Ms. Kimberly Worthy did her lecture and spoke about her mission with the students in the LEAP program. I never really knew about a middle school that focused so much on African culture, and seeing that Ms. Worthy focuses a lot on that was really interesting to hear about. The fact that she's teaching these students things as African Logic, and bringing them countries in Africa is amazing. Usually a teacher will teach their class the traditional way of teaching. Sticking to the the traditional techniques and lessons but culturally relevant teaching allows the students to be open to new experiences and develop new perspectives, which motivates them to succeed. Ms. Worthy also talks about freedom social-emotionally and academically. This brings up a good point because exposing students to a different way of learning, this allows them academic freedom. They don't only have to stick to the usual way of learning they have the freedom to expand their mind. The emotional program that her students have is something I wish I had when I was in middle school. Children don't usually get the chance to talk about how their feeling. They take their feelings out on other kids or just keep it to themselves, but the emotional program gives them a chance to talk about what's bothering them so it can't be deal with in a more appropriate manner.
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