Posted on 03/04/2015 2:15:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A teacher describes how the death Trayvon Martin made ger scrap her lesson plan and work on something more relevant with students.
Brit in the Bronx teacher created her portrait of Trayvon Martin using red Skittles wrappers and cream and turquoise Arizona drinks labels.
Sometimes the people you teach and the events that change their lives can take you to places you weren’t expecting. In 2012, my students had a Hoods Up For Trayvon Martin day in protest against the failure to arrest former neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman for killing the Florida teenager. They came to class with their hoods up, many carrying bottles of Arizona – an iced tea beloved by US teenagers. They also had bags of Skittles – the only items Trayvon was carrying when he was shot.
That day I abandoned the lesson plan, got my badge maker out and we spent the day making protest art. We made badges from Arizona labels, Skittles wrappers and pictures of Trayvon.
I decided to write a series of lessons around protest art because the urge in my students to address injustice was so powerful. Any parent or teacher of a teenager will tell you how misunderstood and unfairly treated they can feel, but sometimes they have an important point to make....
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Did they get high on "purple drank" and attempt to kill strangers?
No?
Not much of a "Trayvon Martin Day" then ...
Racism remains an EXCUSE to not get an education and a real job -— and be a law-abiding, respectable AMERICAN.
Thank You Obama, Holder, Sharpton and Jackson.
Hey lady, how about working on something more relevant with them like giving them skills to support themselves and get jobs, not this BS.
Hey, I could do that.
No wonder “Brit in the Bronx” uses a pseud. Who would publish this under their real name?
Oh and if she reads this: please Brit in the Bronx, learn to tip 20 -25%.
A teacher describes how the death Trayvon Martin made ger scrap her lesson plan and work on something more relevant with students.
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Two sentence mistakes from the get go. Yep. This is definitely a Teacher blogging this.
Definitely.
This so-called “educator” is a nut case. She should be fired for child abuse.
This so-called “educator” is a nut case. She should be fired for child abuse.
Refusing to “take your licking” is unjust. I get it.
And just how many Saint Tray-vons did she bring back to life with this!
Trash art is not art.
Your students didn’t fight jack sh_t. But I’ll bet they all got an easy A for this waste-of-time feel-good “project” that looks like it was assembled by first graders who ran out of finger paints.
They should put more effort into fighting gangs, and the violence they reap.
I agree...she abandoned her lesson plan for this nonsense.
“Protest art” is a skill in much demand by employers these days./S
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If I were an insensitive racist I would suggest that the Trayvon “art” could be used for target practice.
now THAT is ART!!
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