When I first started reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Freire I was a little confused. The first chapter had so many “oppressed and oppressors” I got mixed up in that. After discussing it in class I found it easier to understand what was going on. I think this book could help me with my teaching in the future. I feel like after reading this book I have more of an open mind. I will be more willing to let the students fill me with information. I will expect that they do the same and except all the knowledge I need to pour into their minds. He does have good ideas. He discusses about interaction between teacher and student which is defiently needed.  On the other side of things I don’t feel that his teachings will have any affect on my teachings. I have all my teaching classes and my own observations that will influence my form of teaching. I think that because this book wasn’t written that recent that times have changed. I resepct him for writing the things that he did but I think I would rather make my own judgments rather than read them in a book by some man I have never heard of.

As I continue to read the Memior The Glass Castle I continue to be shocked. I can’t believe all of the things that the parents let their kids do or go through. It seems like it keeps getting worse and worse. You have the grandma that touches the little boy and the dad is just like suck it up you’re a man. I was flip if that was my kid and something happened. The other thing  I couldn’t stand is the dad tried to stop drinking for the little girl and he started up again anyway. He constantly is in fights with the wife. They aren’t just little fights either, he is basically beating her and laughing about it. She tried to jump out of the window even. I hope that the books gets more into some good things that happen because I don’t know how much more I can take of the neglect on these kids. They move to a new town and the kids constantly get beat up and they just deal with it. I wouldn’t want that for anybody. It is a really good book though……it keeps me interested which is sad because this is somebodies life.  

I decided to write about my literature circle book. I loved the way the author started the book. She dove right into a scene that grabs the readers attention. This book is a memoir of a girl (lady now) growing up. She had what seems to the reader as a horrible life. Her father was a drunk who barely had a job, the mom didn’t work and only saw herself as an artist who let her kids do whatever they wanted. The only thing that seemed to be on normal standards was her siblings and her connected and stuck up for each other. The kids went starving all the time. One scene is when they are driving (running away again) and the little girl falls out of the car and the parents didn’t even stop the car. It actually took them more than 5 minutes to realize that their daughter had fallen out of the car. Is that even possible? They constantly were moving because they were constantly being chased. I feel that this was no way to grow up. i found it shocking that even through all of this the children were very smart (book smart). The first scene is the woman grown up living a life of luxury I am anxious to know how she turned to be that way. Overall my reading so far seems to be a good memoir

I think the one comment that really caught my eye or I should say my ear…..was afraid of talking to people out of fear. This one statement completly reminded me of The GIver. Jonas was afraid to talk to anybody even before he became the receiver. Then after he became the receiver he was constantly watching what he said even though he didn’t have to. The whole beginning of OutFoxed discussed how you were either on their side or against it. This is how I felt about The Giver. You either agreed with the Utopian life or you didn’t. In the show it was you were either for the Republicans or you were against them. They both discussed a lot about fear. Another comment was Fear is a great motivater. That fits perfectly with the Giver. I think after Jonas started to find out the truth he knew what he had to do. Then out of fear for Gabrielle he acted on that immediately.

In both there was a list of what to talk about and what not to discuss. In the book everybody knew what was allowed and what wasn’t. Nobody ever stepped out of that line. Even when Jonas had the power to ask anything he wanted he was still skeptical about asking. BOth were also ordered to do things. In the book the community had no choice what job they would be getting they were just given a folder and they followed that without question. That’s deff. no life to life and OutFoxed at former Fox employees who tried to stand against that control.