I have been thinking a lot about having a bias in the classroom. I have heard from another atlp class that boys in general have it easier in school, while girls get treated differently. Being mindful of this is very important to me because I would not like to treat boys and girls differently. I want all my students to feel like I am treating them equally, even though I know this will be difficult, but I would hate to isolate a student.
As for the readings from last week, they were great readings. I was happy to see views from one side and then a challenging view. It made me think more and I had to find my views on both readings. I feel a bit challenged by the idea that some of my classmates may not have seen the flaws in the Payne article. Poverty is complex and goes beyond many things that Payne talked about. I feel like knowing the community resources available for this demographic of people that can help them is important. There are community and social service programs that help with all aspects of poverty. I think another main issue I have seen in classrooms are children making fun of children who don't have clean clothes or good hygiene, which links to poverty. This is isolating to these children and very hurtful and needs to be handled delicately. One of my classmates told me that her mom, an elementary teacher, takes some of her student's clothes home for laundry.... very kind.
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