CD-074 Reflections

 My final thoughts I thought this class was very informative.  Sometimes it's difficult for me to understand how and where other people come from.  I really try not to be close-minded to other people's lifestyles.  Living in California has really opened my eyes to other ways of living compared to the very conservative background I come from in the Midwest.  When my husband and I were newlyweds, we lived in Norfolk, Virginia.  Our eyes were opened to different lifestyles because we lived in low income housing and I had never experienced that before.  If I would have taken this class before living there, I would have been a lot more understanding and careful what I said to some of those people then.   This class has not only benefited my personal life but also my professional life.  In my class at my job, I have students who come from very diverse backgrounds.  Like I mentioned in the Zoom call on Thursday, understanding the backgrounds of...

1. What information surprised you or was new to you in this chapter? Hows does this information connect to info in the main course text? In chapter 9 of the Pica book, it mentions that some 5 and 6 year year olds got suspended for playing cops and robbers at recess.  That surprised me because kids are just using their imaginations at this age and rarely think of it as being aggressive. It connects with the course text because it talks about anti-bias in the classroom.  It's important to be anti-bias in a classroom and when you watch children play.  If you jump to conclusions because you think children are playing in a bad and unsafe way, but really they are just using their imagination, then that makes you look not good. 2 . What information do you agree with and why? What info do you disagree with and why? I agree that children should be free to use their  imagination.  I disagree that the children should have been suspended for just pretending. ...