Kirsten's Teacher Blog

          Thinking back on my past years in school before college, I realized how many teachers of mine were women.  I had a total of 8 male teachers throughout my middle school years to senior year of high school, that were not just a PE coach. I had none in elementary school. There is a gender divide when it comes to the classrooms. Truthfully, I had never taken the time before this to realize how majority of my education was taught by women before college. I found Jennie Weiner’s podcast very interesting as she spoke about how males are more often given the leadership role because they have “male characteristics” that are more fit for leadership than women are. I find this very irritating, and it led me to stop and think about the leadership roles at most of the schools I’ve been to. The majority of them had male principles. I think male teachers are often perceived as scary or tough to their students. They are put into this stereotype tha...

         After reading and watching the videos from this module, I don’t think it’s fair to say I have the full picture. Will anyone ever truly know everything that is happening/has happened? In school they don’t teach us the full picture. They pick out certain parts and leave the rest unspoken. So much is hidden from us and for what reason? Unfortunately, I was never taught about Ruby Bridges, I never knew her story growing up. Hearing that adults were throwing rocks at her and treating this little six year old girl was heart breaking. Watching Victoria’s video informed me of so much that I wasn’t aware of. It amazes me how little we can be taught, but at the time, thinking we were learning so much. The failure of the educational system and the miseducation of students can be the fault for this. Students should be able to ask questions and teachers should be able to answer them unbiasedly. One thing that stood out to me in the readings was Autumn Roberson-...