Well, I spent so much time on my 500 word paper, but after class, it turns out I focused on different things than we need in the paper. I’ve never written a paper quite like this- it seems that it takes my brain some time to adjust to writing in stages like this.
One of the biggest areas I didn’t include in my paper was describing the ways the Kingdom is and is not being embraced currently, including ways that this is translating into oppression.
Some ways Esperanza is embodying the Kingdom:
- Huge importance placed on the family unit including extended family and community.
- Free, after school program for students falling behind to recieve additional support- justice and equality for all.
- Additional support/assistance given to students learning English, accomodations made
Some ways Esperanza is not embodying the Kingdom:
- School is segragated ethnically and economically
- Large size of school makes cohesiveness, community difficult on a staff level
- Relationships are hard to form between students, teachers, families because of lack of time, heavy work load for teachers
