Final Blog
This class has definitely helped me understand better why society is the way it is, how it works, why people do what they do, etc. This was a surprise to me, a little at least, to realize just how much my thinking has been broadened by this class considering the way I thought of everything before (my group of friends and I have always been extremely open minded about everything and very accepting of diversity) and, at the same time, very exciting to know that I was able to broaden my mind even further and discover just how broad my thinking was throughout the class. The subjects we talked about throughout class were fascinating and definitely made me think of things differently, especially the topic of power which I find extremely intriguing which is probably because of the line of work I am heading into. I am majoring in math and chemistry and then becoming a teacher, so I felt like I was able to relate a fair few of the topics we talked about to what was going on in my own life, especially the idea of power. I already knew when I decided to be involved in math and chemistry that it was a male dominated system and that it would probably be very difficult for me to make an impression because of that but I had never known why. It's always been difficult for me to understand why everyone just doesn't accept everyone else for who they are and what they can do and not who they think everyone should be and what they think everyone should do. Learning about all the different power theories and exploring the +5 system, heirarchy, oppression, and everything else definitely helped me understand that better and has convinced me to try and 'spread the word' or at least educate others about what is going on in our world. I know I probably can't do a lot and I know everything takes time, but I'm hoping that maybe if I just start with my own classroom I can help move society towards a world with less discrimination and oppression, especially since I think maybe part of the reason there is so much discrimination and such is because people just don't know or understand what is going on.
Thank you for teaching this class, it definitely was an amazing and intriguing class!