Carlson

Nicole Pickering

Gayness, Multicultural, Education and Community

Dennis Carlson

1. ''Being yourself' celebrates individualism and the autonomy of individuals to construct  their own lives according to their own values and achieve goals they set for themselves- a  deep fundamental value in American culture."

     1. Everyone needs to be thereselves in life. The sad thing is that not everybody is. Many people want to be like others whether it is how the other person is acting, dressing, speaking, etc. A lot of people need to hide in a corner because they are afraid to express who they really are. Expressing who you really are is what is important.

     2. Being yourself can be hard. People tend to judge and that is what makes matters worse. Take school for example. I remember being in school and seeing people always get picked on because of what they were doing, how they acted, or even how the dressed. There is so much unnecessary drama.

     3. As life goes on you will always have that unnecessary drama. You will always have some people that judge others. But as life goes on, it will get easier. People just need to accept the fact that no one is perfect. What they have to do is express who they are and they need to be themselves. Your life depends on how you act. So if you act like someone you are not, your life will not turn out the way you want it to be.

2. "A number of postmodern theorists have made the point that the public school  curriculum is becoming less important and relevant to young people as they have access to broad array of information, discourses, and cultural 'texts' outside of school."

     1. The media affects people everywhere. Because of the media people's ideas change, thoughts change, and appearances change too. I'm beginning to believe that the media is taking over education and learning. People are getting things off the internet and instead of doing their schoolwork, they go to websites and get the information and learn things that way. A child learns so much in school. They meet new people, learn about their peers, and they accept people for who they are. But with the media getting involved, things end up turning into a bad situation. Kids no longer need to be taught in school about homosexuality, race, or gender because the media is having a bad influence on it and kids tend to listen to the media more often.

3. "Since homosexuals were therefore ineffective as teachers, Waller encouraged administration to be on the lookout for "latent homosexuals" when they are hiring teachers."

     1. This quote made me a little upset because being a teacher should not be based on sexuality. It should not be based on anything for that matter. No one should be judged on sexuality, race, gender, etc.

     2. Being someone different does not affect how someone teaches kids. The only thing that should matter is how the teacher is teaching the material that should be learned. If they are not doing it correctly or appropriately then there should be something recognized and done about it. But sexuality should definitely not make a difference in teaching. 

     3. I understand where this quote comes from though. Some parents may not want their children asking them why there teacher does this, is this, or things like that. It takes time for children to actually understand what is going on. It takes awhile for them to comprehend the meaning of homosexuality.

Homosexuality is a big deal when it is taken the wrong way. No one should be judged on who they are and who they want to be. People need to accept the fact that not everyone is the same. It does not hurt anyone to be different. People definitely need to be more open about things like this. If everyone accepted others for who they are and no one was a judgmental person, maybe things could be different in the world today.