Number Six

A Particularly Cheap White Whine
By Tim Wise

1. "In truth, only 3.5 percent of college students of color receive any scholarship even partly based on race, suggesting that such programming remain a pathetically small of the financial aid picture in this country, irrespective of what a gaggle of reactionary white folks might believe."

• Most of the students that go to college have a reason and acually want to be there.  Students just dont go out and say that oh because there is a scholarship for black people im going to go to college. Its not like that at all.  I don't believe that we should get mad about it because theres scholarship for whites and blondes with blue eyes and more.  The people who make the scholarships arent trying to be races they are trying to be fair.

1. "In terms of ideology, racism is the belif on the inherent superiority/inferiority of one race to another, while institutionally it refers to polices, practices or procedires that have the effect of perpetuating systemic inequalities between the races, and which deny persons of a particular race equal oppertunity with those of other races."

1. "Black students are far more likely than white students to come from lower-income families, and in fact, at selective colleges and universities, the average black students comes from a family with half the median income of the average white student."

• This is right and wrong in many ways.  This quote is stereotypical.  There are black families out there that do come from money.  I disagree with this quote very much.

This artical was an easy read for me but there was some things that I did not agree with.

Number Five

In The Service Of What?

By Joseph Kahne

1. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

• Its better to do things for other people.  You feel good after you do something for someone else.  It is better to put others first before yourself.

1. "The hope was that students' values and beliefs might Be transformed by these experiences."

• By having children do service for others, it will make them known of what people go through.  Having students do service with others.  Also teaches the kids to be grateful for what they have as well.

1. "Rather then assume erroneously, that all educators share the same vision, we think it is better to be explicit about the numerous and different visions that drive the creation and implementation of service learning activities in school."

• Every teacher has a different style of teaching.  Some teachers teach straight by the rules some don't.  It helps to have service learning activities can be about what the teacher is teaching and help the child understand." 

This article was an easy read for me.  I liked how they mentioned the famous quote from president Kennedy .

Number FOUR

Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us

By Linda Christensen                                                                                           Rachel Miale

1.      

 When we read children’s books, we aren’t just reading cute little stories, we are discovering he tools with which a young society in manipulated.”

·    What this means is that children books are nice and cute, but it all has a twist to everyone.  For example take the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  In this book it goes to show kids that it’s ok to break into someone’s house and eat their food.

2.       “I don’t want students to believe that change can be bought at the mall, nor do I want then thinking that the pinnacle of a woman’s life is an “I do” that supposedly leads them to happy ever after.  I don’t want my female students to see their sisters as competition for that scarce and wonderful commodity-men.”

·     Not ever life ends happily ever after, every kids book ends t=with this line.  This is showing kids that everything will end great and sometimes it doesn’t.  The book Cinderella shows kids that sisters and step sisters are evil and you have to compete with them.  None of this is true.  It is hard to tell kids this when this is what these books are saying. 

3.       “Many who watched cartoons before we start our study say they can no longer enjoy them.”

·    After reading this article I can’t either.  I use to watch all these show and now that I think about it, it really bothers me.  I have a little brother and sister and it bothers me when they still watch these shows.  I never thought that a children show could be so bad.

This article was an easy read for me.  It really made me think about what in this world is actually good.  I was a little kid and I watched all these shows and now I find out that they’re not good for you.  It just really makes you think...