p. 96 "Another strategy to alter the mix of who becomes teachers is to recurit and select only those who bring experiences, knowledge, and dispositions that will enable them to teach well in culturally diverse urban schools."
p. 6 "He (Haberman) has found that one can predict not only who will succeed in urban schools but also the degree to which they will succeed.."
Both of these quotes made me upset. I definitely agreed with a lot of the informaiton from this article stating that preservice teachers need to have multicultural experiences, and understand urban students in order to be successful in an urban school setting, but I do not think that being of color automatically makes you a better candidate than a white preservice teacher. These quotes made me upset because they are judging certain preservice teachers without giving them a chance to work in the schools, and learn from their experiences. Also, who is to say that a white preservice teacher has NO experiences or knowledge that could help them teach well in a culturally diverse school. I do not think that anyone is able to predict the outcome of any teacher. Teaching in any school is a struggle the first couple of years, and any teacher gets better at their position with years of experience. I definitely think that Illinois State is giving us the tools that we need as preservice teachers to be able to teach well in any school setting. This article had good points, but I think it lacked by discriminating and putting white student teachers at a disadvantage.
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