What I Learned Analysis

I love this quote, it is a powerful thing to have the opportunity to have self-reflection and then grow into better more capable human beings. When I first read that the mid-term was a reflective response, my initial question to myself was “have I learned anything?” and the answer was “I don’t know what I’ve learned”. After some self-reflection, I have learned that I am terrible at reflecting on my experiences. It is so easy for me to say I don’t know, instead of really thinking deeply about what I have actually learned and retained, and how these things have changed me as a person. At Ohio Dominican, you can bet in most classes you will have to have personal reflection and I am still trying to work on this skill. This is not to say I have not learned anything while here, but I am learning more about myself, and that I have a hard time opening and really thinking critically on my own experiences. I feel like it almost needs to be poked and prodded out of me, I do not tend to open up willingly. I tend to close myself off to really digging deep within myself, and look at what I know and what I could work on. I would much rather be assigned a research paper and tell you about how someone else learned in the classroom, rather than reflect on my own experiences. As I learned in my mediation and negotiation class here at ODU, I am very nonconfrontational and work rather not discuss my own personal thoughts or beliefs. This is my second year at Ohio Dominican and through core classes like EDU379. Reflecting on my own personal experiences, strengths and weaknesses has helped me to grow not only as a student but also as a person. Core classes like this one, have really allowed a deep reflection on what I know, and then how that changes as the classes progress. So, what is Justice to me? To be honest before core classes, I didn’t put much thought into what justice meant to me, or how it affects the people around me, or even the students I will teach. Having the opportunity to really dive into this subject and look at it from a different prospective had changed my outlook on the world and what is truly just and unjust. For me Justice is a moral act to bring what is right and lawful for all people to light. Justice is the act of concerning ourselves with a genuine respect for all human life, creating …show more content…
Washington “Atlanta Compromise” and Dubpois “Souls of Black Folk” to be extremely powerful pieces of work. These articles really being thoughts of “wow, that goodness we have come so far since then.” But when you really think about justice in the educational system for the disadvantaged and minorities, have things really changed that much in our society? Are these groups being serviced the same and most American’s? The answer is No, which is not so easy to see at first, but when thought is really put into it, you come to the realization that the world is still a very unjust place. Like the quote I opened this reflection with, I have had to really think about my definition of justice and then make it better. As an educator, I will need a strong foundation for what justice means to me and how I will effectively teach each student in the most just way possible, regardless of their