Hi Everybody,
I have known about white privilidge and power for some time now,. I've read this article "McIntosh" years ago in a womens' study class. The multiccultural perspective I bring to the class is that I should educate myself to understand others cultures, then teach from that perspective. Once you understnd the culture it's pretty easy to teach from that point of knowledge. What's not easy is to not educate yourself, or stick your head in the sand and say they have to do what I say, they have to bend to my way of teaching. This is hard for the child. I will keep this in mind on a dalily basis and teach accordingly.
I woul dlike to be a teacher because I believe the children need my help in order to be educated. I shall seek out children from the ages of 6-10 anywhere in Albuquerque, I should be assigned.
My line of philosophy is at work ( I left it there by accident) so I have to do this another day.
Thanks for your remarks, Jean. One of the things I've been thinking and wondering about is how I'm going to make diversity something to celebrate and find ways to differentiate my teaching. Do you already have a feeling for that?
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