Double Journal Entry #2 Part 2

Quote

 “My own father spent his life backing up, apologizing for the space he took up in the world.  He took the hillbilly stereotype to heart and all of his life believed that he was backward and inferior…” (O'Brien, 2003)

 Reaction

 I chose this quote from the Tall Tales of Appalachia article because I think a lot of people from West Virginia can identify with how this man felt; I know I have.  There are many people from outside of West Virginia who look down on us and think they’re better than us, because to them we’re just a bunch of hicks.  We are usually portrayed badly in the media, as uncivilized and uneducated.  There have been people who have made me feel like I wasn’t good enough because of where I come from, so I can identify with the man in the quote.

Reference

 
O'Brien, J. (2003, May 10). Tall tales of appalachia. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html

 Other Resource

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I chose this video because it really shocked me just how much students could be affected by stereotypes.  This video shows how students can internalize stereotypes, and they become self-fulfilling prophecies.  The part that really surprised me was the experiment with the brown and blue eyed students.  Their academic achievement changed dramatically from one day to the next, just by being told they were inferior to the other group.  It shows us as future teachers how careful we need to be not to stereotype our students.

 Reference

 StosselClassroom. (Producer). (2009). Stereotypes: Stossel in the classroom. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASDzcvyatgw