Reflective Summary

This class has been great. I feel like I have learned a lot about myself and different things that I want to be the case in my future classroom.

I have learned how important it is to have cultural and social capital in different settings. And how some people will have cultural capital no matter where they go, for example Dalton Conley in Honky. Because he was white he was treated like royalty in some cases even when he was the minority. In order to fit in you need some sort of social capital, without it you may not be taken seriously. Being the other put this idea of having cultural and social capital being tools that can be used to fit in.

I also learned that poverty is a thing that people really do struggle with even in todays world. Even if students are at a Title I school, this doesn't mean that they have then materials needed to complete every thing that you may require for homework. For example a student whose family is considered working poor, probably doesn't have a computer that is needed to do research outside of class. I think I understand this a little bit more after having applied for food stamps and seeing how poor some people actually are.

Though I think that inclusive pedagogy is probably the thing that thing that I learned most about. I hadn't every really thought about how important it is to structure lessons so that all cultures felt included. And it isn't only your lessons that need this structuring, your classroom does as well.

I think that as a whole the different values that I have will allow me to accomplish this idea of inclusive pedagogy within my classroom. Hard work allows all individuals to overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable. I also think that after hearing about single stories and how misleading they can be have helped me to realize how important it is to get to know your students for yourself and not make any quick judgments.

All in all this class has taught me a lot and I think that is evident in my desire to get to know my students at a more deeper level so that I can best help them to succeed not only within my classroom, but in life as a whole.