Sunday, November 25, 2007

Final talking points on Orenstein

After reading this article, one image continued to go through my head. Women. Why? Because this whole article was based on how this teacher seemed to have a obsession with the power of women. Her whole classroom screamed so many hidden messages. Her room was filled with pictures of famous women and women in general. Where were the men? We don't know. But it is saying something now only about her, but her personality, and even her possible teaching skills. Obviously she takes girls over guys that is just a given based on the style of her room. That can also potentially cause a huge problem in class too. Because it shows the kids that girls are better than guys are and shows that she isn't in favor of the everyone is equal saying. I think that her teaching style is awful and wrong and not right for the development of the kids' futures. I think that she should change her style of teaching and show the class that both guys and girls both can do great things with hard and not show dominance in one gender. it can really make things harder for the kids if they get the wrong attitude.

1 comment:

Dr. Lesley Bogad said...

I think this issue came up in class... but I think that your response was filtered through a lens of male privilege. It seems like this text felt a little threatening to you in ways that many of the others have not been. WHat do you think about this theory?

LB :)