The End

The end of the semester has arrives and so has the end of this blog. Throughout the course of the semester I have been posting blogs about the issues of literacy for diverse learners. Many different concepts have been discussed, but I believe my overarching theme for my blog is that teachers should follow their instincts when it comes to teaching. I have discussed many issues such as pre-made lessons, neoliberalism in schools, epistemological diversity, what it means to be literate, colorblindness, and many other concepts and ideas. Through this class and especially through the blogs I was able to establish in myself a belief of what type of teacher I want to be, which is why the main theme of my blog is what it is.


Only those who are in the classroom know the students. Teachers spend hours of time with students every school year so they know how students learn, how students should be evaluated, what type of assignments students learn best from, and what students want to learn or should learn. A corporate person does not know this so they shouldn’t be making the materials to be taught in class, making the tests and assignments or whatever else they might come out with. The only way to change the education system is by teachers taking control over what they teach—they know the students and they know what topics what lessons will make all students successful—and most likely the teacher is going to have to differentiate the curriculum so all students can be successful. A teacher that listens to his or her students is the type of teacher I want to be.