This semester has been meaningful and educational to me as a future teacher. I have always been an avid reader and promoter of literacy, but I did not realize the importance of selecting diverse literature until this semester. I believe that this class will make me very vigilant when I select literature for my classroom.
I feel like I have become much more educated on many issues of diversity and gained competency in discussing many underrepresented groups in American literature. I feel that there were many more topics I wish we could have discussed, one of which is gender. Since I did my final project on gender roles, I am very interested in this topic and think that we could have had interesting and informative discussion.
One thing I really enjoyed this semester was the blog. I felt that blogging provided me with a medium for deeper reflection. I also found myself looking for examples of diversity in my everyday life, including on TV and on campus, which I think is an important skill.
This class also made me reflect upon my role as a teacher. We had several discussions about literature and classroom community, and I realize that there will be times when it will be difficult to be an open minded educator, one who is appreciative of diversity. There were several situations we discussed in class that would be difficult to deal with, such as the teaching of Habibi or the incident with the red "safe area" triangle. I learned that I will have to be an advocate for my students and be prepared to stand up for what I believe in, even if it is not respected or promoted in my community. However, I feel that as a teacher I am responsible to educate my students and to help foster open minded and accepting attitudes.
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