Other People's Children 

Reading this article a few things caught my attention. Those with power are least aware of it or least willing to acknowledge it those with less power are often most aware of its existence. Lisa Delpit presents her views concerning the difficulties children of color face in American schools. The author suggests that these children are denied access to the “culture of power,” with its implied rules and codes that are advanced by members of white middle-class society.  Delpit maintains that to affect positive change, teachers of black students must be more successful as “cultural transmitters” and must find a way to educate these students about the system, while also affirming and validating their own culture. I am not a teacher, I am a school nurse I feel being a teacher can be challenging trying to teach the school criteria based on the school dept but also being able to be successful with their own culture and view while maintaining all the student's cultures and views I would think this would be difficult to keep everyone happy.

 She also states that we must acknowledge the issues of black teachers and parents, whose voices have been stifled by stereotypes, bias, and societal diminishment as part of “the silenced dialogue.”  In the book, Delpit uses her knowledge and experiences to advocate for an educational practice that provides equity for students of color by addressing the miscommunication among cultures that causes black students to fail.

Martha Demientif had a great quote “ We must learn to be vulnerable enough to allow our world to turn upside down in order to allow the realities of others to edge themselves into our consciousness”.

I liked how Amanda Branscomble taught her students she found a way to get to them. She worked with black high school students who were labeled “slow Learners” She found a way to get the students engaged in their educations. She had them analyze rap songs which turned into a base into Shakespeare plays, very similar to the movie Dangerous minds with Michelle Pfiefer who played Lou Ann Johnson.

I have seen this with some of our teachers trying to find a way to keep students engaged in learning,

We have to Listen to the way people talk not to judge them but to tell what part of the river they came from. ( Martha Demeintieff.)

Dangerous Minds