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Reflection Of A Class By Zidane
The night before my presentation I had read the chapter two times and as I read the chapter for the third time that is when I started to analyse the chapter, and create questions for the class. When I got confused with a paragraph I would ask my brother to see if he understood it. Once I finished the chapter and had a long list of discussion questions that is when I knew I was ready to present. After finishing my teaching, overall I felt I did a good job clarifying some key points in the book. This allowed the students to understand what the author was trying to say which led to long discussions. I had a small passage so I had to focus more on the little things to fill up the time of the class. I wish I had created more time to focus on a sentence on the last page because I felt that it was the most important line in the passage. I also wished I had one more partner because at some times it was hard to listen and figure out what I was gonna talk about next for …show more content…
I thought of two motifs after the discussion, one was vulnerability, and the second was pain. I learned in this chapter that a person can become vulnerable just because of their skin color. Zidane showed me this when he was easily neglected by his people when he had created and “immature” reaction during a game. Knowing this makes it hard for me see a colored person feel at home when the people in their home backstab him. I also understand more how hard it can be for a men who has bent backwards for their country, to be forgotten. It is a “pain” that Zidane will not only be known as the person who was in the finals for the world cup, but also as the the person who was in the finals world cup and head butted a player at his last game. WHen we notice both pain and vulnerability I wonder what the person really did to deserve this, and that the color of a person or even his parents can make a noticeable connection to the

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