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ARGUMENT In "The Service Of What? The Politics of Service Learning", By Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer is an interesting article where the authors bring up a rather under discussed topic of "service". In the article,  they directly quote 35th president John F Kennedy with one of the most famous quotes in American history, "...ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," (John F Kennedy). The authors main argument is that by bringing service and respectful understanding of teaching to Educators, Policy makers and academics and those who take education of our countries young minds as a serious issue, that we can change the fundamental way that our country can operate as a whole. Be good to one another, go out of your way, and always be the change that you want instead of just asking for it. These changes do not happen instantly and require generations to come together with the core knowledge and understanding of Servic...

QUOTATIONS: ***I want to start with a disclaimer saying that it was very hard for me to choose between quotes and reflection this week. But I think that, if I chose a reflection, that I have gone on and on for so long that the blog post would have been way too long. I have a lot to say about LGBTQ+ representation. I wouldn't have been able to stop, and I have too much homework for that. I experience, through a first hand account, the lack of representation of my community, and I can't wait to further discuss this in class on Monday*** This week I've decided to choose quotations from this week's reading from August. The first quote that I picked was from the beginning of the article. August defines the word curriculum and where the word comes from. It comes from a Latin word, which means "to run". August then gives this analogy, in response, "and, of course, where there is a race, there are winners and losers," (August 85). August then goes on t...

Reflection: Reading the topic that Christensen wrote about did not come as a surprise to me. In fact, I've known about these stereotypes for a while now, probably since my sophomore year of high school. I watched a youtube video on it, saw instagram posts about it, tweets about it, you name it. Contrary to Christensen's student Justine, though, I don't believe that we should stay ignorant to this. Yes, these fairy tales made us feel happy and encouraged our young, flourishing minds to dress up and play pretend, but what about the other deeper, psychological effects that come along with it. Christensen points out that she asks her students to notice the roles and how they are portrayed, using Looney Toons and Disney as an example. How are the overweight people portrayed, how are the Hispanic or Black people portrayed? What about the pretty, skinny white girl? I am not oppressed. I experience white privilege, so I cannot speak on behalf of those that feel discriminated...