Blog #2

Educational History

I found the American Indian Education section from Huerta article extremely sad, and fascinating at the same time. I got really touched by the boarding schools, and I can't stop wondering "how can one do such things to a student who only wants to gain little bit of knowledge."  It's truly sad to learn that Europeans have used education as a weapon to steal American Indians lands, take away their culture, and assimilate/Christianize American Indians. Learning historical events is always tough because it drags you into deep thinking, and you start to question as a human with a heart not only mind that looks at logical reasons. I also found the fact that we don't learn this history in particular from history classes during middle or high school years to be unfair. It's like Americans do not want to teach any bad things that they've done in the past, which is wrong. I believe that students don't have to wait until they get to college to learn about what happened to American Indians back in the 17th century, and it's one of those things that drives future educators into changing the learning standers, and wanting to teach future students every good and bad that have happed in history, in order to prevent it from repeating itself.

           

This article had huge impact on me as a future teacher who wants to teach many students from different backgrounds. In my future classroom I want my students to read different pieces of historical literature, so they will have to learn every culture, and what had happen to them in the past, before they can go into the world and say, “No I never really hear of it.”  I want to create a positive diverse classroom where every student feels welcomed because he/she found a book, or a picture that they can relate to it and be able to say, “This is about my culture!”