Amanda Pellegrino FNED class blog :)

A Father Daughter Dance: From Prison A Connection This TED Talk was really something that opened my eyes to the injustices of families separated by a father's incarceration. I understand that a father that is in jail can put a huge strain on a family, in many different aspects. In class, we did an activity about privilege, and my group had many statistics on families with incarcerated fathers, and the affect it has on the family. One thing that stuck out to me the most was the increase of learning disabilities that these kids have because of their fathers being incarcerated. We also learned that it is a lot harder for fathers who have been incarcerated to find with again. We learned that this mostly affects Black males, due to institutional racism and disproportionality of their crimes. No matter what the charge is, and no matter how long the sentence is, an incarcerated parental figure put a tremendous strain on the child's life, and I think the fact that Patton gave...

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Kahne and Westheimer: A Reflection "Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling." This quote explains what the reading is going to be able, service learning. There are benefits of service learning, like providing experiences that are important for students to come across in order to see things from a different perspective. I think it is also important to use service learning in the curriculum because it shows the students something outside of what they know. Whether it's feeding the homeless, community plans, or volunteering at a pet shelter, it's showing the kids something from a different perspective. I think it helps the students see outside their privilege because they are experiencing other people getting help from the community, something the students might not need. I can connect this to our cla...

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My Field Experience: A Story Colorful Smiles My classroom is very diverse, full of colorful smiles. I love seeing Princess's and Prince's smile, and I always smile back. But I have a feeling of unignorable guilt because I just have another white smile they see, just like all the other teachers at Arlington. Although the kids are getting that they need, they also need representation within the teachers in their education. This is crucial for their self efficacy and self esteem. If there was more representation, the kids might say to themselves "Wow, maybe I can be a teacher just like Mrs. Johnson!" They would be able to have a role model of their own race, although this might not be that important to the kids. They might still have a white female role model at school, but they were forced to settle for one outside their race. They did not have a choice. It is very important that we address this issue and fix it within our community, so our kids can flo...

March 21, 2019 August: Some Connections I think August gives the reader a strong message in Safe Spaces  about how to integrate LGBT issues into the classroom. August confirms that bringing LGBT language into the classroom has an impact to the students in positive ways. Although still controversial to some families and parents, bringing this under-represented community to the classroom opens up the conversation about LGBT people. I can relate this to one reading we did in class by Johnson. In Johnson's work, Privilege, Power and Difference , Johnson mostly writes about racially oppressed groups, although still relating to the LGBT community on a basis of under-representation.  In his work, Johnson writes "Once you name it, you can think, talk, and write about it. You can make sense of it be seeing how it's connected to other things that explain it and point towards solutions." This quote explains the importance of pointing out the "elephant in the ...