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FinalSelfReflection
WhenIamathomeduringthesummeroroverbreaks,Ibabysita9yearoldboy
namedLuke*whohasahardtimefittinginduehismildcaseofAspergersSyndrome.Luke
hascertainquirksthatotherstudentsthinksarestrange,sotheybullyhim.Athisprevious
school,Lukewasthesameway,butonereallyclosefriendalwaysstooduptothebulliesfor
him.Now,however,hisisaloneisthisdarkplacebeinghurtbythesebullieshopingthateach
daywillgetbetter,butthatisnotthecaseifthereisntachange.Byrealizinghowevident
bullyingisstilltoday,Ithinkitisimportantforus,asteachers,to[transform]educational
practicesandstructuresthatinhibitequityandjusticelikeitsaysinCalvinsStatementof
CommitmenttoProfessionalism.Thoughsomestudentsmaybeembarrassedaboutbeing
bulliedandhesitatetotellanauthority,itisimportantforustoalwaysbecautiousofbullying,
and,whenweseeit,weinterveneandpreventitasmuchaspossible.WhenIamateacher,I
cantevenimaginehowupsettingitwouldbeifstudentsweretreatedunfairlybyother
students.
InInclusiveTeaching:TheJourneyTowardEffectiveSchoolsforAllLearnersby
Peterson(foundinourPearsontextbook),ittalksaboutdifferentresponsestodifferent
people.ThefirsttwonegativestagesexterminationandsegregationapplytoLuke.
Althoughhehasnotbeenfullysegregatedbybeingsentsomewhereelsetolearn,Lukeis
segregatedfromhisclassmates,thusleadinghimatobealoner.Althoughheisnotbanished
orkilledliketheexterminationstagetypicallyis,hisvoiceissteadilybeingsuppressed,which
will,inthelongrun,endupinLukebeingvoiceless.Inaddition,IncludingSamuelhada
girlnamedEmily,whoalienatedherselffromthestudentsbecausetheyconstantlybullied
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her.Althoughshehadschizophrenia,herandherparentsbelievesthatkeepingherspiritintact
wasthemostimportantthing.Peopledonotseeherasthebeautifulanduniquewayshesees
herself;rather,theyseeherasanobesegirlwhohallucinatestheseweirdanimelikefigures.
Inthisportionofthevideo,itwasapparentthatbullyingcouldseverelyhurtsomeonetothe
pointofsuicide.
InSelfReflection2,weexploredtheroles,stereotypesthreats,andjusticeinthe
classroom.Inselfreflectiontwo,weweretoldtogiveasituationinwhichwetherewas
injusticesintheclassroom.Thereflectionconsistedofatarget(theoneswhoreceiveunjust
actionthatoppressthem),Ally(agirlwhostandsupforothers),bystanders(peoplewho
watchtheseunjustthingshappen),andtheperpetrator(personwhocommitsunjustrole).
WhenIdidthis,IalsodiditonsomeoneIknewthatgotbullied,buttheirsituationwas
differentbecauseAllywastheretointerveneandstandupforthevictimbeingtargeted.
However,nowIrealizethatIshouldnotalwaysassumethatsomeonewillintervenebecause
inLukescase,heisaloneandtreatedveryunjustlybyhispeers.Yes,peopleseethis
happening,butitseemsthatnobodyorteacherismakinganattempttoputthebullyintheir
place.
*Nameshavebeenchangedforprivacypurposes