Sunday, August 29, 2010
Personal Bio part 2
Yes my brother is in the Aspire program. I have really been top quite a bit of colleges. I have been to colleges with diversity and some with none at all. Growing up in Sweet Home we didn't have much diversity. The town is an old logging town filled with mostly white people. I believe when I was in high school there were maybe four to five people who weren't white in a school of about 800 students. While going to school in Eugene I was surrounded with diversity whether it be different races or economic backgrounds. I seemed to get along with just about everyone I talked to no matter gender or race. I was opened up to quite a bit more things while in Eugene. Also while I was going to school i was coaching at a high school in the upper class part of town. This school was again mostly white and had a lot of money. This was something I hadn't been around before. The kids actually turned out to be great people and I was lucky enough to be in a great program where the kids knew that they had to work or they wouldn't get to play. I am glad that I got to go to Eugene and meet the people that I did. I would love to go back to Eugene and work. When going to OSU and also WOU I felt like I was back at home in Sweet Home. The people were the same maybe a little bit more diverse but not too much. My experience at Oregon State wasn't the best experience which is why I transferred. After settling at Western I felt good about the school and the people. The school was diverse and also had that small town feel that I was accustom to at home. I met some really great friends at Western both Men and Women. I have never really been involved with Women be less equal then men. That was just never anything that I had thought of. The same with race. My parents really never influenced me either way. I would say they just kind of left it up to me to make my own choices. When I look at someone I don't really care about their skin color or where they come from but who they are and what they want to become. My sophomore year I went to the prom with a girl of a different race and neither of my parents said a word. I can;t say that I was worried they would but I still wasn't sure what they would think. I had a great time. As a teacher I believe that I will treat my students fairly no matter where they come from or their race. I have never discriminated against someone who was different than me but look at it as a way to learn new and exciting things.
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Very Interesting blog post Chad. I have a lot of similarities to you. I went to EOU in La Grande as well. It is a very small town but a nice place. I then also transfered to WOU and finished. I would say your comment about western being diverse but still having the small town feel is very accurate. I like that you finished your blog with saying you want to have a positive influence in a young persons life, I believe that is our job as teachers. We have to face it that not all kids will care about what subject we are teaching but we can still teach them some life lessons.
ReplyDeleteI also grew up in a small town that began mainly as a logging community. Probably not quite as small as Sweet Home but by no means large. By reading post I am definitely seeing a trend in the makeup of small towns in Oregon. You could have easily been describing Roseburg. I can see that you have a very open view of diversity but I was kind of curious what the overall opinion of the community was like in Sweet Home? Roseburg was mostly open to diversity but it had it pockets of racism and bigotry.
ReplyDeleteChad, thanks for adding to your blog. It sounds like you have had a lot of varied experiences with different groups. I appreciate your sense of treating everyone kindly and fairly. So, should teachers be "color blind" or color conscious? What are the implications of either?
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