What Is Worth Learning?

 


    In my black-out poem, I decided to create the poem saying "Reclaim our schools as sties of real learning and safety rather than suffering and racial trauma. Examine what curriculum violence looks like within their discipline. Teachers should have continued support. Do right by our students. Seek feedback from students. Review and revise our existing lessons. Repair the harm that we have done to children by reconstructing curricula that have failed them". I chose these words from the article excerpt as a way to encourage teachers and school districts to rethink their choices of curriculum and to reevaluate the way their students are learning. Curriculum in schools is being limited when curriculum is the understructure of the students learning. If the curriculum in schools is limited, it means that ultimately the students learning is being limited. It is important for the curriculum in schools to be inclusive for all people because if it is not inclusive, then problems of suffering and racism can arise in students. Teachers should support their students in all aspects of school which includes fighting for the curriculum to be expanded so that each student is being taught the full picture instead of just a segment of it. Students need the support from their teachers in order to succeed to their full potential so if teachers are not fighting for curriculum to be unbiased, inclusive, and broadened then it can lead to students feeling insecure, traumatized academically, and un-supported in the academic world. 

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  1. Abbey MullenApril 21, 2023 at 11:44 AM

    Hey Sophie! Great post! I really enjoyed your black out poem also. I completely agree with everything you wrote, especially revising our lesson plans. We need to listen to our students to be able to understand what they need and what helps them succeed. Do you also think that these lessons depend on teacher bias? When I was reading throughout this lesson, it made me think about how much control teacher can have especially when it comes to topic in school that might be “controversial” but they are conversations that need to be had, or at least brought up so student can have the opportunity to figure it out for themselves, not just hide it from them. Overall I really did love everything you wrote about and it flowed and was worded very nicely! I wish every future educator/current educator truly felt this way, and if they dont I hope we can figure out a way to change it for the student and future generations sake.

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  2. Bella CarballoApril 21, 2023 at 7:36 PM

    Hello Sophie! This a very insightful post this week and I enjoyed your poem. I agreed with your poem and I am happy to see that many of us had a similar version as yours. We prioritized our students and equality within the schools. You said something I found really wise, "If the curriculum in schools is limited, it means that ultimately the student's learning is being limited.". And that could not be more true. Like the phrase that you are only as strong as your weakest link schools work in a similar way. That is not to say that if a student is falling behind that the school falls behind, but rather that if the school is the one to fall behind then so will our students. If we want our students to succeed that begins with us and what foundation we provide. I really like your perspective on things and I look forward to you getting to teach your own classroom! You will accomplish great things.

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  3. Chloe ChavezApril 21, 2023 at 7:55 PM

    Hi Sophie!! You have such a great blog post this week!! I love the way that your blackout poem highlights such strong words. I love the way you discuss revising our lesson plans, I find it so important to include as much information that is appropriate for each age, it is so vital that we don't give you students a "limited" education as you said. It is all up to us as teachers to find ways to teach our students how to be kind and to reach their full potential by setting good examples and showing them the ways that this can be applied through history and literature. I also love the way you ended the blog, and fully agree that our bias can lead to a detrimental effect on our students.

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