TroubleMakers

 Preface + Introduction

By Shalaby

    It is mentioned that there is a higher probability that black students are suspended than their white peers according to the United States Department of Education, since it is due to the data that they gave and that they are considered troublemakers before they start kindergarten. However, these people are the ones from we can learn the most about freedom for all the things that have happened to them. This part of preface, makes us realize how difficult it was for those people before having a freedom, calling them troublemakers just because they had a different skin color or another culture. Here in this article, the author mentions that the students are the ones who have to answer, that the teacher is the one who asks, the adult speaks while the young people have to listen. Reading this, reminded me when we were talking about Delpit in class, and about the example Dr. Bogad gave us with the bottle of water, when she asks if it is allowed to drink water during class, that there are rules that we (students) are supposed to follow. However, what the author is trying to say, is that he/she wants schools to teach children not to think that only some lives are important but all lives are important.

    Reading the article "Introduction, on (in) visibility," I realized how some teacher decide to leave their careers as a teachers, and they say they do it because of the students' behaviors. I do not know whether to agree with this or not. I remember when I was in middle school in my country, I was in music class, but some of my classmates were not paying attention and did not know what we were supposed to do. We were practicing the flute, but there came a time when the class became a complete disaster and the teacher could not keep up. He left the class crying and went straight to the principal's office, saying he did not want to teach anymore. It is true that being a teacher is not easy at all, because sometimes it can be very stressful, difficult in trying to control the attitude of the students and things like these can happened like the one I talked about that happened with my music class teacher, but I feel that no matter how difficult the situation is with the students. the teacher has to know how to control the situation, even their feelings and not say that they do not want to continue teaching anymore because of the attitude that the children/young people have. The author also mentions in one part of this article that you can learns from children/young people and I agree with that. For example, in kindergarten, children teach (teachers) how friendship works. Although there is a lot of talent in individual work, they also teach how unity is when they have to work in a group and they even teach us how with a simple smile you can brighten someone else's day.

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