My fourth graders might be the death of me!!
Tough tough day today. Wild kids, homework for my online class and well, its Monday.
I don't think they learned anything today.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A conversation
Really interesting conversation with a students yesterday. We were talking about some science topic (weathering/erosion/destructive natural events) when a students stopped me..
"You know Mz Drummmons, the thing is...white people, they're just on a higher level"
"what?"
Well, black people, they ain't like that, they just on a lower level, they don't think like that...."
As the conversation progressed, I was blown away. One of my brightest students (not a slacker by any means) was telling me and she truly believed that black people aren't as smart or as talented a white people. Is this a product of her culture? Has she been fed this lie through her life? I would almost expect this from a students who was doing poorly and looking for an excuse, but here was a talented young lady from a family who values education saying because of skin color and whatever factors you choose to mix in with that, her race was not as gifted as another.
I hated that moment. I ended up talking to her about it for a while and telling her all the reasons I disagreed with her. I wanted her to see that no matter what she's heard and no matter what she sees around her that this was NOT because of race.
How can we make these students see that even though they come from a place where goals and aspirations are few and menial jobs and living in housing projects are common that they aren't bound to the life of those around them??
"You know Mz Drummmons, the thing is...white people, they're just on a higher level"
"what?"
Well, black people, they ain't like that, they just on a lower level, they don't think like that...."
As the conversation progressed, I was blown away. One of my brightest students (not a slacker by any means) was telling me and she truly believed that black people aren't as smart or as talented a white people. Is this a product of her culture? Has she been fed this lie through her life? I would almost expect this from a students who was doing poorly and looking for an excuse, but here was a talented young lady from a family who values education saying because of skin color and whatever factors you choose to mix in with that, her race was not as gifted as another.
I hated that moment. I ended up talking to her about it for a while and telling her all the reasons I disagreed with her. I wanted her to see that no matter what she's heard and no matter what she sees around her that this was NOT because of race.
How can we make these students see that even though they come from a place where goals and aspirations are few and menial jobs and living in housing projects are common that they aren't bound to the life of those around them??
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Covenant for the New Year
I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will.
Place me with whom you will.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering;
Let me be employed for you or laid aside for you,
Exaulted for you or brought low for you
Let me be full, let me be empty;
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things
To your pleasure and disposal.
And now go glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:
You are mine and I am yours. May it be so!
Any may the covenant which I have made
here on earth
Be confirmed in heaven.
Amen
Think for a moment, my dear friends, about what God has done in your life in 2011.
How has He made himself known?
How has He blessed you?
How has He challenged you?
How has He richly provided for your every need?
Now think on this new year ahead and make it your one goal to fall even deeper in love with our savior. Will you look back in a year and think about how you got to know him even better than you did in 2011?
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