You would think in 2017 Racism wouldnt exist .........

I don't know about you all but I am very tired of watching the news in the morning and hearing about races acts that are hurting our country instead of building our country. Clearly it stats that the United States is the "land of the free", and the "land of the brave". Yet nothing of this true and the erects are hateful acts because of the color of our skins and no law can change unless we change our mentality.
Just this last week I had a mutual friend of Facebook involved into a church shooting, and the first thing I heard people on social media taught about was the color of his skin. We have to stop blaming a race when crisis like this happen in our world. Can we think about what the person was going through before we blame it on his race? We have the President Trump , who clearly is attempting to build a wall to prevent people from coming in ! I just think all of this is so sad, and to have children grow up in a world full of hate is scary.


Yet, the United States is not alone. Racism is effecting more places such as South Africa and Japan. In South Africa some "rates of products and goods are decided depending on the race of a person" (Shah, 2010).  I couldn't imagine this to happen to me. Take for instance milk for my daughter, what if it was higher than a white person buying It, I would be shocked. In Japan, which is considered one of the richest countries, they are known to have a "low tolerance for refuges and people from other countries"( Shah, 2010). It is almost as they think they are better than everyone else.


                                                   Crazy world huh?
Racism. (2010, September). Retrieved September 25, 2017, from http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism

Breastfeeding was not easy for me at all. However, one of the main reason I choose to breastfeed is for all the benefits that my baby would have and I would have. I attended a breastfeeding support group and the lactation coach was an amazing woman who not only educated the mothers on the importance, but she was a example of the great benefits from breastfeeding. Routine is everything when nursing and it is best that you try to put your baby on a nursing schedule, so you won't get so wore out thinking all the baby is doing is eating,  My lactation coach taught me how to co-sleep and nurse at the same time, which helpless with newborn nights.

I located this interesting article about a woman who was scared to go back to visit her family in Jordan, because of how she would be viewed in public. She talked about her first three attempts to breastfeed and how others looked at her. It wasn't until the fifth time that she became more open to breastfeed in public. One thing about the woman is that she always would be dressed appropriately  when she did feed outside. In Jordan it is a custom for women to embrace breastfeeding and some say that breastfeeding is actually a law in Arab and it is to not be ashamed of.
http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/04/breastfeeding-in-jordan/

December 11th .....Lord what a day!!!!!


My daughter arrival was something very scary, and I am so glad I made the decision to have C-section. I was induced due to high blood pressure, and after 12 hours no activity was made. My doctor came into the room and said I have two options either try another inducement in the morning or I could go in for a C-section. I was thinking to myself  "it isn't no way that I could restart again tomorrow", so I made the decision to go ahead with the C-section. When kylie came out , her umbilical cord was wrapped around her head twice. Had I not made that decision, kylie could of died because their was no true indications that anything was wrong.
                                                            THAT'S MY STORY


After researching other pregnancies in other countries I was very interested to learn about China. In China the poor mothers have to placed with other moms in the same room during active labor. I think this takes away from the special moments of birth.


In Uganda, pregnancy is a test of endurance. Fear and complaining about pregnancy is seen as a childish emotion. I was really shocked at this statement because who could say what level a women's pain is ? I did not go through much pain, but everyone is different.

 

To narrow it down to just 3 was very hard being all of the ideals are very important

NAEYC

1. I-3A.3 To support co-workers in meeting their professional needs and in their profession development.

  – I found this to be meaningful to me because I never would have made it through my first year without the help and support of my wonderful co-workers. They were always there to help me with whatever I needed and I couldn’t appreciate them more! I think in all reality you can learn more from teachers who have been through it before.

2. P-1.1 Above all, we shall not harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, or intimidating to children. this principle has precedence over all others in this Code.

      – This should be significant to anybody who works with children. You should be creating a safe, loving environment that nurtures physical, mental, and cognitive growth of all children. For some children, school or day care may be this safest place that they have to go or they only place that they have to go that is stable and not constantly changing. I always think of my daughter while I am at work because she goes to a daycare and just like I wouldn’t want no one to mistreat her I cannot mistreat anyone else kids.

 

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3.  We shall demonstrate in our behavior and language respect and appreciation for the unique value and human potential of each child.

      – Young children are smarter than most people give them credit for. This is important to me because I watch the children in my classroom and can see the things they pick up at home from how their parents or siblings act around them. I want the kids in my class to learn proper manners and how to be a respectable citizen, not gossiping about every detail in front of them because they pick it up like sponges. Lord I have witnessed this before firsthand and it isn’t fun when that parent is complaining to the principal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some resources to HELP!!!

Check out this teacher and how he is making a connection with each of his students on the very first day of school


https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/humankind/2017/02/03/-teacher-has-different-handshakes-each-student/97461486/


Remain flexible and Observant


http://www.naeyc.org/dap/10-effective-dap-teaching-strategies


Lets hear it from the students!!! Parent Involvement


https://youtu.be/wK-yIIOg5wo




These websites were more that I found useful from class this week


Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
• World Organization for Early Childhood Education
  http://www.omep-usnc.org/

Great Books !!!

For your early childhood class read this book  in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end of your school year and watch how the growth in your students!!!!!

Obama was a man who believed that education is very important to our children. Obama also stated that children needed this "head start " in order to get them prepared.