Reading Response 4: Field Placement

My field placement was at Wilfred Hunt Elementary school in the Arts Education classroom. This was an amazing experience for me because I got the opportunity to learn a lot about how the Art programs in schools differ from other programs such as math or French. I learned that teaching Arts Education in an elementary…

Reading Response 3: TV Bullies

I found this article to be very interesting. I have watched the TV show Glee many times before and have not viewed it quite the same as the writer of this article did. The article talks about how school administrators and teachers claim that their school is a safe place for students when in reality…

Reading Response 2: After Boushie

Talking about racism is a hard thing for people to do because nobody wants to admit that they are racist. Racism is seen as intentionally horrible acts towards minorities, while it might not be. Every white person is considered racist because they reap the benefits of having the minorities as the lesser group. This article…

Reading Response 1: White Privilege

White privilege is something that often goes unrecognized.  Peggy McIntosh’s article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” discusses the facts that the privileges are often unacknowledged.  People in the dominant group often deny their privilege because they are ashamed of having advantages over others.  McIntosh says “Thinking through unacknowledged male privilege as a phenomenon, I…