Friday, September 25, 2015

Blog Post 4: Lisa Delpit Second Quote

The second quote from Lisa Delpit says "[Teachers] should recognize that the linguistic form a student brings to school is intimately connected with loved one’s community, and personal identity. To suggest that this form is “wrong” or, even worse, ignorant, is to suggest that something is wrong with the student and his or her family." I completely agree with this quote and everything that she says in it. We are all grown up differently and are taught different things by the communities that we come from. We are all different people in this world and we need to accept each other for the way we are. One day I hope to be a teacher of young children. I know that I have to go into my classroom with an open mind about these children. If I think there is something wrong with a student because of the way they act or the clothes they wear or just any little detail, that would make me a very ignorant teacher because who am I to judge someone I don't know or a family I don't know based on the way a child acts. Maybe the certain student has a rough time at home so they act up in my class because this is the only time they get to have fun. I know that I can not judge these students. I truly believe that every student in this world is very unique and they all look at it in a different way. Our opinions are all different from one another so we MUST keep and open mind when a student walks into our classroom. Everyone in this world is different nobody is the exact same. Teachers need to embrace this and not judge a book by its cover.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Blog Post 3: People Watching

Interpretations:


  1. Group of guys that were friends. Just eating some lunch.
  2. Two girls that are close friends. They are also close with each other and just got out of a class.
  3. Group of friends. Three of them were guys and two of them were girls.
  4. Two girls walked into the caf. Wearing workout clothes and looked a bit sweaty so must have just gotten out of the gym.
  5. Guy in white shirt with boots. Just got out of class because he had a book bag on. Didn't come to the caf with any friends.
Descriptions:


  1. The guys that were friends are on the wrestling team. They had similar shirts on. Talked about food a lot and also, on their phone a lot. Didn't talk to much to each other.
  2. The two girls sat down with no food and talked for a long time. One girl used a lot of hand gestures while talking. The other girl looked nervous about something or just not interested. The girl who used hand gestures was thirsty so she got a cup of coffee.
  3. The group of five friends looked at their phones a lot. Didn't communicate with each other too much. Two more of their friends came to eat with them after about 15 minutes or so. When one girl was left alone she looked around the caf as if she was judging people or just people watching.
  4. The two girls that I saw walk in just got out of the gym because of the way they looked. They both got milk to drink. One girl got a hamburger the other got some pasta. They say on the far side of the caf away from everyone else.
  5. The guy who was alone got stir fry to eat. While he was getting the food he had a conversation with the chef at the station. He just sat at a table alone. Didn't go on his phone much at all.
Reflection:


After doing about 30 minutes of people watching I discovered several interesting things about myself. The first thing I figured out is I am a person who judges a person by the way they look which is not a good thing. For all the people I looked at and examined I judged them right away even though I didn't know a single thing about them. The people I judged could have been really great people and I didn't even know a single thing about them so who am I to judge them when I know nothing about them at all. Another thing I figured out about myself is that I am always people watching whenever I am alone it is just that I have no clue I'm doing it. Really though, whenever I'm eating at the caf or I'm walking somewhere by myself I'm always wondering what is going through other peoples minds and just trying to figure out a back story about them. A final thing that I learned about myself is that at times I can be very open minded. By this I mean when I saw people I had no idea where they could be going maybe they could be going to see a friend or they can just be going for a walk to clear their mind I kept an open mind as to what they could be doing. All in all, people watching had actually taught me a lot in a weird way and helped out.



Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Blog Post 2: Reflection On Quote

"We do not really see with our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs." (Curtis and Carter, 2000, p. 9) I believe that this quote means everything that we believe is something that has strong meaning to us so some things that we see or hear we may not believe. One example that comes to mind is our belief in religion. If you are a Catholic and really truly believe in god then some of the things you hear you will not believe. In my house as a child my whole family was Catholic so I was raised to believe in God because of the things my family and The Bible had taught me. Today if someone was to come up to me and say something about believing in another religion I would not listen because it is my belief that God does exist and after we die we either go to Heaven or Hell. Now the other person could possibly be right maybe there is no Heaven at all but from the things I have learned in life make me believe it is real. At the end of the day it is all just perspective we all have certain beliefs that others are not going to be able to change.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Blog Post 1: Class Survey

1. My name is, Nicholas Lanese however I prefer to be called, Nick.

2. My hometown is Wickliffe, Ohio
3. I would prefer to teach anywhere from kindergarten to first grade.
4. Some things I am into are tennis, golf, and watching sports. This semester I am going to be taking five classes as well as play for the tennis team here at John Carroll.
5. There are many things in my life that are very important to me. One very important thing is my family. Also, sports are very important to me because they are a stress reliever. A final thing that is important to me is the way others view me. I try to be the best person I can be so it is important people look at me in a positive way.
6. Things that must be in place for me to be comfortable in a classroom include being in a friendly environment, and being  in a place where I feel I can share my opinion without being nervous.
7. In high school the work I received was fairly easy. The reason I say this is because I was never really challenged in the classroom because of the way the students acted around me the teachers always had to focus on settling them down and because of this they were not able to teach as much as they should have.
8. Some concerns in the education field I have is if I will be able to find a job right after graduation.
9. Is there any certain sports you enjoy playing? If so which sports? Also, how many years have you been teaching in your life?