Questioning Costumes #2

 In Chapter two of the broken Model written by Khan he argues as a society we should be questions why we do things the way we do. More specifically he talks about how our school system came to be. He raises many questions that make me think of my own experiences in the school as a child. As well as someone who wants to go back to schools to be a teacher. 

One of my strongest reasons to be a teacher is because of my experience as a student. When I was in fifth grade, I had to be in a specific reading group. The group was based on a reading test we had taken prior. Where the counted how fast. how many words per minute and also the way you pronounce the words etc.  I remember the whole class was reading a book that was very interesting at the time. It was called Ezperanza rising. I wanted to read that book with them, but I was told no. I was not at the level to read it. I was so upset, and I remember crying because while everyone was reading that book, I had to read a different book. I think about if I was in the teacher's positron and even then, I do not believe kids should be separated based on standard test. I later on read the book on my own and I took longer to read it, but I was very good at comprehending this book. I love to analyze and to this day it is one of my favorites. When I read Khan's passage, I really did resonate with the question of why we are still holding testing to the same standard as years ago. Then it was used to set up a decision of how you spend the rest of your life! This chapter makes us reflect on what can change as well as what should not. I think this is a topic that should be talked about in school. Evolving especially with how different the generations are. 

A question I can bring to the class can be; if you really think about school right now what one thing is you would change and feel strongly about? It can be something small or big fundamentally.