8th Blog

 RI Policies and Woke Read Alouds

    The RI Policies and the video are informative on how as a society, there have been movements on creating a more accepting place for everyone. While the laws show a more specific and more serious way of presenting this information, the video uses a children's book to explain the situation to a targeted younger audience. The laws also go in depth on the protection of students and children, which makes a big deal in the development of the children when they are ready to move up in the world.

    When it comes to the acceptance and equality of everyone in a classroom environment and out in the world, I am 100% for it. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and kindness. I personally have a limited experience with the information presented based on the people I grew up around: I grew up in a rural, white town with rural white students. The idea of students that are transgender or have a different sexuality was not common where I went to high school, but it does not matter because at the end of the day we are all human. People can and deserve to decide how they want to present and think of themselves, and people should always support that. However, I am a strong believer that the student should figure things out themselves. Of course there should be guidance with important figures, but the big shots need to be made by the student themselves because it is their life that is being effected. I do not believe that there should be a push to actively need these kinds of students in the classroom just to be socially viewed as "accepting". It should be a student's decision on their own, and teachers and school systems should only present the acceptance and awareness to the students for them to figure out on their own.

Hyperlink: Teachers play a key role in helping students feel they 'belong' at school (theconversation.com)