Educational Philosophy
“You can’t build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew.” –Fred Hampton
I am interested in becoming a teacher because I understand too well what our educational system lacks. Being a student of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), I’ve experienced what the schools and teachers didn’t provide me and what it continues to not offer students. I believe that representation in our schools of color is highly important. In order to create strong relationships with our students, the school, staff, teachers, and other on campus officials need to stop policing, criminalizing, and alienating the needs of our students of color. What motivates me to become a teacher is my community, family, and educational history. As well as the disenfranchisement that our children are receiving due to a cheated educational system. My future goals is to lead our future youth onto a pathway of growth, encouragement, and positivity through art. I want to challenge the school to-prison pipeline. I want to send our youth to higher education, careers, leadership roles, and most importantly, into developing their communities. I am interested in teaching in diverse urban schools with students who have experienced educational and socio-economic disadvantages because I too was that student. Historically, we have seen the educational system demobilize the youth by subjecting them to unequal conditions. Through this, we have seen the system use education as an inaccessible tool—those who are knowledgeable are powerful. Those who are powerful are capable of overthrowing oppressors. We must educate our youth. I want to create a generation of change that will take no bullsh*t. Change begins with the youth! |