Bella's Blog

     Entering this class I wasn't sure what to expect. When I found out that we would be doing blog assignments my stomach dropped. I don't know about y'all but I never was a huge fan of discussion posts and this just seemed the same to me. At the end of this course, I am happy to say that the blogs were probably my favorite part of this entire class. I think it helps that I feel passionate about the topics covered throughout the semester that I was excited to write about them. But the best part had to be learning from my peers. Getting to see others' experiences and learning from them is such a privilege. This class humbled me and taught me what kind of teacher I want to be for my future students.      For this week we had to select our top five favorite strategies and I think this was the first week I struggled. Blogging is definitely my first but I also want to talk about the other four methods that stood out to me this semester.      One ...

  It's 2023, why are schools still segregated?      So it is 2023, and we are taught in schools about all of this so-called progress we have made. People of color are treated equally and so are women and LGBTQ2+ individuals right? We hear about these laws passed in our favor but when you really pay attention you see we have yet to see the change promised. For today's blog post, we focus on why schools remain segregated. And there is no argument against it, schools absolutely remain segregated.      Growing up I was fortunate enough to live in a high-income area. I was proud of my immigrant parents and their work to provide a better life for me. But living in this area always felt as though I was in a bubble. The majority if not all of my classmates were white. And me being a white Latina I saw the difference in how I was treated compared to my brown Latino peers. See, I had seen racism against my parents only a few times when they had a heavy accent, b...