Rachel's thoughts

 This topic, what lengths am I willing to go to in order to do right by every child is a fairly easy topic to talk about. I have previously stated in other blogs that a teacher can be the most consistent and healthy thing in their life. Going through my college courses I have been able to create a lot of good relationships with my teachers which I think is very special to have. This also helped me realize that that teachers aren't just there to teach, we are there to guide them and form relationships with them so that they are comfortable coming to us for help or if they are scared. When reading "I won't learn from you!" in this weeks module, she stated " they turned willed refusal to learn into failure to learn." which is evidence to my previous statement which is you have to get to their level, they have to respect you and love you to want to learn from you. Looking back on my elementary teachers I don't remember specific things I learned from each tea...

 Is schooling equitable? You can ask many teachers this question and the majority will say "no". Schooling is not equitable everywhere at every school for many different reasons. Schools in low-income areas get the short end of the stick, they are probable in a bad area of town with a high crime rate and with children being exposed to that every day, it might bring them down and not want to focus on school. With schools being in the "bad areas" they are subject to lower teacher incomes an d lower access to technology and new advancements which can affect the learning, unlike a school in a rich neighborhood, which put them at a disadvantage. With some kids having family members involved in crime that might be all the kid knows which can lead to disciplinary actions which can just lead to far worse outcomes, in the article "How school systems make criminals of Black youth", she stated, "Multiple studies link disciplinary exclusion to dropping out - or w...