ANITA HILL IS A BOY

Tales from a Gender – Fair Classroom
Peggy Orenstein

The author argues that gender equity activities need to be included in schools’ curriculum. This can teach students we all are human and deserve the same respect no matter is we are men or women.

• “Women are one-half of the world’s people; they do two-thirds of the world’s work; they earn one-tenth of the world’s income; they own one one-hundredth of the world’s property.”

I love this quote. All it says is true. We women do most of the work, starting from home-work. Most of us have to work and also take care of the kids and the house. But we don’t get pay as well as men. We are considered we don’t qualify for certain jobs but we do can bring men to this world.

• “It disturbed me that although girls were willing to see men as heroes, none of the boys would see women that way.”

This is so true; men don’t want to recognize we women sometimes can be equally or better than them is some aspects. Some just don’t recognize it because they think that by doing so they can lose their “power – position”.

• “The boys definitely resent it, … . “They think Ms. Logan is sexist. But you know what I think? I think that it’s the resentment of losing their place. In our other classes, the teachers just focus on men, but the boys don’t complain that that’s sexist. They say, ‘It’s different in those classes because we’re focusing on the important people in history, who just happen to ne men.’ ”
Sometimes I think most men are so ignorant. How can the even think the most important people in history were men. Did they forget about those women who fought not only for women’s rights but for men’s rights too, for instance, Rosa Parks? Or did they forget about the woman who brought them to this world who happens to be a hero in their own history just for carrying them inside her belly for nine months and then take care of them until they were around 20 years old?

This has been one the best papers I’ve read in this class. It’s not because I’m a women but because it says the true. I hope teachers like Ms. Logan keep teaching kind of thing to students so one they this world change.

“One More River to Cross” – Recognizing the Real Injury in Brown:

A Prerequisite to Shaping New Remedies.

Charles Lawrence


The author argues that segregation and discriminition still exist in America. To ilustrate this problem, the author presents the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education. He explains how discrimination is affectiing our school system.

• “The mere placement of black and white children in the same school does not remove that brand imprinted by years of segregation.” (Pg. 283)

nowadays many of our schools are mix and whites, blacks, and latinos children can take classes in the same classrooms, one still can see white privilege and how different black and latinos are been treated by some proffesors and school staffs.

• “We must Devise and Demand Remedies That Go beyond Mere Pupil Placement.” (Pg. 287)

This quote is very explicit and direct. In other words what it is saying is that we need to reconignize that the problem exist so we can find solutions. As Johnson says, we need to use the words in order to make any change.

• “It is nontheless important that we keep these self-evindent truths clear in our minds. Too often we have been sidetracked in our struggle because we have lost sight of our goal, or accepted the oppressor’s definitions, or mistaken the means for the ends”. (Pg. 293)

All of us who reconigze the existance of discrimination in our school system and want to make a change, need to keep fighting no matter what. Each individual has the right to be treated as any one else, it doesn’t matter the color of his’her skin or background. We need to fight to create equality in our society.


I found this article a little dificult to read but is is very interesting. I agree with the author’s argument about segregation and discrimination in our schools. I hope one day we don’t have this problem any more. I have experienced discrimination myself since I came to this country and school was not the exception. I can tell myselft how difficult and frustrating it is for a child to go through something like that.

In The Service Of What?

Kahne and Westheimer argue that service learning is vital in the education of a child. Our school system is aware of this and most of our school had made service learning part of their curriculum. But there are two kinds of service, the one made for charity and the other which is made for change. In some way, both have the same intentions, help needed people and also educate students involved in the process. Besides the similarities, there are differences between these two types of services, as which of the two would be the most beneficial for our society and which would serve better as a reinforce in a child personal and educational development. Here is where the big question comes, “In the service of what?” .This is the question many educators have being asking themselves at the time they introduce service learning in their classrooms.

• “Service learning makes students active participants in service projects that aim to respond to the needs of the community while furthering the academic goals of students.”

This quote explicitly says how vital service learning can be in the life and education of a child. At the same time a child help those in needs also learn.

• “Mr. Johnson had his students participate in community service projects of their own choosing. For example, one student worked in a center for babies whose mothers had high levels of crack cocaine in their bloodstreams during pregnancy. … By finding and engaging in community service activities, Mr. Johnson explained, students would interact with those less fortunate than themselves and would experience the excitement and joy of leaning while using community as their classroom.”

This quote is an example of service learning as charity. As students help those “less fortunate” they can learn. But some of the problems when doing service learning as charity are that sometimes it is a school requirement and the students end up doing it for obligation and that when obligation is involved no reflection on what is being done is made.

• “Working together, Ms. Adams and her students identified issues of common concern and then voted to focus their energy on the issue of homeless. … They developed action plans to aid relief efforts for homeless in their communities and raised funds for two homeless advocacy groups the class had selected. During whole-class and small-group discussions and also writing, they reflected on the readings, on what they had learned from the invited speakers, and on their own experiences while working on the project.”

This is an example of service learning done for change. When students participate and collaborate to make some change in their community more leaning occur because as the quote above mentions, there is reflection involve. This kind of service is long-term and is more beneficial for the community.


After reading this article I found myself asking in what kind of service I was involve while I was in high school. I remember it was required to do service learning in order to graduate and when I was in 12TH grade my English teacher had us go to a child daycare near by the school twice a week. There I had to help the kids with their reading. To be honest, I liked to go and help them because these were poor kids who needed the help. I think my experience can be considered as charity but today I think in a different way and if I had to do service learning again I’ll do it because I want to make some change in my community.

Taste of Culture ' 09

Sponsored by LASO.
I had the opportunity to participate in this activity which was held on Friday 20, 2009 at the Ballroom (Student Union). The purpose of this activity is to gather people from different cultures so they can have a good time as they enjoy Hispanic food and music. There were Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Africans, Americans, Guatemalans, and much more. I had a great time that night. The food was really good. They were playing Bachata, Merengue, Salsa, and all kind of Hispanic music. There were also many performances by some of the members of LASO. Below are some pic's so you can take a look…

Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us

Linda Christensen


Christensen argues that children cartoons and media have a big influence in children since a very early stage. This is known as a “secret education” which with the pass of the time makes one become in a person that oneself don’t even know.

• “When we read children’s books, we aren’t just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated.” (Pg. 126).
• “The impact of racism begins early. Even in our preschool years, we are exposed to misinformation about people different from us.” (Pg. 126).
• Children’s cartoons, movies, and literature are perhaps the most influential genre ‘read’.” (Pg. 127).
• “My student don’t want to believe that they have been manipulated by children’s media or advertising.” (Pg. 128).
• “Indians in ‘Looney Tunes’ are also depicted as inferior human beings. These characters are stereotypical to the greatest degree, carrying tomahawks, painting their faces, and sending smoke signals as their only means of communication. …We begin to imagine Indians as savages with bows and arrows and long black braids. There’s no room in our minds for knowledge of the difference between tribes, like the Cherokee alphabet or Celilo salmon fishing.”

The quotes above reflect the way we’re all manipulated since a very early stage in our lives by the media. And personally, I have to admit the media plays a big role in my life. Since I was a kid, I remember playing with Barbie Dolls and all I wanted was to look like them, be skinny, and have long beautiful hair, etc. but since I was a little fat the influence Barbie Dolls had in my life were not good at all, my self-esteem was really low and even today I’m dealing with that problem. But besides toys and children’s cartoons, we are exposed to movies, TV shoes, music videos, and all kind of media, that have bad influence in one’s life. As one of the quotes mentioned above says, we are being manipulated by the media.