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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah - fake post.  Well the “post” is real in that exists.  Typical racists crap.  Anyone of average intelligence who graduated with a teaching degree - and that obviously does not include the person making the post - understands the issues that disparity imposed, and that you cannot ignore them in the classroom.

The issue largely arose because kids in classrooms were largely from the same socio-economic group.  But, obviously, that has never been the case with all students in the classroom and ignoring that fact is not permitted.  So - no - you cannot assign a project that requires kids to have access to materials or abilities that are not available to all kids.

Example:  Everyone in your 3rd grade class needs to go to the public library and get a library card.  Problem:  Billy’s mom is single parenting and his Grandma watches him after school.  Grandma is great but does not drive and it is a 3 mile walk from Grandmas house to the library.  When Billy’s mom gets home the library is closed.  When Billy cannot show his new library card in class 2 weeks later shall we blame Billy?  What do you think Billy got out of that assignment?  Did it make Billy a more confident student?  Did it make Billy want to go to the library and get books to read?  Or, did you just embarrass and humiliate Billy?

Frankly - embarrassing and humiliating Billy is what the poster wants.  Ha ha. Isn’t that fun?  [/quote]

We had the issue with the unit project that required each student to bring in an empty cereal box and an empty tp roll. Sounds super easy right? Except if your low income immigrant family doesn’t eat cold cereal, I am forcing you as a sixth grader to ask your parents to buy something that they don’t understand why you need it. We also learned that many Muslims rinse their bums with water from a container rather than use tp. It was a “fun” project for only 2/3 of our students because we were deducting points for using other materials families did have on hand and pressuring those who hadn’t brought anything in yet. Finally, a community member told us that we were really screwing up and why. We made one adjustment which was that we had a drive for cereal boxes and tp rolls a month before the project. Teachers collected from whoever could contribute including 7th-8th graders and staff. And we gave those supplies to the kids that needed it. Then it was a non-stressful experience with equitable outcomes. [/quote]
That is wonderful!!![/quote]

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