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The funny thing is that I already decided on this badge before I had to even write the proposal. I decided on it when I was deciding on the second badge, but I never really thought about why I wanted to do this badge.
After finishing the Teacher as an Ally badge and watching other presentations from those doing the Advocate badge, I realized how similar the two are. I guess a better wat to put it would be how the two go along with each other. To be an ally, you have to be advocating something. But to also be an advocate, you have to be an ally to those in the group you’re advocating for. I think this badge it’ll help extend my knowledge on how to help students who are underrepresented in our schools. It’ll also help students who are represented, but still don’t get the proper resources and tools they need to succeed in the classroom. I also think advocacy goes more along the lines of what is happening in the political side of society rather then focusing on the students and how they interact in the classroom. I think it would be exciting to see the extended form of this, and how teachers, or anyone in general, would extend their alliance from the classroom and place it into problems we’re facing today.
I think it’s going to give me more knowledge about the diverse student population that I know exists. Even though I didn’t go to a school with a diverse population, I know that there are so many schools, both public and private, that have diverse cultures on their campus. I think this will help me because while I know it’s important to be an advocate, I don’t know how to be an advocate. Or, how to at least do it properly. I think sometimes we think it’s one thing and it’s really something else. I think it will also open my eyes to how many problems there really are in the education system, and while everything is a serious problem, helping to find some of the bigger issues that could alleviate some of the smaller issues would be a great thing as well.
What’s kind of funny is that I think it would go back to my UGP in a sense and relating it to why I hope it’ll help me in the classroom later. I hope this badge gives me a different type of passion besides the typical “I hope everyone succeeds” mentality. Why I do and always find that important, I hope to find another side road of teaching and what else I can do being a teacher in the classroom. I want to be more than just a teacher, but a motivator and a mentor. I also want to find something that I’m passionate about that isn’t part of the classroom, but still works its way into the classroom. You can’t put your whole life in the classroom, but rather, you can integrate certain parts in and watch your students flourish. I just want to find that one piece that makes people say, “yeah, that’s definitely something she focuses on”. While I don’t know what that’ll be quite yet, though I’m sure it’ll come as a shower thought, I think this badge will help give me the tools to let all of that information come together.
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