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For this blog I wanted to connect  A Short History of Public Schooling - Excerpt from the film Class Dismissed  and the movie we watched in class  Teach Us All The video  A Short History of Public Schooling - Excerpt from the film Class Dismissed  stood out to me than other videos we have watched in class. We learn through this video that Education evolves overtime, and changes based on the technology we have at the time. For example, schools were not even around until the1900s, and they were one room buildings all ages, as time goes on we find better ways to educate by separating ages and curriculums. What stands out to me as this video of the history of education does not go into much detail onto who was allowed into these schools at the beginning of education. In the beginning of education the schools with the best curriculum and educators were only provided to students who were white. The other students had to learn in bad conditions with educators who could...

 The Four I's of Oppression For this blog post I will be focusing on reflection. Ideological, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized oppression—the Four I's of Oppression—offer a structure for comprehending the ways in which systemic oppression functions and appears in society. I would like to focus on the idea of Interpersonal oppression and my personal connections with interpersonal oppression. The Interpersonal oppression happens in environments where people act unfairly toward others because of unconscious stereotypes. This is a place for analysis because it invites us to consider how we might unintentionally contribute to oppression and to critically examine our own behavior. Developing understanding and empathy is crucial to establishing supportive settings in the community, at work, and in educational institutions. I am a waitress in a small town diner-like restaurant. I have had many instances where I was treated poorly, as many do when working with the public....

 Reflection~ Michelina Irons Something I wanted to reflect on from Lisa Delpit's Other People's Children  (p24), was the discussion on the 5 key aspects of power and more specifically power in education. These aspects offer an idea for analyzing how power is enacted, how rules for participating in power are established, and how these rules reflect the student's education. The Delpit's analysis reveals that Schools are not neutral spaces but are areas where power is both exercised and contested. Delpit goes into great depth explaining the dynamics of power within educational settings and how these dynamics shape educational experiences.  Her passages provides a comprehensive examination of the concept of "the culture of power" and its implications for understanding educational injustices and communication issues. The text stresses the significance of recognizing and correcting inequality of power in education. By understanding the laws of the culture of power a...

Privilege, Power, and Difference ~ Alan Johnson   Blog #1 Michelina Irons         In the book  Privilege, Power, and Difference   written by Alan Johnson, he applies that he has written this book for one reason, and it was to represent all of the injustices and unnecessary suffering. Johnson argues that everyone is apart of the problem of injustice as nobody will ever be the same and everyone has their own faiths and beliefs. His book argues that if we uses our differences we will be able to take the injustice we caused and work with it to create a better framework with less injustice for ourselves and our peers. In his Introduction, Johnson states " As a white, male, heterosexual , middle-class professional , I know about such feelings from my own life. But as a sociologist , I also know that it's possible to understand the world and myself in relation to it in ways that get past the defensive feelings and give us all a common ground from wh...

 Hi welcome to my FNED 246 Blog! My name is Michelina Irons, I am currently a sophomore at Rhode Island college. I am a secondary education major with a focus on history. My hobbies include reading, spending time with my friends and family, taking care of animals, and learning about History. I have two dogs at home, and I have about 60 fish in a man made koi pond my dad and I built over the summer. I found a passion for history when I was in middle school and learned about the history of my family involving World War II and Immigrating to America after the war. Becoming a teacher is extremely important to me as it is a job that requires patience, knowledge, and being a caring individual, and in some situations schools struggle to find individuals who hold these qualities, which reflects on the students.