Social Justice

When teaching for social justice, it is important to make sure all groups of people receive equal treatment in order to succeed in the classroom, and that they all have the same rights and opportunities as one another. As each student is tended to, this will activate them to become a contributor in society and enable them to start to have a positive outlook  in order to fulfill their needs in life. Social justice is about reality, and really knowing what is happening in your surroundings. 

When it comes to social justice in the classroom, you want your students to be aware of every culture and to be positive about it as well. Each student has their own identity and they start to become more aware of human development and why certain things are important to educate yourself about. 

In the article Rethinking our Classrooms it states that "Unfortunately, too many schools are training grounds for boredom, alienation, and pessimism. Too many schools fail to confront the racial, class, and gender inequities woven into our social fabric. Teachers are often simultaneously perpetrators and victims, with little control over planning time, class size, or broader school policies".

I think this is true because I feel that so many children are actually being "hidden" or teachers are "sugar coating" reality more and more. This isn't good because it isn't helping our future generations because they are going to grow up being naive. Schools need to confront more issues and parents need to stop worrying as much. For example, I was a nanny for one family and these children were 10 and 12. She did not want me turning on the TV just in case there was anything on the news she didn't want them seeing. I understand they are young, but this stuff is going to be talked about throughout the schools the next day and these children will have no idea what went on. Parents and teachers need to take control and confront these situations because you don;t want your children being naive about the harsh realities of the world. It is only going to make it harder for them. It is a teachers job to really incorporate this stuff in the classroom while teaching so the children can have something to relate their lives to.  It is important that teachers discuss the similarities and differences of cultures, and although we are all equal and have equal opportunities, that is it okay to embrace the diversity in the classroom. That is what makes us so unique, it is because there are so many different cultures and backgrounds that we can learn from. We are all different, but we should all have equal opportunities in the classroom in order to succeed. It doesn't matter who you are, anyone can make positive changes.