Critical Pedagogy and Popular Culture in an Urban Secondary English Classroom

This article was very eye-opening to me. This is because as teachers we have to take a stand for what we believe in throughout our classrooms. I really like what it mentions on page 6 being that students’ were able to make connections to certain authors in their own writing. I believe this makes students’ want to write because they get to compare it to their own lives. I also believe that each student should have social justice. They should all get a chance to experience and talk about what they want. This means to me that you don’t discriminate on what their race is, their wealth, etc. They are given privileges throughout their education. The article explains all different kinds of units you can teach in order to meet each students’ needs. For example, they explain a Race and Justice in Society Unit. This gives students’ a sense of all the Races that are out there and they should all be treated equally. Students’ got the chance to share their story and their experiences to this. This is what I want my students’ to be able to do in my classroom and throughout their writing. I believe that if they get the opportunity to do this, they will be more willing to write about what they love. This is so important in our classrooms because this makes it so students’ can be who they are. Our classroom environment is so important because the students need to feel like they can be themselves at all times. Their writing, I believe, is a way to express how they feel about a certain event that has happened in their life. I am going to strive to make this a point in my classroom to make it aware that you can be yourself no matter what.