Why Teach?

In this module, I learned that teachers don't have a set curriculum given to them. I didn't realize it until this module, I would always get confused that some of my friends from a different school would learn different things and not read the same books I read. I was surprised about the hidden curriculum, its described as how one should behave, who people are, what gender, class and culture are learned through the hidden curricula and the assumptions that are embedded in language and culture. As a future educator I need to make sure that my students are fully engaged within the curriculum and actually want to learn. I already knew about the explicit curriculum due to me having to follow the routines and procedures in the classroom that were being formed since kindergarten to twelfth grade. The lower income schools have a lack of materials and resources to succeed, while as higher income schools have more than enough resources to succeed.

Schools all around the world are different in many ways. An example would be that they have different curriculums and teaching styles to benefit the students. No school is the exact same, especially when it comes down to the same level of education each school has.   In the article “Separate and Unequal: School funding in post-racial America” Every state had relied heavily on the local property taxes that were funded to public schools in the United States. It created how school districts were viewed as unequal issuance of money to wealth discrimination. The more districts with higher property taxes are able to raise more money for the funding of schools versus the poorer districts. In the article it stated that majority of American public schools are viewed as segregated, and the vast majority of those students are classified as low-income students. Within local property tax revenues still serve as the main source of local funding within the public education system. The article goe...