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Why this class?
Why this class?
I am a Latina who has wanted to be a teacher since I was twelve. I grew up with little to no representation in educational spaces and curriculum. Naturally, this subject caught my attention and I valued the honest safe space the professor created. Most nights we would enter a discussion started by the reading or topic and spend an hour just sharing experiences and learning about how the education system treated us as a community in the past, and present as well as what changes we wanted to make in the future.
Highlights
Highlights
This was the first class I took at SSU where everyone understood each other. There was a relatability and sense of respect shared among those in the class. There was a familiarity in our stories, the stories in textbooks and published articles we read. These people understood the complexities and beauty of being Latino-American with the desire for more. More for our parents, our siblings, ourselves, and our students. For all Latinos in this country where the system was set up against us from the moment we were born, a system we have to learn to work within to make changes. In this class, I realized I wasn't in the wrong for seeing the setbacks, challenges, and history that continue to limit us. On the contrary, it reinforced my belief in being the representation I didn't have, creating more trusting links with students' families, and doing what is within my reach to help the next generation defy the odds.
Counter Storytelling Final_MD (1).pdfAuto-ethnography of Education
Auto-ethnography of Education
For the final in the class were were assigned a paper where we would explore the themes in the course while analyzing our own experience with education. We had the opportunity to interview a former teacher for this assignment, I was happy to interview one of my high school teachers and reflect on my own experience in the classroom both as a student and as an aspiring educator.
Never stop learning!
Never stop learning!
These were some words that the teacher I interviewed said to me. During our talk we shared books of interest and she said that every year she makes sure to pick up a book in her field because you shouldn't stop learning in a profession that's evolving with the world. This was the book she was reading at the time and one she recommended to me!
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