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Blog 9 FNED

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Taking a look through everything we covered this semester I was quite overwhelmed. Although there are some important takeaways this class has given me. Reading Ending Ableism In Education by Heir, I realized how messed up some schooling can be. Disculding students from activities and not allowing them to be themselves is cruel to a child and can affect them socially with other students and in other activities. Teachers need to be equipped for all types of students, even the ones who need extra support in the classroom, they should simply be provided those tools from the start and that all starts with the education we have today.  In the article from Rodriguez I learned how important it is to know or at least try to learn another language. Knowing other languages provided better understanding of culture which is extremely important in the teaching world. As students are learning everyday if you are not able to teach them because of a language barrier, once again ...
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Blog 8

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Extended Comments Reflection Isabella D'Arezzo 11/5/23 Extended comments:      Looking through my peers posts Gabrielle's really stuck out to me. I fully agree with her second paragraph when she quoted "all students need a safe a supportive school environment to progress academically and developmentally". Having a safe a supportive environment will lead to more consistency with children and allow them to fully share their true feelings. Kids will feel more confident within themselves if they feel comfortable or "safe" around you. If a child feels neglected by you they most likely won't do well in a classroom with you either. All children need to feel welcomed and feel like they are able to be themselves in order to have healthy learning environment. Safety is needed in all schools and many schools need to work on improving their security systems to have a safer environment for students. Rigl 16-2-17 Right To a Safe School Cited:  http:/...
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Blog 7 Hehir

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  Ending Ableism in Education, Hehir Argument : The author Hehir is talking about ending ableism in education, but there are many things to take from this article. It is important to never disclude students from school activities. Hehir is a major advocate for inclusive education, where students with disabilities are educated in a regular classroom, right next to their non disabled peers. He is also a strong advocate for IEP ( individual learning plans ). These are tailored for the students specific needs, and the student develops with input through their teachers, parents and peers. Teachers training is extremely important and it is important for are educators to know necessary support for students who need extra help and teachers should be equipped with the skills and knowledge to these different learning techniques/helping procedures for students. He also stresses the fact that collaboration is also extremely important, if we can all come toget...
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Blog7

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Blog 7, Isabella D'Arezzo  Quotes: "I have always felt that the lesson of my life is that you can hear meaning in a second language" In this quote, Rodriguez emphasizes the idea that learning a second language can open up new ways of understanding and perceiving the world. He says being bilingual can enrich one's life and provide a deeper connection/ understanding of different cultures and perspectives.  "I am a writer who is trying to understand the story of his own life" He is acknowledging that his journey of a writer in intertwined with his exploration of his own life story. He sees his writing as self discovery and a form of self reflection. He used language in sentences to construct his narrative. :Narrative: "An american child I spoke to everyday, a spanish child I never spoke to" He is exmpkasizing how he rarely talks to spanish children. This quote points to the internal conflict about how he feels about his culture and linguistic heritage...
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Blog6 Literacy with an Attitude

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 Literacy with an Attitude  Author: Patrick J. Finn I am going to focus in on the authors argument and teaching methods Argument: Finn's first teaching job was at the Carol Jason Banks "Upper Grade Center" in a black neighborhood. It was on the South side and 400 eighth grade students were separated from the highest to lowest reading scores. His argument changed throughout but my main focus was his teaching methods. He was from the working class therefore he said he knew how the working class and poor kids related to authority.  He was strict and his classroom was always quiet. Finn used methods of control while he taught. Many things affect students learning and simple things can throw students off track. When an authoritative figure asks "What are you doing?" when you have an assignment in front of you it allows you to argue back and make a statement. As that takes the power from a teacher, we need to know how enforce rules and expectations so students have mo...
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Blog5 Wheel of Privilege and Power

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Blog5, FNED246 Isabella D'Arezzo  Argument: The author Sylvia Duckworth arguments the importance of being aware of your power and how it may affect other people. She states if your a powerful person or so say privileged and your in the room with someone who isn't it's your job to make them feel comfortable and make space for listening ears and open hearts. Each ring is a different "class". To put it simply she's saying our privileges that we are given when we are born are considered power depending on race, gender etc. She is saying we need to be more aware and be able to distingush our powers so we can make everybody in our space comfortable.  The wheel of privilege and power says a lot. Privilege is often referred to the unearned priveledges/advantages that some individuals have because of their identity or social status. These advantages come from race, gender, social orientation and much more. Power in the wheel refers to the influence social, economic an...
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Isabella D'Arezzo Blog 4

Isabella D'Arezzo, Blog 4  Still Separate Still Unequal This article speaks on school segregation and educational inequality. Elise C Boddie and Dennis D Parker states "No one is really talking about school segregation anymore" Although many students learn about historical struggles to desegregate schools in the civil rights era, segregation as a current reality is largely absent from the curriculum. Article(2) How Elite Schools Stay so White  - politicians trying to increase the number of black and latino students and top public high schools. The article states "In the United states elites are mostly white people..." This means asian americans, latinos, native americans, african americans and even more are pitted againt one another for conveted spots at elite schools.    We need to direct out attention to the fundamental ways, selective admissions and educational situations maintain the privilege of whiteness. 
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