Questions on Readings

First I feel that all three articles were filled with great interested and lots of surprising information. After reading all three articles, I think of reading and literacy as a major factor in society. All people no matter what color or how much money they have should learn how to read and right. I had no idea that school systems use literacy to control power among race and socio-economic status. This country is the land of opportunity and a place for better living, but in the educational field it seems to be very bias.
The article that I was most surprised at is the one written by the lady in the school system that got fired for caring for her students. In this article you can see the mis-communication among teachers and the administration. The teachers deal with these children everyday and know that all children learn at different levels. She had a program set up for all students at all different levels to learn how to read and write. When the administration came in with the “Open Court” program it set up a bad relationship among teachers and the administration. The new program changed the whole curriculum and teacher and student relationship was broken down. Once the communication was broke between student/teacher, now you have a situation where no one is happy and learning will not take place. I am wondering if this takes place in all school districts with poor or low economic status. There has to be a way of getting urban schools to increase literacy, but as I think about it, it might still fall back to the power struggle. I hope everyone one day will have the chance to have an equal opportunity at learning in the educational system in this country.

About Me

Hello everyone in Read 500, i am a future Physical Education teacher at North Bergen High School come this September. I enjoy all sports and learning new things in life. I wish everyone the best in this class and hope to get to know everyone by the time is class is over.