Nicole Pickering
Race, Class, Gender. Why Students Fail
Peter McLaren
1. "The girls in the Corridor often reject marriage as a desirable option for the future. At the same time, however, some felt that marriage would be preferable to working in meaningless job.”
1. This quote seems kind of rude when I read it. It seems to be very offensive to women. If you are a strong and independent women then there should be nothing wrong with wanting to get married. I don't think that it seems right that this quote says the girls reject marriage as a desirable option for the future.
2. "Each group needs to be understood separately within its own cultural, class, race, and gendered frames of reference."
1. I strongly agree with this quote. No one is the same person in the world and no groups are the same. Everyone and all the groups that are out there should be understood for who they really are. They should also be accepted for who they are. Not every group has the same beliefs so that is why they should be looked at differently.
3. "‘Psychologizing’ student failure amounts to blaming it on individual trait or series of traits (e.g., lack of motivation or low self-concept).”
1. This definitely has a major effect on students trying to succeed in something. It is not the students fault that they have these traits. It is the background that they come from which makes them the way they are. It is most definitely possible to ignore these traits and not let if effect how a student is looked at.
I was not a big fan of this reading. It had a lot of offensive statements in it. It was easy to read; I did not have trouble with that at all.
I think that a lot of us came to the same conclusions. Everyone is different and because of this others should accept the fact that no two people are the same. Yes, there is this ideal person but no one is able to fit that mold. I think that many of us did not agree with what was discussed in this reading. Those of us are on the other side of this argument.
ReplyDeleteI strongly with quote three. Individually traits play a major role when it comes to learning. But I do believe that something triggers traits like lack of motivation or low self-concept. I also believe that one of the teacher's role is to help a student to eliminated traits like that. Teachers should motivate a lazy student and turn them into a higher achiever.
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