Education

Human Consciousness

In my identity, sense of meaning, and well-being interdependent with that of others because during the reading Freire talks about how we are all ‘unfinished’ human beings. This resonated to me because as human beings, we are educated through what what we witness throughout the world. Sure…

My Role and Responsibility

What? My identity is interdependent with others because I identify as a human being, just as many people in this world do. As human beings, our sense of meanings may be similar, but the way we bring out our sense of meanings may be different. For example, I know that my biggest…

Self Identity and Growth

Our identity is not just what we think of ourselves, but it is a social construct that also involves how society…

Curiosity and Conscientization

My identity, sense of meaning, and well-being are interdependent with that of others because we live in a world where we are greatly influenced and impacted by others. A lot of the choices we think we are making on our own, may have subconsciously been influenced by some…

Prompt CR 10: Unfinished Business, Addressing Injustice: The Work of Human Beings

I like to be human…

Standing Up for What is Right and Connections

What? I see the ideas of not thinking and following orders played out many times in our society today. An example of this includes ongoing issues such as racism, the achievement gap, and the wage gap between men and women. Following orders and not questioning why problems occur…

Society’s Pitfalls (Critical Reflection #5)

What?

Before I even begin delving into the material, I have very little knowledge about structural racism. My school was structured around academies — these including career paths about the medical field, business, law…

Structural Racism

During the podcast and the readings, what I really got out of them was that all these schools with predominately black and brown students, have high rates of violence, criminality, and expulsions in schools. During the podcast, they mention how children living in poverty go to an underfunded…

Structures of Racism Embedded in Society

Through the podcast, video, and the readings, one can see that one of the most devastating forms of structural racism lies within our education systems and access to education in general. “So you want to talk about race” by Ijeoma Olva talks a lot about the…