I was able to speak to Lindsay B yesterday about our Literature Review project and it turns out we chose similar topics. For those that don’t know, Lindsay and I teach in the same district and the community has a huge impact on how the students learn and function in school. Many of our students come to us hungry and in need of emotional attention. Just yesterday I had a 5th grade student tell me she was punched in the stomach repeatedly the night before and did not want to be in school. It is really upsetting that the students have so much going on at home but are asked to put these things aside and learn how to multiply and read. In my review I’d like to work with Lindsay in some way to research place and the community that we work in to get a better sense of how I can make a difference, even a little bit.
Visual Arts/Studio Research
MSEd in Art Education @ SUNY New Paltz Fall 2016
Taylor,
Wow, students can have the deck stacked against them in particular public schools. I taught in a place in Hagerstown MD, where students’ families were living in generational poverty, high occurrence of teenage pregnancy and students’ emotional and physical wellbeing was at the center of providing quality education. We read a book written by Ruby Payne and 1 major take-away was H.A.L.T. – Are you hunger? angry? lonely? tired?
kevin