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Blog # 9 Comments Reading the  RI Laws and Policies and Queering Our Schools, I took a peek at some of the other blogs that were posted since mine were late. I agree with Liv and Brenna. My school was not a queer friendly environment. We only had 1 gender neutral bathroom, but it was mainly used for teachers and some students who were in the special ed courses that needed help while using the restroom. It was mainly like a 'family' bathroom you would see in grocery stores. With that being said, there is definitely room for improvement in schools to make students feel more welcome in an environment that they have to see almost every day.

Blog # 8 Reflection To give a definition to the word "ableism", ableism is  the discrimination of and social prejudice against people with disabilities based on the belief that typical abilities are superior.  I have a cousin who has down syndrome, and she couldn't be doing better. She plays unified sports, takes place in the special olympics and does good in school. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for everyone.  In high school, we had a wing that was primarily held classes for people with disabilities. Everyone would avoid that section of the school and sometimes even go the long way just to get to class. I would go through that hallway and talk to some of the students, because they were just like us they just had the label of being disabled that 'scared' people away. When Hehir talks about education for the deaf, it reminded me of high school as well. My grandfather's sister was deaf and my grandfather got me interested in...

Blog #7 Argument     In the article "Aria" by Richard Rodriguez, he talks about bilingual education. Rodriguez argues that only certain languages should be taught. For example, only languages that is able to be used.       Rodrigues explains how his life was growing up. He always had a hard time understanding people in a primarily English region. He had to learn to speak English clearly so that he would be able to communicate with others and to fit in. For many kids, this is difficult having to learn another language when you only know your native one.     I can relate to this with Inspiring minds. I have a couple of students where Spanish is their first language. And in order for them to communicate with the teacher they have to speak in English. I feel bad for those students who have to go out of their way to be able to communicate with their peers or their teachers. Students should be comfortable in classrooms when speaking their own language. ...

 Blog #6 Connections     While reading this article, I've found some similarities between all of the different texts we've read as a class. For example, many talk about racism and how it can effect classrooms, offices, and even just in public, But all the stories have one thing in common; how racism effects classrooms. In order for a student to get a good education they need to be 'rich'. And unfortunately, thats true. Now I'm not saying this for every student, but it is more common for students to have a higher education if they live in a 'well-rounded' neighborhood.      To connect it to an exact article, I think the NY Times article that I read is a perfect example to connect it to this article. In the NY Times paper, it talked about how schools really aren't getting the right funding in some districts. Those being the poorer districts. However what it doesn't say in the article is that the state will only allow so much funding for different schoo...

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Blog #5 "Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality" Quotes "School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number of students, a new report found."           Reading this quote from the NY Times article made me sick to my stomach. Children are suffering in and out of schools. The schools that predominantly serve students of color aren't getting enough funding to aid those students in need of a good education. Why is it that those schools receive much less than the schools that are in 'white districts'? "Racial segregation in public education has been illegal for 65 years in the United States. Yet American public schools remain largely separate and unequal — with profound consequences for students, especially students of color."     With the example listed ab...