I won't Learn From You! (Feb, 11)

In this article it talks about people not wanting to learn. Some people do not want to learn because they do not want to form to the way society wants them to be. In order to learn they must accept who they are being taught from and lose part of who they are. Some reading have racism in them and the students must over come their feelings towards that or the students will not do well in a class. In the reading you learn about two boys that have been in racist situation and how they handled them. You also learn about a grandfather who does not want to learn English because he does not think his family will keep on speaking Spanish.

I never really thought much about things I read and thought they were racist. I know I will take a second look at how things are said. I thought the story about Akmir was very interesting. If I was the teacher of Akmir I think I would of thought this is a disrespectful kid. This article opened up my eyes to see it from his point of view. I learned about an issue some students go through that would not of crossed my mind tell now. As a teacher I must be considerate of my future students feelings and why they are acting a certain way before judging them.