I am ashamed with the men that would take advantage of students in that way and equally sad that she would only feel empowered by sleeping with them. I applaud you for encouraging women in a way that men cannot. At the same time, I want to also strive to be a man who puts an end to practices like this that take advantage of women. I am proud to call myself a feminist, and for as much as you can do for women by also being a woman, I want to be a supporter of this as a man and as a human being. One of the major reasons I went into the counseling field was to end injustices such as these, so I want to support what you stand for in this post. Thank you for these powerful words!
Author: jardonam
Comment on The last GEDI, I think not! by jardonam
Hi Dalya, I was trying to post a reply to your post about the humanities but no matter what I do, it doesn’t seem to show up on the site. This is what I was trying to say though:
I just read a post about learning that gets forgotten along the way when taking all of the courses that we HAVE to take instead of just choosing accordingly. While I can think of a lot of material that I have forgotten because I never went back to that subject, I can also see so much value in people taking a variety of classes. Whether or not someone is going into a humanities field, learning from these types of classes is vital to society. The point that you made that resonates most with me is tolerance. Being a counselor, acceptance of differences is at the essence of what we do. Having more people take humanities classes (whether or not they wish to do into that field) can have an amazing impact on society. And I completely agree that people should choose their passion over a job that will just pay better. I chose a psychology undergraduate degree fully aware that I would have to pursue graduate education to do anything with the degree. But I wouldn’t take that decision back for any reason because I am passionate about what I do, which doesn’t really make it work then does it?
Comment on There’s more than 50 shades of Grey by jardonam
Welcome to the shades of grey that we face every day in the counseling field! Seeing things as black and white while teaching counseling classes can actually cause a lot of problems. I find it interesting that we have each taken away so much from this class about how grey is important but we’ve come from such different backgrounds. For engineering classes, black and white is often considered more normal than for us in counseling, but in each case, we have to work to help students gain comfort with grey here and there.
Comment on What it means to be a GEDI by jardonam
Great questions! Thanks! So first, “incivility” was supposed to be “inclusivity” so I just went and fixed that. In terms of creating an inclusive environment, I would suggest that there is no one way to do that. The use of acceptance can be an important aspect of that, but I agree that it could lead people to settle too early. It seems to me that many of our posts on this topic could go on and on about the many ways to allow for better inclusiveness, so I decided to keep this post a little more succinct. So yes, there are many approaches to keep in mind for inclusion, acceptance often included.
Comment on What it means to be a GEDI by jardonam
Thank you for your comment Yoda! (I love it!)
Comment on What it means to be a GEDI by jardonam
Thanks Dan! I completely agree that gray is good for learning and when it comes to education (and diversity in particular), there are no absolute answers. Getting ourselves and our students more comfortable or aware of the gray is such an important part of being inclusive.
Comment on My personal teaching evolution by jardonam
That’s a great question! I think it could actually work pretty well for karate instruction. I typically moved to the side much more as students moved up in rank. Students would need a bit of guidance at the start to get the basics down, but there came a point where it was best to let them just develop their own style. It was great to see how I taught so many people the same basic principles but then when they had that freedom to try things their own way, each was able to come up with a unique way of practicing.
In terms of math, I tried early on to do a semi-flipped classroom in which the students read the material and came to class with questions. I don’t know if I was just new to teaching or if the material was just too difficult, but I couldn’t get any of the students to follow through with that. It would be nice if they could read through the book’s examples first to get an idea of what the concepts were and then I could just be there to fill in the gaps. I pretty much always had to be hands on teaching though at that time. It’s a nice thought though!
Thanks for your comment!
Comment on Learning need not be all work by jardonam
Michelle, this is a fantastic post! I have to echo what everyone else said about how amazing play can be for learning by not making it solitary. I love the reminder that learning doesn’t have to be complicated or even sound overly intelligent to pass along a message. How often do we get into a mode of seeing powerpoints and lecture as the norm for education? This post was a lovely reminder to me that making learning accessible to people of all ages can still work on any level. Honestly, I don’t know what COBOL programming is, but this example gave me an idea of what it is you were doing at the time. I know people who think that because I am a PhD student that they won’t understand much of what I have to say, but doesn’t that defeat the point of education? Taking learning back to the simple, imaginative ways that reach children can still be an excellent approach to education just about anywhere! Thanks for your post!
Comment on Forget memorization, let’s make it memorable! by jardonam
I have to say that I found this blog post to be quite entertaining. I hadn’t heard that rhyme before, but it adds a personal touch to the story. I’ve also had that feeling of not remembering some bit of information until immediately after the test is done. I don’t remember having a whole lot of in class discussions in undergrad, nor did I study with others very often. I imagine more of that would have been helpful because by the time I started my graduate work, it seemed like most of my class time was spent in discussion. What I’m taking away from your post is that learning goes multiple directions, not just from teacher to student. Moving that interaction back and forth and among peers is where the information becomes memorable as you put it, not just memorized. Thanks for your post!
Comment on Forget memorization, let’s make it memorable! by jardonam
I have to say that I found this blog post to be quite entertaining. I hadn’t heard that rhyme before, but it adds a personal touch to the story. I’ve also had that feeling of not remembering some bit of information until immediately after the test is done. I don’t remember having a whole lot of in class discussions in undergrad, nor did I study with others very often. I imagine more of that would have been helpful because by the time I started my graduate work, it seemed like most of my class time was spent in discussion. What I’m taking away from your post is that learning goes multiple directions, not just from teacher to student. Moving that interaction back and forth and among peers is where the information becomes memorable as you put it, not just memorized. Thanks for your post!
