Tuesday August 2nd Reflection (Kono)

A sincere thank you to my dear fellow Donovans and to Prof. Grandson for a very engaging and intellectually challenging class. I appreciate the openness with which everyone shared their ideas, perspectives and experiences. I certainly learned much from each of you.

In retrospect of our last class - I think one of the most resonating experiences was the small-group sharing of our projects. (Another warm thank you to Melissa for the idea). One of the most interesting things for me about the class was understanding how differently and uniquely we each approached the project as a direct reflection of our experience with and in the class. The depth to which my group went to depict these experiences was humbling and amazing. I hope that we continue to share these with one another.

The issues we have spoken about in class, particularly of the role of race in schools, are going to be ever present in my future work as a teacher. I will continue to struggle with the challenges we faced as a class and I look forward to reaching out to each of you for the kind of support that I know we all have decided we are certainly going to need.

Thank you again, Prof. Grandson.

Sincerely

Nathan