10.4.11

This lecture actually indirectly discussed the topic it was scheduled to teach. The subject at hand was culturally relevant teaching. Our speaker did not necessarily discussed culturally relevant thinking directly ,but told us about an amazing school in Africa called L.E.A.P. The L.E.A.P. school is an institution that is student ran and provides a kind of safe haven for its students. The students at this school were the first generation to actually have the freedom to practice their own culture in school and give themselves an education level higher than sixth grade.

These students were the true definition of "Ubuntu". Ubuntu means humanity and that " a person is a person through other persons". These kids not only relied on the responsibility of each other inside the walls of the school, but also in their poverty stricken communities. With the support of each other, the students are able to receive an education everyday of the week and build up the community around them.

I feel that culturally relevant teaching should be more prominent in the United States. Growing up in the South, a lot of information about my culture was held from me in school. I was only taught the white traditions of education. Our speaker really showed me the importance of learning, at a young age, what it truly means to be an African first and an African- American second.

Jesseca Farr