"Classes are relatively small..." -pg. 140
I went to a private school for most of my life, and most of the classes were very small. My graduating class only had 24 students in it. I believe this would be such an awesome idea for every school! Not only would there be SO many more jobs available for all of us, but students would be able to receive more one on one education... the classroom teacher would not have to spread herself so thin to meet the needs of her students.
"African American children cannont afford the luxury of shielding themselves with a sugar-coated vision of the world." - pg. 139
This was a lecture I've always heard from my parents while growing up. It has stuck with me and now I try to do my best and don't want teachers or other students to think less of me or not have as high standards for me because I am an African American. I feel like I get the hardest critique from African American teachers rather than peers.
"Conduct student teaching over a longer period of time and in a more controlled environment." -pg. 135
When I completed my first student teaching experience.... I was crying. They threw me a party and I did NOT want to leave... I felt like I was just getting into the swing of things and that it was in a sense my classroom. I did not want to leave and I believe either we should stay at the same school for the entire 12 weeks or they should some come up with another idea.
The Dreamkeepers "Education, like electricity, needs a conduit, a teacher, through which to transmit its power- i.e., the discovery and continuity of information, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and culture. Through the stories and experiences of eight successful teacher-transmitters, The DreamKeepers keeps hope alive for educating young African Americans."
Reading your comments really bring the book "alive" thank you for sharing. Only 24 in your graduation class? I was a teacher who at one point had 6 preps...boy, was I spread thin! When I left Webster Thomas HS in the spring, it was so heartfelt when so many people sent me their good-byes and well-wishes.
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