1. Our class and our discussions within it have certainly raised a certain level of awareness regarding privilege within the United States. Regardless of where we come from and who we are, we are privileged as teachers to have platform that influences our future. Have our class discussions and the information we have learned thus far influenced your educational philosophy? Have they influenced how you envision your classroom in terms of how it operates or in terms of the content you teach? If you are in a classroom currently, has it already influenced it? If so, how? If not, are there any ways you wish to incorporate the ideas from this class into your teaching style?
2. Within our class, everyone possesses certain forms of capital that have led us to our current positions. I continually struggle as a teacher and privileged white male as to how I utilize my capital in my classroom. Should we use our capital to teach students how to "play the game"? Or, should we use it in a way that educates them in a liberating way? (without appearing to be a savior) How can we accomplish the latter in our classrooms?
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