Reflection: While reading, a few points stood out to me. Lisa Delpit talks about how social class can make a difference in a student's education. She says middle-class students will do better in school than lower-class students. Lower-class students will fall behind and not do as well compared to medium-class students. Showing that the educational system is set up for students of certain socioeconomic status. This ties into the students' race because we see lower-class students in schools that are primarily students of color. We need to teach lower-class students who don't know the unwritten rules because they don't learn them at home. Being able to help these students not have these disadvantages of not knowing compared to if they didn't know. This is the white middle-class teacher who really needs to be the one teaching this. I grew up in a middle/upper-class town with resources to help us succeed. I fully understood the difference in schools when I moved to Rhode Island and started being more aware of the differences in the educational system based on your social class. Seeing these differences and being able to compare them in my own mind has helped educate myself.
Questions/Comments/Points to Share: A big part of the reading to me was Lisa Delpit telling us that it is essential to be aware and make the issue of the culture known. We can teach and share to show others what is going on; this way, we can make a difference. But if nothing is done, how can we make a difference. It is sad to read about how students of color not getting along with their white teachers. There is a disconnect going on between the two making it hard in the classroom. The culture of power in the classrooms between the student and teachers. These people with more power tend to be less aware of its existence, while people with less power tend to be more aware.
Hyperlink: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/21/english-class-system-shaped-in-schools
This article shows the similarities between schools in the US and England.
I like that you mentioned how class/race/education are intertwined. We definitely do see this in RI in particular too.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with Vanessa... race and class are totally intertwined here. It is more like there are people IN the culture of power, and those OUTSIDE of it. And Delpit says clearly that we have to teach the rules of codes of power to anyone who does not learn them at home. More in class, I am sure!
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Vanessa! I also liked how you added a hyperlink!
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