Kayla's House

 I think that gender and gender roles have a lot to do with the status of the teaching profession today. The excerpt right at the beginning of the module sums up why teaching is a predominantly female dominated profession. It all stems from the fact that "our American systems are built around white middle class gender norms..." Also the fact that women could be payed less tax money than men, which stems from a history of sexism and less respect for working women. We as a society have created many stereotypes around gender. The fact is, the media has flooded our lives with all kinds of stereotypes and expectations on how men and women should act or what they should look like. Or even what kinds of morals we should hold for ourselves. A great example of this is the set of rules for teachers in 1915. This list is exclusive and only applies to women, and forces teachers to follow a set of rules where majority of them have nothing to do with their ability to educate properly.  Thi...

Do I have the full picture? I feel as if I was a little bit conflicted when thinking about this question. I grew up in a sparsely diverse community, I was exposed to people who did not look like me, but not enough for me to fully grasp what it was like to experience diversity on a daily basis as a child. When doing the face test, I was bothered by this fact. My experience with diversity was not as present when I was a child.. It is not the same now as it was when I was growing up, and for that I am thankful. I am a lot more aware and empathetic and understand the importance of standing with people who may be marginalized in our society. I started to realize when watching the last video about Ruby Bridges, that the schooling I received was not benefiting my awareness, by not exposing me to the depth of the injustices that non-white people have had to go through, and still are going through. When reading through and thinking about the assignments this week, I feel as if it would be wrong...