Tell Me About Myself.

One key point in this week's lecture was culturally relevant teaching. As a psychology major and student, i appreciate this concept or practice. When all a teacher throws out are facts that a student can not relate to, the information gets lost and students become bored easily. Culturally relevant teaching includes means getting a student motivated to learn by teaching them about their past.The way the information is presented makes a difference.Another key point was that Africa is the birthplace of humanity. Many people still try to refure this fact but there is no getting around it. I remember the slide about the slave trade. The way Africans were packed on ships, as if they were less than animals, makes me sick. The way that people were forced to survive on the ships was horrific.We were brought here as if we owed somebodya debt. A third point of the lecture was the reality of Apartheid in South Africa. The thing that stands out most about this is the time period. I wasborn in the early 90's while people were fighting for their freedoms and their lives. This was not a very long time ago.