Saturday, February 22, 2014

The Silence



For this blog I’m using Madison’s post on “Safe Spaces”. Madison starts off her post by mentioning how she didn't remember her teachers incorporating anything LGBT in her school curriculum. I like her have the same thought. As I was reading I kept trying to remember a time in school when I learned about anything LGBT related in class from grades k-12. Her next comment was about “Day of Silence”.  Day of Silence is a day dedicated to the silent protest of the bullying of LGBT. I, like Madison, never fully understood the concept of this day when I was in high school. I remember there being announcements in school to take part in the day of silence and support the LGBT group but never thought anything of it. They made t-shirts reading “ Born This Way”, and I thought it was a clever way to incorporate a song into feeling a sense of pride in oneself. I wish a few years ago I knew what I knew now.  Until reading this article I found a new perspective of the day and how the day of silence is truly not just a day where a group of kids remain “silent” but are protesting the bullying many kids have to deal with. Madison states “LGBT students need to feel like they belong or have a space in a classroom and even in society.  Including these ideas in a school allows others to be aware of what is around them and maybe even gain more comfort on the idea.

 Not one individual is the same but everyone should be treated equally.” I couldn't agree more. No two people are alike and every single person should feel as if they belong to something. I really learned a lot from this article and from reading others blog posts on the article.



5 comments:

  1. Hey! I really liked your post! I cant agree more with the points you made. I can honestly tell you that I don't remember all a day In school in which the topic of LGBT was mentioned. I didn't even know about the "Day of Silence" until I read your post. I also wish that I knew more about this topic before hand. I think LGBT issues must not be ignored anymore.
    Nice Job! I

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  2. Hey Jaclyn ! I loved your extended comment post from Madison's blog ! The points you made about the Day of Silence in high school is so true, I remember them having it at my high school and not fully understanding what was actually taking place, awesome connection. And I loved the link to Lady Gaga !! :)

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  3. Great job! Seeing everyone's posts like this are really making me want to do one like this for next week. I agree, I have never had any topics of LGBT incorporated into my curriculum, so the fact that they have a "day of silence" to bring forth who they are really makes a lot more sense now to me. Everyone should definitely be treated equally, and this post goes hand and hand with that idea! Good job :)

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  4. I liked your post a lot. It shows how so many people didn't know about the troubles the LGBT community goes through. I am surprised that people never knew what the Day of Silence was or what it stood for. I really liked your post and how much it made me think. Thank you

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  5. Hearing so many of you talk about what you DIDN'T learn in k-12 schooling, makes me remember why I think it is so important to teach LGBT content in college. Nice connections.

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