Stereotyping at it’s best brought to you by McDonald’s. Have you heard the latest McDonald’s radio commercial? As if the “music video” about 10 piece chicken Mcnuggets wasn’t ridculious enough, McDonald’s newest ad is definitely a candidate for the Commercial Hall of Shame.
I looked on YouTube to see it someone had posted a clip of it [...]

“Can’t Give Up Now”
There will be mountains that I will have to climb
And there will be battles that I will have to fight
But victory or defeat, it’s up to me to decide
But how can I expect to win If I never try.
I just can’t give up now
I’ve come too far from where I started from
Nobody [...]

Racism (1): Racial prejudice and discrimination that are supported by institutional power and authority. The critical element that differentiate racism from prejudice and discrimination is the use of institutional power and authority to support prejudices and enforce discriminatory behaviors in systematic ways with far-reaching outcomes and effects. In the United States, racism is based on [...]

I am sure at this point in the semester we are all dreaming about lesson plans, grading, parent-teacher conferences, etc, and I am no exception.
A couple of weeks ago (during role reversal) I had a reoccurring dream about the students and the parents of the students in my mentor teacher’s classroom. In the dream I am [...]

Life in Pangaea
            Day 150 on the island of Pangaea. The Natives grow restless as we have surely entered the point of no return. Ritual sacrifices have increased and with them the acute awareness that things will only get worse before they get better.
  I have heard reports that people have begun to regularly [...]

Have you ever seriously under estimated the magnitude of something. Well, I am in that spot. I feel as though I truly underestimated the amount of work and lack of sleep this program would demand. I am exhausted and seems as though there is no end in site. It seems virtually impossible to get ahead. [...]

The census is in, and the cohort will now and forevermore be known as …Pangaea!! I have been talking with my friends about the census process over the weekend, and discussing with them the happenings as we implemented the process to select a group name. I have tried very hard to sort through my feelings and [...]

Congratulation friends! We made it! It has been a fast-paced, adventurous road to self-discovery. It has been wonderful learning and striving with you all. It is amazing the to see how close we have become in such a short time. I enjoyed hearing all of your children’s books. It was great to see how we [...]

It was very interesting to visit Idlewood Elementary. It was especially wonderful to see and speak with the children. They had a lot to share! It was amazing to see their personalities shining through a they asked and answered questions. It was also a to see the views they had on schooling and teachers. The comment that [...]

Thinking about our trip to Idlewood tomorrow I can’t help, but wonder what we will see. I often wonder how a real live UACM graduate fits into a school. A lot of the ideas that we have now are “against the grain”. How do we compromise. How will we find our place. Today in class [...]