Maps Post

• Garcia:  The teachers assistant speaks fluent Spanish and English.  She does mix Spanish and English from time.  In a school with a non-white majority this is valuable.
• Johnson:  Books like "Amazing Grace" and "The Name Jar" are examples of students being taught that being different is not wrong and to not treat others differently for being different and to not feel bad about being different.
• Kliewer: A student in the class has a mental disorder and the it has been normalized to the other students. Because of this students don't judge them or make fun of them for their disability.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vcym6mBZ_SlwTBY_2KVrDkB963jMeMQQy8hcB8K5ycE/edit?usp=sharing

kliewer/McDemont reading

• “Success in life requires an ability to form relationships with others who make up the web of community. Though many of us have a certain level of control over who we meet and interact with, none of us can come close to claiming complete control."
• This quote infers that separating kids based on disabilities is not in their best interest.  When we separate based on this, we create a space for prejudice.  If we are separated from these types of people at an early age it creates an idea that they need to be separated in order for things to proceed normally for both groups.  We also teach that relationships with disabled people are uncommon, odd, or even out of pity.
• "Common sense allows that persons unable to handle a difficult problem can be labeled "disabled." Social analysis shows that being labeled often invites a public response that multiplies the difficulties facing the seemingly unable. Cultural analysis shows that disability refers most precisely to inadequate performances only on tasks that are arbitrarily circumscribed from daily life. disabilities are less the property of persons than they are moments in a cultural focus. Everyone in any culture is subject to being labeled and disabled."
• The idea of a disability completely impairing a person's ability to learn doesn't truly make sense on paper and in practice.  It only changes the way people approach learning new things, instead of an inability to learn certain things.  And blaming a student's difficulty in learning something is a cheap cop out, as more likely than not the student but rather the schools unwillingness to teach the kid properly.
• "Shayne, however, did not see Isaac, or any of her students, as defective. In her classroom, which contained 6 students clinically identified as disabled (3 with Down syndrome, including Isaac) and 10 students considered non-disabled, Shayne and her associates worked to create a context that supported all children's full participation."
• It is not okay in any context whatsoever for a teacher to rank students against each other in regards to something out of their control be it sexuality, race, or disabilities.  Creating and environment where it is very clear which children have preferred traits can create room for biases to surface in adulthood.  A teacher's bias and behaviors will always reflect on the students in one form or another.