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"But I also know whether we interpret differences among children -- or adults -- as deficit or difference depends primarily on our preconceptions, attitudes toward, and stereotypes we hold toward the individual children's communities and cultures." (Purcell-Gates 2002)
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When I read this part in this article it really made me think about how you can judge someone just from your first impression of them. I will admit there have been people I have met and I automatically thought they were not intelligent because of the way they talked. Now looking back at this I realize it was wrong and I should judge someone because of the way they talk. I should listen to more of what they are saying not how they say it. Its just like the old saying "don't judge a book by its cover." Not only should I listen to what that person is saying but I should also take into account the differences between us. As Gates talks about throughout the article, when children start school and they have been read to and been around people that write everyday they are going to pick up on these qualities much faster than someone who doesn't see that in their day to day lives. I feel that when we are talking about students, as teachers we need to try to give everyone a fair chance to succeed and that means we need to take into account the children that have never been exposed simple things such as reading and writing.
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This website talks about many different ways to promote literacy in young children. It talks about being including your children when your reading something to expose them to it. Here is a link to the website
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This website talks about many different ways to promote literacy in young children. It talks about being including your children when your reading something to expose them to it. Here is a link to the website
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Purcell-Gates, V. (2002). "..as soon as she opens her mouth!". In the Skin that We Speak, Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
I agree with you. As you stated, we do need to consider differences but we also need to realize different does not mean wrong. -Alyssa
ReplyDeleteI agree we need to look at the differences between each other and not automatically associate these difference with deficits of the other person. Next time we meet someone different and begin to judge them we need to take a second to think about how they may be perceiving us. They do not only talk different from us but we also talk different from them.
ReplyDelete"Don't judge a book by its cover." That quote should be remembered by teachers everyday! It is hard not to be a judgeful person. However, as future teachers, we need to do everything possible to give each student equal chances. I think that quote would be something great to hang out a classroom wall!
ReplyDeleteYou cannot judge people based on their appearance. I did this with someone when I first started going to college. After time we had more and more classes together so we began to talk. Now we are very good friends and I couldn't image what the last few years would have been like without getting to know her.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you statement about not judging people based off of first impressions. As a teacher that is probably going to be one of the hardest skills to master, and will need constant monitoring to make sure I'm treating the students with respect.
ReplyDeleteI agree. As future teachers our number one responsibility will be to listen to our students and their parents.
ReplyDeleteWe all shouldn't judge people by the way they talk but we do and we need to change that.
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