Social Justice Event....(Sexual Violence and Assault)

A few months ago i attended one of the mandatory social justice events and it was the event that involved sexual assault and sexual violence. When i walked into this event i expected to sit there and just have someone at the front of the room and talk for two hours and that everyone just had to be there for a class or something. Boy was i wrong. This topic affects a lot of people in society and people at Rhode Island College. There were a few girls at this event that have been raped and it really hits home for them. One girl that was there has been effected for years, 5 years ago she was raped at RIC and there cause still hasnt been closed and this poor girl gained a lot of weight and she had to see the guy that raped her everyday, the pain that she must have felt must have been unbearable. People were standing up and yelling, raising there voices for the cause. This was not what i expected at all. The speaker that arrived was also a victim as well and she straight up told us right before she started talking i am a gay lesbian and i have been effected by this as well. People were coming up with ideas of how to stop this in our RIC community and in our town. Also ways to prevent it by events and things involving different clubs that are around at RIC. Going to this event it was a little intimidating because i dont know how it feels to be raped, i know it is an ongoing problem and i know it needs to be stopped. All we can really do is start with  ourselves and try to spread the word and effect peoples lives around us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMm6rpLXM3w

Should Children be Grouped?

I feel as though that the reading did a great job explaining the cons of people being grouped together. People will be more likely to stereotype the students when they are all grouped together, rather then them being separated individuals. But what about the pros of grouping children and students together. They might be less stereotyped rather then when they are in a group with other children. Or if a colored child was in a honors class would he be stereotyped? I feel as though that no matter what people will be stereotyping other individuals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w34zsEWNys

Becoming Something Different

Becoming Something Different
Fairbanks, Crooks, and Ariail

I can connect this reading to Kozol and Rodriguez, it is another story of how a child is growing up in a school system and they speak or act with their nature culture or tongue. Society views on people that have different cultures isn't the best in my mind, so for a student to try and change their culture and them selves to fit in, they would probably view that as accepting. While in the process they are forgetting their fist language or their first religion, etc. This reading is just another example of how a student that is in an ESL system/school and are forgetting their old views and learning new ones.

I feel that they should have teachers in the ESL class rooms like they do at my school at Broad Street Elementary that can speak many languages. That way the teacher may have the same cultural or language background as the students and they are able to understand their students and teach them new languages and cultures through their native tongue. Well so they don't forget their first language and culture. When I went into my ESL classroom on my first day, I felt as though my teacher had no clue what was going on all she was doing was yelling at the students. No one was learning anything. So it is really important to know some good tips while teaching in an ESL Classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g_fntkqf5s