around human rights. Two of the speakers mentioned something very interesting. They said, “Until men start condemning the actions taken against women, the abuse that women endure, the state of the world will never change.” I couldn’t agree more. As a man, I cannot think that it is only a woman’s job to fight for her rights if it is me whom is oppressing them. I must fight against men who oppress women and their
Before this class I had never delved into this topic and certainly never in a classroom setting. I think the rawness of the documentary was definitely important because it left almost no room for questions. I think as society we have been able to learn to accept the LGB part of LBTQ pretty well but fail to understand and show a willingness to educate ourselves in the TQ part. We still perceive those last two as taboo and as willingness dwindles our minds suffer. As teachers we will encounter students that will fit all of those categories and like the other terms in this list we have an obligation to be educated in these terms. One of my interviewees for the video project said “if you are not going to make an effort to understand the current state of our world today you should not be a teacher” and I apply that quote to these terms as well.
We must all be feminist. I was at a conference this past Saturday volunteering for Alex. It was centered around human rights. Two of the speakers mentioned something very interesting. They said, “Until men start condemning the actions taken against women, the abuse that women endure, the state of the world will never change.” I couldn’t agree more. As a man, I cannot think that it is only a woman’s job to fight for her rights if it is me whom is oppressing them. I must fight against men who oppress women and their