Do I Have The Full Picture?

      Term "full picture" is very commonly used among people but a lot of people struggle with the meaning of this term. Most people believe they are seeing the full picture when it comes to people, things, and ideas but in reality, they are only looking at parts of the picture. The term "full picture" means that an individual has a full or overall sense of a situation or topic, taking into account all related factors and consequences. In the world, people tend to overlook parts of the picture because it either does not concern them or does not affect them but by doing this, problems are created. A good example of this happening is in school curriculum because schools provide students with most details about history but refrain from providing students with an overall description of the topics. For example, in task 6 of the module, we were asked to watch Victoria's video about integration and in the video it was pointed out that schools have only been teaching students about the Little Rock Nine when talking about integration but failed to discuss Ruby Bridges. This shows that the schools do not have the full picture nor do they provide students with the full picture. 

    In terms of me having the full picture, I would say that I do not have the full picture. In the first task we were asked to complete for this module, I was able to draw a complete face but there are still circumstances where I do not have a full or overall sense of the situation or topic. Although I do not always have the full picture, I will continue to seek the full picture in every day conversations and situations. 



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  1. Andrea HernandezMarch 2, 2023 at 2:51 PM

    Hi Sophie! I enjoyed your post on one’s belief on whether they really captured the “full picture”! There are individuals that think they know enough to most based on what they were taught at school. That is shown to but untrue. Schools and their teachers provide material, skills, and information that is at least ‘necessary’ or ‘required’ for their students to learn. However, that is not the “full picture”, no? That is then depicted on the reference you included in your post, Victoria’s TikTok video on integration. Of course, I was only taught about the Little Rock Nine, and not too long did I learn about a different event before this, Ruby Bridges. Moreover, my old school had noticed how uninformed past students were about their history, so they started to teach more, specifically about marginalized groups of people. It may be the same case for other schools, but that may not change the fact that we are still unknowledgeable of more than we were taught. So, we are left to fend for the information, the parts of history we never got to learn about yet.

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    1. Sophie CorsiMarch 3, 2023 at 7:42 PM

      Hi Andrea! Thank you for responding to my blog post! I am really glad you enjoyed my post. I think it is awesome that your school noticed that students were being uninformed and started teaching more. This really shows that the schools are trying to improve from their old ways of teaching and provide the students a bigger sense of history. At my school, the teachers stuck to the curriculum so I still lack a lot of knowledge of certain aspects of history and I am continuing to learn more every day. I really like your last sentence about having to fend for information because it expresses that it is a battle to gain information about events in history when it could become common knowledge if schools provided it.

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  2. Ellie CantuMarch 3, 2023 at 7:38 PM

    Hello Sophie! I loved reading your response about this question. I agree that people do not really see or know the "full picture" because it does not affect them or pertain to them. This definitely causes problems and is unfair. For teachers to not provide their students with the full details or picture is not fair for the students or the people whose stories are being untold. This is very wrong and should not still be happening in schools today. I think us as future teachers need to change this and introduce to our students both sides of the story and the full picture. This causes students to look at things from both perspectives and not a narrative we teach them that they grow up with. My question to you is: how will you ensure your students are seeing the full picture when talking about history or certain stories? Again, I enjoyed reading your opinion and your view on the full picture.

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    1. Sophie CorsiMarch 3, 2023 at 7:52 PM

      Hi Emily! Thank you for responding to my post! I completely agree with you that as future teachers we need to include all details about events from all perspectives because I believe it will allow students to be more aware of why things are the way they are in the world today. It is extremely important for students to have the 'full picture' when it comes to not only events in history but events in everyday life. To answer your question, When I become a teacher, I will ensure that my students are seeing the full picture by trying my best to include all perspectives of situations and topics so they can achieve a full understanding of each event in history and how it impacted everyone, not just the United States or a certain person/group of people. I think this way of teaching will be highly effective and allow students to gain confidence and respect as they make their way into the real world.

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