I really liked the first activity from group #3 today. Throughout my high school experience, I was part of a "clique" and recognized that there were different groups of kids and even that they didn't all get along. Most of the time, we didn't get along because of the group or clique that each of us were a part of, not always because we just didn't like each other. Instead of just accepting the fact that their are different groups, I think as a teacher I will have a responsibility to know each of my students well enough to not just stereotype them but to actually get to know each students' personality traits. They may possess some qualities from a group, but most likely they will not be 100% matched with the stereotype I may have put them into before I got to know them. Getting to know your students individually is important, which is what my Indy teach will focus on!
The second part of the teach was really interesting to me. Commercialism is a large part of public schools now, but I have never noticed the stereotypes within that. Even the snickers commercial, with really obvious stereotypes, kinda went over my head because I wasn't thinking about stereotypes but rather a commercial that I enjoyed. I think that I will definitely pay closer attention to the reasons why students conform or are put into stereotypes particularly the medias influence. This would be a great lesson to introduce to students to get them thinking about stereotypes on a daily basis. It would be important to then let them think about stereotypes of students. Ryan gave a good example for an activity; using The Outsiders and then identifying each groups similarities and differences.
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Hum...I wonder which clique you were in? Well anyway I agree with a lot of the things you have said here in your blogg. I really didn't think that stereotypes were such a big deal either. They are so routine in highschool that I barely noticed them. Well, until they were brought to my attention. I believe that group 3 did an amazing job showing us how the media influences our future students, and that we as teachers need to be aware of this.
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