i was watching TV and Law & Order:SVU came on which is a show about the special victims unit (SVU) and it sually deals with rape victims. What i thought was interesting was the fact that in this episod there was a transgender man who dressed like a women, her name was Charlie and she now called herself Charlette. She had a boyfriend but the boyfriend did not know that she had the phsical parts of a man. She wanted to get surgury to phsicaly make her into a woman but her boyfriends brother found out before she could get the surgury and tried to rape her in the bathroom. To protect herself she hit him over the head and accidentally killed him. While Charlette and her boyfriend were being interigated the cops told her boyfriend that she was a man and this drove the boyfriend crazy and eventually killed himself for loving a man. Also by the end of the show the jury found Charlette guilty of man slaughter in the first degree. The prosecuter did not even believe she should be but away for this crime so tried to take it easy on her to help her be found not guilty, but the jury saw her as a not normal MAN and but her away.
The worst part was that even after she was convicted they placed her in a male prison, she pegged to at least be put into a womens prison but because of her phisical sex she was bu ino a male prison because she did not get her surgury in time. While she was in the all male prison she was beaten so badly and gang raped so badly that she was but into critical care in a hospital, and that was how it ended.
This really shows how hard transgender and transexuals have it in society. The fact that she testified saying that she was scared to leave her house because she never knew what people would say or do to her is very sad. Also the fact that her boyfriend killed himself because he was in love wih a "man" is horrible.
Also this leaves a weird impression about transgenders on the viewer. You could look at this sympathetically and realize how hard some poeple have it in,life or riticruel them even more beauce of their personal choices.
One quote i thought was great was when Charlette said to the prosecuter "I dont regret anything, I did not chose to be this way... This is just the way I am, this is how i feel whole."
Just though this was interesting and wanted to share :)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community by Dennis Carlson
Premise:
-homosexuality
-heterosexuality
-gayness
-straighness
-lesbianess
-American culture
-tolerance
-gender
-race
-class
-school
-normalness
-democratic
-secret lives
-misunderstanding
Argument:
Carlson argues that school systems do not educate our children enough about sexual orientation and ignore an important issue that is at hand.
Evidence:
-"Public schools in particular have often promoted such "normalizing" conceptualizations of community that are based on defining a cultural center or "norm" and positioning class, gender, race, and sexual Others at the margins." (234) Carlson is asking why teachers are pushed to talk about some things and exclude others that are not concidered "normal". (who decided what was normal in the first place??)
-"It is now estimated that up to one third of all adolescent suicide vitims are gay, approximately one quarter of all homeless youth in the United States are gay, and dropout and drug abuse rates among gay youth are likewise high..." Carlson is trying to show how hard people are on homosexuals and how there is no ned for it.
-“Abuses get tolerated because gay teachers and students operate in an environment where they feel afraid to stand up for themselves, and because any discussion of gay people continues to be absent in the curriculum so that homophobia is not interrogated.”
Comments:
I felt that this article was a little more difficult at times than some of the others, but it brought a very good point to our attention. Homosexuals have a difficult life because people do not understand how they feel. It is ubsetting to know that so many people have to deal with such hard lives just because of who they are and having to hide who you are to try to act "normal" is very sad. I agree with Carlsons feeling about this topic and i feel that a person sexual orientation is there own business and we should understand other peoples views more openly.
-homosexuality
-heterosexuality
-gayness
-straighness
-lesbianess
-American culture
-tolerance
-gender
-race
-class
-school
-normalness
-democratic
-secret lives
-misunderstanding
Argument:
Carlson argues that school systems do not educate our children enough about sexual orientation and ignore an important issue that is at hand.
Evidence:
-"Public schools in particular have often promoted such "normalizing" conceptualizations of community that are based on defining a cultural center or "norm" and positioning class, gender, race, and sexual Others at the margins." (234) Carlson is asking why teachers are pushed to talk about some things and exclude others that are not concidered "normal". (who decided what was normal in the first place??)
-"It is now estimated that up to one third of all adolescent suicide vitims are gay, approximately one quarter of all homeless youth in the United States are gay, and dropout and drug abuse rates among gay youth are likewise high..." Carlson is trying to show how hard people are on homosexuals and how there is no ned for it.
-“Abuses get tolerated because gay teachers and students operate in an environment where they feel afraid to stand up for themselves, and because any discussion of gay people continues to be absent in the curriculum so that homophobia is not interrogated.”
Comments:
I felt that this article was a little more difficult at times than some of the others, but it brought a very good point to our attention. Homosexuals have a difficult life because people do not understand how they feel. It is ubsetting to know that so many people have to deal with such hard lives just because of who they are and having to hide who you are to try to act "normal" is very sad. I agree with Carlsons feeling about this topic and i feel that a person sexual orientation is there own business and we should understand other peoples views more openly.
Aria
Premise:
-children
-parents
-teachers
-school systems
-language
-private/ home life
-public life
-struggles
-learning barriers
-trust
-communication
-sacrifice
Argument:
The author, Rodrigues, argues that children should not be forced to learn english because thats what "america speaks". He belives that the language is more than just a way of communication but a way to identify oneself.
Evidence:
-Rodrigues states that language is what holds a family together and if that is taken away then the family is torn apart
-People start to become ashamed of themselves for not knowing english so change who they really are
-children learn to "silence" themselves, "unsmiling, ever watchful, my teachers noted my silence"
-Children where no only silenced in public but also at home. "The families quiet was particular due to the fact that, as we children learned more and more english we shared fewer and fewerwith their own parents.
-today children lose a sense of individuality when bilingual because they want you to conform to what society wants
-hard to exspess oneself in a foreign language
Comments:
This article really made me focus on how much of an impact language has on children. Although I understand that a child may have a dominant language, I also feel there needs to be a common language between teacher and student, not always englsh but a language both parties can understand. This will give children better and more opportunities to do well in both their public and private lives. Its sad for a child to have to lose a language, especially at home, but i think parents could take some more responsibility in making sure the child does not lose their first language and communication with their family.
For my service learning i help out in a ESL class. It is very sad for me to think that some of the children i teach can be going through this same situation at home. Also this does bring a hhuge learning barrier into the classroom because even the children in the class do not all speak one language, there is a variety of languages so it is very difficult to communicate in many situations. I just hope that their parent are reinforcing their language at home.
-children
-parents
-teachers
-school systems
-language
-private/ home life
-public life
-struggles
-learning barriers
-trust
-communication
-sacrifice
Argument:
The author, Rodrigues, argues that children should not be forced to learn english because thats what "america speaks". He belives that the language is more than just a way of communication but a way to identify oneself.
Evidence:
-Rodrigues states that language is what holds a family together and if that is taken away then the family is torn apart
-People start to become ashamed of themselves for not knowing english so change who they really are
-children learn to "silence" themselves, "unsmiling, ever watchful, my teachers noted my silence"
-Children where no only silenced in public but also at home. "The families quiet was particular due to the fact that, as we children learned more and more english we shared fewer and fewerwith their own parents.
-today children lose a sense of individuality when bilingual because they want you to conform to what society wants
-hard to exspess oneself in a foreign language
Comments:
This article really made me focus on how much of an impact language has on children. Although I understand that a child may have a dominant language, I also feel there needs to be a common language between teacher and student, not always englsh but a language both parties can understand. This will give children better and more opportunities to do well in both their public and private lives. Its sad for a child to have to lose a language, especially at home, but i think parents could take some more responsibility in making sure the child does not lose their first language and communication with their family.
For my service learning i help out in a ESL class. It is very sad for me to think that some of the children i teach can be going through this same situation at home. Also this does bring a hhuge learning barrier into the classroom because even the children in the class do not all speak one language, there is a variety of languages so it is very difficult to communicate in many situations. I just hope that their parent are reinforcing their language at home.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Kozol and Goldberg
Premises:
-Enemies
-Whites Vs. Blacks
-STDs
-Religion
-Rich vs. Poor
-Education
-Poverty
-Every day life
-living facilities
-Family
-Friends
-Death
-Sickness
-Drug abuse
-Sex
-Jobs
-Opportunities
Argument:
Depending on the amount of money you make, determines how you are treated in society. Kozol thinks that the amount of poverty in our society and the amount of racism that goes on is affecting the learning abilities of the children. America does not want to face the facts and is blinded by what they have in front of them and do not consider what their neighbors might be living through. They are simply only concerned about themselves.
Evidence:
"You see alot of prostitues down there as well. Furthur down. By the express way... Then we get illegal dumpers. People who dont live here come and dump thing they dont want: broken televisions, boxes of bottles, old refrigerators, beat up cars, old pieced of metal, other lovely things. They do in the wee hours of the morning."... "I've got quite a few nice things that way. Not long ago, somebody dumped a pile of chairs and tables in the street. Brand-new. I was offended but i was also blessed. I took the two chairs." (11)
"I believe that what the rich have done to the poor people in this city is something that a preacher could call evil. Somebody has power. Pretending that they dont so they dont need to use it to help people- thats my idea of evil." (23)
"I am in hell and you are not and so i hate you and i have to try to bring you down to where i am. I feel pity for them and fear becuase theyre lost."...."My teacher says we came here in chains and now we buy our own chains and we put them on ourselves" (24)
Comments:
Its sad to know that the poverty is so high in some places. For people to just dump their trash in someone elses home, is not right. But hey, one mans trash is another treasure.. haha.. Anyways, the idea of children having to also live in these conditions and view the world as such a horrible place is not the way the world should be viewed. This makes it difficult for them to have a "normal life and education". I was also shocked by the enviness people have by one another always needing to be better than the other person and keeping others down is not good.
-Enemies
-Whites Vs. Blacks
-STDs
-Religion
-Rich vs. Poor
-Education
-Poverty
-Every day life
-living facilities
-Family
-Friends
-Death
-Sickness
-Drug abuse
-Sex
-Jobs
-Opportunities
Argument:
Depending on the amount of money you make, determines how you are treated in society. Kozol thinks that the amount of poverty in our society and the amount of racism that goes on is affecting the learning abilities of the children. America does not want to face the facts and is blinded by what they have in front of them and do not consider what their neighbors might be living through. They are simply only concerned about themselves.
Evidence:
"You see alot of prostitues down there as well. Furthur down. By the express way... Then we get illegal dumpers. People who dont live here come and dump thing they dont want: broken televisions, boxes of bottles, old refrigerators, beat up cars, old pieced of metal, other lovely things. They do in the wee hours of the morning."... "I've got quite a few nice things that way. Not long ago, somebody dumped a pile of chairs and tables in the street. Brand-new. I was offended but i was also blessed. I took the two chairs." (11)
"I believe that what the rich have done to the poor people in this city is something that a preacher could call evil. Somebody has power. Pretending that they dont so they dont need to use it to help people- thats my idea of evil." (23)
"I am in hell and you are not and so i hate you and i have to try to bring you down to where i am. I feel pity for them and fear becuase theyre lost."...."My teacher says we came here in chains and now we buy our own chains and we put them on ourselves" (24)
Comments:
Its sad to know that the poverty is so high in some places. For people to just dump their trash in someone elses home, is not right. But hey, one mans trash is another treasure.. haha.. Anyways, the idea of children having to also live in these conditions and view the world as such a horrible place is not the way the world should be viewed. This makes it difficult for them to have a "normal life and education". I was also shocked by the enviness people have by one another always needing to be better than the other person and keeping others down is not good.
My first post
My names Heather, Im 18 and a freshmen @ RIC, im currently majoring in Elementary Ed and Math or Special Ed. This semester has been going pretty good so far. Im starting to adjust to college life. I hope to get alot of experience out of this class working with diversity and actually working with kids. I hope to have an amazing semester :D
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