After reading my classmates posts, I found that everyone has different areas of diversity that they are interested in. Some of the issues that stood out to me include equal opportunities for minorities in education, disability and employment, and diversity in higher education. The reason that I found equal opportunities for minorities in education is because being an education major, I have learned that there are some teachers out there who overlook students who are minorities, and do not allow them to have the same opportunities as their peers. When I become a teacher, I never want my students to feel out of place or left out in my classroom because they are a minority. I want each student to feel that they are valued equally as they should be. The issue of disability and employment was interesting to me because I think that research that will help include more people who have disabilities in the workplace is always a good thing. In the future, I hope to see disabilities represented more. The last issue that I included in this post was diversity in higher education. The reason that I thought this was interesting is because I agree, and believe that it is true that people learn better when they are with others who are different. I think that everyone should have equal opportunities, and should not have to defend themselves because they are different. One of the media elements that made an impression on me was the one about equal opportunities for minorities in education. This is because the diagram shows just how unequal access to gifted education programs really is for minorities. This graph stood out to me because it is easy to understand, and is overall very impactful.
In my opinion, Bogost does a great job of transitioning into new ideas. One area of his article that stood out to me because of the transition was when Bogost was talking about diversity being seen as a “pipeline” issue. In this paragraph, Bogost explains that people who have a good background in education have access to more that will allow them to eventually obtain a good job with their connections. He then says that fixing this issue will allow for a workforce that includes different types of people. Bogost set himself up for his next paragraph because that is where he gives an example of an organization that is working on resolving this issue. Bogost further describes the organization by saying, “The center’s goal is to increase access to computer-science education among women and people of color”. This explanation helps the reader to better understand why a center like this is important. Overall, I think that Bogost did a good job of transitioning in this section of the article.
3 Replies to “Week of 6/15 Discussion Post – Dominique”
I totally agree with your first response, there is so much diversity and subgroups spread across our country and the world we must learn and teach others to be open to all perspectives to help further the human race. without my friends I wouldn’t push myself to be who I want to be, and most of my friends differ from me physically and mentally, but that yin and yang energy can really build off each other and promote positivity. I have a friend who plans on becoming a teacher and he has the same mindset, and Im happy that you both do, my highschool had some pretty nasty teachers who I know was silencing more students than listening and helping.
Schools make for a fascinating type of organization to examine because they necessarily involve multiple generations of people (teachers, students, admin often span 60+ years!), so there’s an automatic diversity right there. Then you throw in other kinds of demographic differences, and you’ve got a really complex organization to make sense of.
Never underestimate the power of a good graph–not only to present information clearly but to drive readers back to the text for the additional context they’ll expect to find there. Graphic elements are important because they stand out by definition–they look different from everything around them, so they’re eye-catching. This means that many people are likely to gravitate toward them, and then to work their way back into the surrounding text. We need to write for how our readers read, and in the age of the Internet, when we’re used to skimming quickly and jumping around, grabbing and retaining interest matters.
I totally agree with your first response, there is so much diversity and subgroups spread across our country and the world we must learn and teach others to be open to all perspectives to help further the human race. without my friends I wouldn’t push myself to be who I want to be, and most of my friends differ from me physically and mentally, but that yin and yang energy can really build off each other and promote positivity. I have a friend who plans on becoming a teacher and he has the same mindset, and Im happy that you both do, my highschool had some pretty nasty teachers who I know was silencing more students than listening and helping.
Schools make for a fascinating type of organization to examine because they necessarily involve multiple generations of people (teachers, students, admin often span 60+ years!), so there’s an automatic diversity right there. Then you throw in other kinds of demographic differences, and you’ve got a really complex organization to make sense of.
Never underestimate the power of a good graph–not only to present information clearly but to drive readers back to the text for the additional context they’ll expect to find there. Graphic elements are important because they stand out by definition–they look different from everything around them, so they’re eye-catching. This means that many people are likely to gravitate toward them, and then to work their way back into the surrounding text. We need to write for how our readers read, and in the age of the Internet, when we’re used to skimming quickly and jumping around, grabbing and retaining interest matters.