The Broken Model by Khan

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  Assignment B: The Broken Model by Khan

  
  

  I want to first talk about the video that was paired with the reading. I really enjoyed this mini YouTube video and I began to realize - wow, maybe this is something that I can show in my classes as a teacher! I questioned pushing boundaries or being too risky with outward conversation around the system that we live in. College classes usually call for this type of thinking. I wonder if high school has more strict rules around what the teachers can show to students and create dialogue around.

  
  

  This text titled "The Broken Model" by Khan is very informative on how we got to where we are in the education system. Prior to the reading, I did not realize we were using a model that was founded in Prussia. What even is Prussia?

  
  

  The author questions the system in this article and asking important questions surrounding our education system. They touch on themes such as tradition, social constructs, and just how hard it is to create systemic change. They also note that the education system is very much so intertwined with the rest of society, and if we were to change the system, it would inevitably alter other systems as well. They write, "educational system is intertwined with many other customs and institutions. Changing education would therefore lead to changes in other aspects of our society as well" (Khan 62). The gears of society benefit and operate from the other internal systems, whether they benefit and advance humanity or not.

  
  

  

  
  

  (me realizing memes would assist my classroom teaching so much) (I don't think memes existed when I was in high school?) (fun = improved attention?) Using memes as a Teaching Tool

  
  

  I think Johnson and Khan are related to each other in the sense that they are highly inquisitive of these systems that are seemingly overlooked and under-realized in society. These frameworks in which we have developed ourselves and the systems that we work in come from outdated concepts that may not be synonymous with

  evolution. Khan discusses an education model that decreases free thinking and creativity and emphasizes rigidity and blocked schedules. There is a lack of permission within these systems and a disregard for the "non-standard."

  
  

  I think that social systems are going to be a major theme in this course and in the readings we cover. Johnson and Khan are both critical of the systems we have developed and ways in which we may tinker and adjust what is seemingly ingrained and deeply set in our lives.

  
  

  
  
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Assignment A: Johnson reading

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  Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G. Johnson

  
  

  This article, written by a white heterosexual man, is written with proper awareness of the authors own privilege in discussion of such a topic. He excessively states his social category as a reminder of his own privilege and, potentially, his lack of perspective as he is without lived experiences of oppression in many aspects. He respectfully understands his undertaking in reporting on power and privilege and in regard to his own life. Yet, we see him take this on as a duty and as an obvious fight against systems that he is in place of.

  He makes clear the issue of power and privilege in society. Especially noting that these are topics that people often shy away from, as if pretending they don't exist will make their lives more comfortable. Simultaneously, this disregard for these social issues further perpetuates and complicates their effects on people who are negatively impacted by these systems.

  He creates easier understanding of these topics by helping the reader to imagine life if their social positioning had somehow changed overnight. He notes that the way people respond and react to your mere existence would change. It helps to understand one's place in the world based off of their social category.

  This text is an important read and guides the reader to take these issues more seriously by highlighting the reality of terms of power, privilege, and difference and circumstances in which they are at play day to day.

   

   

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           Hi! My name is Tess Chiappone and I am 27 years old. I live and work in Newport, RI. I waitress at Diego's Newport. I love the beach and come from a family of surfers. My dad raised me to have a really strong connection to the ocean and the water, so it feels center to who I am. I'm also very motivated and driven. I seek to live my life to its fullest potential and I aim to be in good connection and company in my life! I love yoga, food, visiting different countries, and my cat Nino.