Tag: education

Travesty

"We play a very integral part in this community, and we want to be recognized for that." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183648946" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What...
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Harder Than I Expected

"My first year experience wasn’t very welcoming, and I never really got that initial ‘belonging’ feeling." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183648331" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds...
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It Felt Kind of Odd to Wear It

“People did a double take when I walked in… I could feel them looking at me.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/171843852" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds...
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Words Have a Lot of Power

"How I make meaning in this world goes back to where I grew up." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcsZ3cUofQ Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to...
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Neither Mexican Nor American

"More importantly than bilingual in my mind is bicultural." http://youtu.be/8ttJCorG4ho Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to use the questions for reflection for...
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Classroom Challenges

I can't bear the indifference of my classmates. https://youtu.be/9qkgXiTkDvM Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What classroom challenges do these two students describe? What surprises you most...
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Not Sharing My Own Questions

"Different feels, whether it actually is this in truth, feels like less than." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/106055324" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions...
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You’ve Never Lived in Those Shoes

"When you're black, that's one thing against you, but when you're from Gary..." http://youtu.be/nwS0p9kCXoA   Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What makes the speaker wonder what she's...
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Core Kind of Turned Out to Be That Way

"Even if the Chinese students couldn’t always understand what was going on… they still felt like a part of our family." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/48974819" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this...
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