Blog Post 6

This week we talked looked at a picture and talked about college readiness. We were asked to list some of the things we noticed in the picture and draw a picture of  how we see college readiness. This is what I drew

The picture we looked at was from the point of view of testing companies. I feel like it could've been better represented if it was from the point of view of a current student. i feel that getting ready for college starts your 8th grade year because those grades determines what classes you take your freshman year in high school. College readiness is more than just taking test, colleges don't want a person that can pass a test, they want a well rounded student. Colleges want a student that has good grades but is also involved in extracurricular activities. In my opinion this image is a bad example of college readiness.
http://www.texascollegereadiness.com/readiness_systems.html

Blog Post 5

An activity we did in class was look at a list of representations of schooling and learning in popular culture that the class came up with.The list had movies, books, TV, videos, games, comics, advertisements, and other stuff. We had to write about what was being represented and give an example so I chose to write about success and how it represented. The list had many examples of success but my favorite example was the movie "Lean On Me." I chose it because it is one of my favorite movies, and it represent success very well. It basically about a bad school in NJ and a principals struggle to turn things around and he was very successful at it. His main goal was to make a change and he did, and made an impact in everyone's lives.

Here is the link to the movie trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMiCVQ80hE

Blog Post 4

This week in class we talked about representation. I think this is really interesting topic because I feel like representation helps us learn. In the picture we saw there were many examples of representation, and we had to pick One of the examples was women, I think that women represent a lot of things in our culture. Women can do so many things in today's society, way more than in the past. One of the most important roles  I think women represent is leaders, for example Michelle Obama, she represents so many things and being a leader is a big one. I look forward to looking more into this topic.

Blog Post 3

This week in class we read a poem for WID called "Schoolsville". The poem was really intesting to me and it made me think about what he was talking about. At first I thought I knew what he was talking about then as the poem went on I was a little confused with the last paragraphs. Were the students visiting him or were they asking for advice. Even though the poem confused me in the end I still enjoyed reading it.
http://www.billy-collins.com/2005/06/schoolsville_bi.html