“Middle school teachers have a responsibility to remain calm in the face of possible insults, swearing, and other demeaning behaviors. Teachers who overreact in these situations demonstrate to their students that they are also not in control of their impulses. Continue reading Yes, we must be understanding and patient counselors too
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The ever-changing generational expectations
“It enables us to better identify the mechanisms of continuity and discontinuity, and it makes visible when transitions in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood work in conjunction with one another. Continue reading The ever-changing generational expectations
Honoring the student’s voice
The use of photovoice within this project allowed immigrant students at the middle school level opportunities to share ideas and concerns that they saw as pressing in their own lives and families. Continue reading Honoring the student’s voice
The white savior complex
“Sarah, Elizabeth, and John weren’t bigots though. Theirs, however, was a kind of dangerous discourse of a perverted liberalism. Vocabularies of fear and victimization, of vilification and social superiority have long allowed privileged onlookers such as Sarah, Elizabeth, and John to deputize themselves as unwanted saviors Continue reading The white savior complex