Where I'm From Video

Where I'm From

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I am from hidden caves, from  and rolling hills.
I am from the house in the middle of nowhere.


I am from colorful trees, and pink sunsets.
I am from evening guitar jams, honesty, from Mongi and Pap, to card games with Murrays.


I am from taking in stray animals and stray kids.
From go-cart racing and exploring uncharted forests.


I am from Bible thumping Churchgoers.
I'm from rambunctious law-breakers, black berries and I am from the land of "too many potatoes."


From the POW camps in Korea, the backwoods cabin, and endless space.
I am from stories past down from old to young, time and time again.

Student Interest Survey

We were asked to find a Student Interest Survey that revolved around our subject area. My subject area is Art, which kind of gave me difficulties in finding a decent survey. However, The Student Art Interest Survey was probably the best.

Luis Moll Entrance Pass

In Luis Moll’s research, he discovered that  even in areas where there are presumed “cultural deficits,” when students are deemed unintelligent or unteachable because they are from a different culture, there is often times what is called “culture capital.” Culture capital is basically a surplus of vast wealth of knowledge in a given community of these underclass students.

Moll did his research in Tuscon, Arizona with Mexican-American students. He looked in the community for evidence of specific areas in which the community possessed a vast amount of knowledge. Once he discovered what the community truly excelled at, he encouraged teachers to include those subjects into the curriculum. The result was obvious to the teachers. Class participation and interest improved when the teachers included things that the students were interested in, and their culture emphasized.

Even though this study was done in Arizona, the actions taken by Moll and the teachers in Tuscon could be applied anywhere else. Foxfire did similar work in Alabama. As long as the students are interested in the curriculum I think that the students would be much more likely to excel.