WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Blog Assignment: What I have Learned

·         I hope to show the children and their families that come from all diverse backgrounds that I can learn and teach them accordingly. I want them to see that I display my anti-biases learning. I want them to know I am a teacher that respect and care about their children and that teaching them and learning from them will be a pleasure. I want the parents to be comfortable enough to address any problem with me. I want the children to be able to address any concern with me and I have a good relationship with the parent to get the answers I may need.

·         One goal I would set for the early childhood field related to issue of diversity, equity, and social justice is that the solution is finding in an anti-bias way. That we work together in finding the correct answer to the issue. That all teachers become anti-bias teaching in an anti-bias way.

·         I would like to take this time to thank all my colleagues for their discussion question post, for their blog posting and for their comments on these post that help me to grow. You have made this class the best class I ever had. I have learned a lot about myself from them. I wish everyone the best. Thank You Again!!

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Start Seeing Diversity Blog: "We Dont' Say Those Words in Class!"

This summer I took my son to work with me. I work at a center base school with SXI (Severely Multiply Impaired) students who are between the ages 14- 20. The children I work with are mostly in wheelchair and have to have their diaper changed. My son is three years old and asked me why do I have to push that boy’s wheelchair and why I have to change his diaper and asked me was he a baby? I tried to explain the best way I could to him so that he may understand. I told my son that the child was born this way and he cannot walk and go to the bathroom like you. I do not know if my son understood what I was saying but he stop asking question about the little boy. Months later my son and I was at a store and he saw a lady in a wheelchair and he said to me mommy that lady cannot walk. I was proud because I realized that when I answered my son question about the boy in the wheelchair I help him to understand a little about people in wheelchairs without him being alert about people in wheelchairs.

I am finding that there are going to be many questions my son is going to asked me and as a mother I will have to address them in order for him to understand why people are different. I want him to treat all people with respect regardless of them being different.  As a educator I want to teach my student the same way they are to respect people may not be just like them that everyone is different. By doing this I will be helping the student to not be bias with people that are different.