Description
In connection with the readings and videos for this week (and Malcolm X and Girl Rising from Week 2), we shall be discussing as a group the materials for this week.
As a reminder here is the list of materials, we covered for the week:
- Derek Turner | "Trauma: A Cancer in the Education System" (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
- Lemn Sissay | "A Child of the State" (TED)
- Malcolm London | "High School Training Ground" (TED)
- Malcolm X | "Learning to Read" (The Autobiography of Malcolm X)
- bell hooks | "Learning in the Shadow of Race and Class" (Acting Out Culture: Readings for Critical Inquiry)
- Brandon Taylor | "Fear is a Prolonged Argument with the World" (Lit Hub)
- Terese Marie Mailhot | "1 Indian Condition" & "10 Indian Condition"
- AJ+ | "Missing, Murdered and Native"
- Girl Rising (2013) (Extra Credit)
STEP 1:
After you have reviewed your notes/annotations on the videos and readings for this week, respond to the following questions:
- How did you feel reading through this week's articles? Were they easy or hard to read/watch? What did you like/dislike about them? What, if any, connections can you make between the experiences of the authors and speakers and your own experiences? (This answer should cover all sources for the week.)
- Share at least three points that stood out to you from the materials this week?
- What are at least three quotes from any of the sources that you connected with? Why do you feel it is significant? Why did you choose it?
- What was your biggest A-HA moment or takeaway? (This can be from any of the sources or involve all of them.)
- This question is optional, and thus you do not have to answer it to receive full points. Do you have any questions for me or your fellow classmates about any of the materials we have covered this week? (If you have questions from your Annotation Worksheets, you can post them here.)
Requirements:
- Your initial response should be 150-300 words per question.
- Your response to at least TWO classmates should be 150-200 words long and be more than "I agree" or "I like what you said." Engage in conversation!
Explanation & Answer
Here you go! Let me know if you need any edits or have any questions
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Reading through the Articles
Reading and watching documentaries concerning the purpose of education have been fun
and stimulating based on the aspects of education obtained from the learning materials. The
course week materials have provided insights concerning the struggles facing various people in
their path towards success. For instance, Malcolm X (1965) elaborates on the strategies he used
to read and write while in prison. Hooks (2000) also explains the problems facing young girls in
racist communities when attaining education success. Reading and watching the documentaries
about education was easy and straightforward as it involved the approaches of understanding the
concepts and the success factors of the narrators. All the narratives and videos were likeable as
they helped understand the struggles and the authors' efforts in their learning process. For
example, Taylor (2019) explains the incidences that led to his fear even at his older age. Taylor
grew up in a family and society that teased him and made fun of him, which led to fear
development. Girl Rising is a documentary that portrays the lives of several girls fr...
