Blog #5

The egg drop was an experience that I will never forget. For the most part I think this way because of the supplies we were given to use to not let the egg drop; those being a bunch of condoms and plastic bags. But on a more serious note, I feel this experiment was a lot more meaningful because the way they separated the groups; the poor materials in the hallway and the more beneficial materials in the classroom. I felt that this made a stronger impact on when we went outside to see what everyone else made and noticed that they had a lot more better materials and it made me feel frustrated.

When I was not aware that all the groups had different materials I did not think that my materials were so bad, until I noticed that my group received the short end of the stick; that's when I began to think this was not fair. This connects back to Ullucci because these children growing up in poverty are typically unaware of their financial situation, however their teachers are and they form a bias on the child's learning: "We must focus on helping our students be clear-eyed about the struggles children may face without becoming helpless... First, it would be helpful for students to see how poverty impacts the development and learning of the young people with who they will work... Moreover, providing case studies where students can brainstorm class, school, and community responses can be helpful" (17-18). This allows children to no longer be put in the dark, but to form a voice and to be able to stand up for themselves against those that do not believe in them since they are stuck in the stereotypes of children in poverty.