"Our Teachers": A Poem By Trinh Le KEYWORDS: Learning Identity Stimulus Evaluating Multiplicity Punishment Development Learned Helplessness Applying Relativism Reward Oppression Physical Sense Commitment Constructivist “Black Box” Enhance Memory Views Social justice Yin/yang brain Harmony Interactions Analytic Colonial Education Experience Balance Environment Logic Consciousness Applications Holistic Evaluation Self-image Self-concept Group learning Curious Reflection Dominant cultureCollective Social Meaning Behavior Expression Action Emotional Interpreting Dualism Narcissism Superior Agent Phenomena Strategies Racism Privilege Equality Humanism Communalism Colonizer Colonized Accommodation Assimilation Resistance Native Liberation Human Inferiority Confusion Outcast Challenge Institutions Mentality Reconnect Society Cooperative Collaborative Pedagogy Thinking Doing “Mirror Neurons” Mimic Imitation Social interaction Inequality = 85 Keywords THEME: To fight against the status quo when it comes to teaching and learning. And we fight this by thinking and doing. FEELING/MOOD: angry, questioningOur Teachers By Trinh Le Our teachers reward us Our teachers punish us But how can they teach us? Why must they Make us feel inferior Deny us of our knowledge, languages, cultures Assimilate our brothers and sisters How can they Develop our consciousness Show us the way to social justice Help us be aware of inequality and privilege When will they Challenge their assumptions Liberate us from our colonized minds Rise up. Why must we Be defined by others Put up with colonial education Endure feelings of academic hopelessness How can we Learn from each other Create harmony and balance Become holistic in our thoughts When will we Commit to collective action Become agents to social change Rise
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