Portfolio 7 - Book Club

I read Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez.

1) My Disruptions:

• Differences in how Francisco respected his parents compared to how his peers respected (or didn't respect) their parents. 
• Instead of facing encouragement to go to college, progress, get a better life, his family discourages academics and doesn't believe he can/should go to college until his school counselor and Spanish teacher visit with his parents. 
• Francisco was able to write down parts of homework, poems, etc and memorize them while he worked. As a teacher, I'd like to help my students find study methods work for them and their lives. In Francisco's case, I'd make the information more conducive to be memorized on a couple notecards.

2) Clarify or provide examples of class concepts

• Meritocracy - Francisco and his family showed just how muc of a myth meritocracy is. Meritocracy is the idea that 
• Social reproduction - Francisco's father was very set on Francisco and his sons followng in his footsteps and working in agriculture. He was very much opposed to Francisco purrsuing a college education or do anything that didn't align with his ideas of the world. This is a really great oexample of social reproduction because Francisco's father is forcing 
• Discrimination - acting on racism
• Racism 

3) Influence of this book on my future as a teacher

• See beyond the basic facade of students. Get to know them, get to know what would be best to help them. 
• Be that support for students who want to achieve and help motivate other students to want to achieve.