5C-Grand Finale

1. What difference did you notice in your choice of topics in the first part of the class versus the topics found in the texts My California and Train Go Sorry?

The topics that I chose for the first part of the semesters class were topics about California's history and culture. Some of the topics that I chose related to me directly such as my city choice of San Francisco and others did not, such as the California missions. In the texts My California and Train Go Sorry the topics were more of a personal testimony. The books both related to California, however it had more to do with things that happened to the people in the stories directly.

2. What difference did you notice when you read your classmates work regarding the same topics versus your own opinions? Did their works make you think of something different?

I think that anytime I read or see someone else's work it always makes me interpret it differently. So, yes when me and my classmates wrote about the same topics they made me think of something different as I read their stories. It was fun and interesting because we all have our own experiences and our own visions. Even when some of our facts were the same, what we learned and what we felt may not have been.

3. How would Freire and the idea of dialogue and scaffolding play into your answers?

Freire's non-traditional way of teaching includes interacting through dialogue. He feels that the teacher must be ready to present his or her ideas to the student as well as being open minded to hear different ideas from students. This is exactly what we did in Humanities through our blogs. The dialogue that we wrote and read about each others topics and our interpretation of them is what I think Freire means by dialogue and scaffolding.

4. What was your overall experience with these topics?

My overall experience with these topics as well as with this class has been very informative. I learned a lot about not only California's history and many things that are in the state that I had no idea about before, but I learned about people's own experiences with the state and there love for the state of California. I also learned about deaf culture and how the deaf community struggle and survive in the hearing world. This is not something that I have ever really thought about because I have never been directly affected by it. However because it exists than I am happy to now have some knowledge of it. I really enjoyed this class and the topics, it has been a fun journey.