Issues

I know that we were supposed to choose a social issue to focus on for our final project and in each of my objectives I approached a social issue, however each one was different. This is because I feel as a future teacher, we are going to come against a multitude of different social issues and therefore it is important for us to address as many as we have time.

No social issue is the same, even if it is dealing with the same over-arching theme, say gender, that issue with the student is never going to be the same. I think we need to introduce our students to social issue that they may not be familiar with, because I don't want to be a cover for students, I want to be their window. I would like to think that if my students had questions about the world they could come to me and that if I can't give them the answer, I can point them to someone/something that can. One of the reasons, I believe, that schools have trouble with students is because these students have questions/concerns, but the school and the teachers are afraid to answer those questions. Why? Because of society and all of the things that we are supposed to do according to them. But have they been in an urban classroom? Probably not and therefore they don't know that some students have a lot more on their plate then getting a good grade on a paper. Students are real people who have real issues and as a mentor to them, I hope that students come to me and tell me why they couldn't finish a project instead of giving an excuse.