Blog #8: Reflection post
This text really gets into the serious gaps we've got in our education system. It shows how a kid's background can shape the kind of education they get. It is very eye-opening to see the things Jean Anyon talks about in her research on working-class schools. It is like a mirror image of what I've seen attending public school in Providence and even volunteering at the elementary school I was assigned to. This problem clearly is not strictly in Jersey. Creativity in the schools is being put on the backburner which results in just one more problem for students and when you're in a school with a large amount of poverty, it's like the problems just stack up. This quote "work [is] often evaluated in terms of whether the steps were followed rather than whether it was right or wrong," and "teachers [make] every effort to control students' movement" (Finn, 10-11) shows what matters to the school system, it is not about the students but it is about how they students can make the school look by getting things "right". Teachers are all about making sure the kids follow the steps, not really caring if they get it right or wrong. This strategy can easily block real learning and creativity from students because they will learn to only care about checking the right box, not necessarily knowing why they are checking said box. Kids are curious by nature, but the way things are going, they're just getting boxed into a routine.
The image bellow shows different and creative way in which children learn and grow in joyous ways.
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