Stories: Whose are told and whose remains in the margins?

 

    In the beginning of this module, we had to fill out an anticipation guide. There were certain statements that we had to agree/disagree with before and after this module. There are so many different views, including when it comes to talking about historical events. There are so many events that not a lot of us were taught about in school. We hear stories about people who never lost anything, never really had to fight for anything, the white side of history. But what about everyone else? Why do we fail to talk and include them? Other diverse cultures remain in the margins. One of the statements that stuck out to me was “this teaching pretends that there is a uniform collective story, which is akin to saying everyone remembers events the same.” I can remember so many classes where the teacher would be teaching a lesson and a student may say “well this is what I think about it” giving their point of view and/or opinions. This student rarely spoke, so I could tell it was important to them to speak up and be heard. Everyone’s story is different, no matter what is being talked about. I think it’s important to recognize what we say to others matters. Whether that be how we teach it to students or what we talk about during classes now and in the future. We must do better about talking about the topics and people who aren’t ever talked about. One of the videos we watched talked about sophisticated collaboration. I think this is crucial to have in our classrooms for our students to learn about these topics together. Change can only happen if we do something about it.