Week 2 Reading
#TempleSocEd
When I hear the phrase “education inequality” I think of children and students not getting the same opportunity as other students. I also think of how schools in lower funded places get less attention and less resources. It’s so unfair that not all students get the same education as other students. It is all about where you live and how much income your parents make, I don’t think those things should decide if you get an okay schooling experience compared to a good schooling experience.
This connects to the readings and podcasts because in the one reading “education’s limitations and its radical possibilities,” talks about how income affects schooling. A quote that stuck out to me was “African American, Native American, and Latinx youth live at or below 200% of the poverty line, compared to less than one out of three of their Asian and White peers.” This is sad to read because based on that poverty line it affects schooling. I think its crazy how that can affect schooling and your future as a kid, its not their fault or maybe not even their parents fault most of the time. The article also talks about how people of color are affected in school. In the “students and university growing up together” article i though it was interesting to see the before and after pictures of the people because you can see how much they have changed in those 10 years, I also enjoyed reading their snipits of their experience. Listening to the podcasts it was very sad to hear her experiences within herself and her family.
What I learned as a student about the origins of the united states and slavery was that the American Revolutionary war that allowed the 13 colonies come together, the American Civil War ended slavery by brining together the north and the south. Compared to the podcast I learned that while writing the big words for liberation he brought with him a slave. This person was Thomas Jeffersons brother in law and he knew that these ideals don’t apply to his own family members. It was neat listening to the people talking about the past and you get an insight of how they live and all the challenges that they go through, for example when Fountain Hughes speaks and says “I wonder if we will ever be free,” that is something thats so sad because it was so unknown for them and there wasn’t much that they could do. I think these podcasts let me see a whole other side of what was going on and I enjoyed listening because I wouldn’t of ever known all of this. I think schools should defiantly show students this side of history and let them listen to podcasts like this.
