Aria Rodriguez

 A. Hello everyone, today my analysis will be connections referring to Rodriguez's text Aria. 

B. I find Aria connects very closely with with silenced dialogue and intersectionality. The troubles Rodriguez faced in regards to his forced education on the English language (and subsequent 'loss' of Spanish) give a hand to a topic that has only recently been genuinely recognized. ELL education still to this day, even in my service learning placement is not at all where it should be. The fact that some teachers still have to resort to google translate and/or have students lose hours of lessons due to a communication gap is not only unfair to students, but also teachers. It's a topic not talked about enough, and even though it is talked about more today, that does not mean it is discussed sufficiently and effectively. In regards to intersectionality, it is not students faults when they hit this crossroads between language and proper education. It should be up to the schools systems to accommodate the needs of students who do not know they dominant language, no matter in the US or in a different nation. Unfortunately the US is one of the nations with ELL education being such a prominent problem. This ties into my connections and further analysis below. 

C. One question I would like to leave with the class is, have any of you seen struggles with ELL accommodations whether during FNED 101 observations or with your service learning placements this semester? The article I am introducing includes some statistics on ELL students across the United States. I would have never known before looking at this that Rhode Island has one of the highest ELL percentages across the country. 

ELL Statistics

Unfortunately I can't figure out how to include the most recent graphic from the article, so I'm adding an older version. 

Video Analysis Notes (Teach Us All, Classroom Tour, Precious Knowledge)

 

Finn Reflection

 Hey everyone,

A. This week I will be doing a reflection on Finn's "Literacy with an Attitude" and how it relates to my school experiences. 

B. While reading (in depth) Chapter 2 of Finn's writing, he discusses the study performed by Anyon regarding the difference between different class based schools in different school districts. The most intriguing part was hearing the break down of what Anyon experienced in the various different 5 grade classrooms and how they differed. Hearing all the different details from the various schools made me realize and pinpoint where my schools fell in the realm of Anyon's experiences. Obviously this study does not mean every middle class school will be the same for instance, but I would have thought my schools would have fit into one category. When reading I noticed that my schools fell into multiple different categories. Obviously, I imagine the schools in the study could have experiences not written about that fall into other categories, but I just found it interesting. Lincoln has a wide array of economic classes within its borders, so I assume it would make sense that our schools would exhibit characteristics from the various backgrounds that were discussed. I just think it is interesting for the prospect that one district can also fall into the working class, through the elite category, sometimes at the same time. 

C. Some questions I would like to leave to the class is, what school that Anyon experienced do you feel that you related to the most? Did your district vary through multiple classes as I feel mine did? What did you relate to most in the article? For my article, I am going to attach a link to a fact sheet regarding the relationship between economic class and education and its affects on the students.

Fact Sheet