group teach communitites

I was a little confused by the communities discussion towards the end of the class. I didn't really see how it was addressing building classroom communities. It was more about communities in general. I think we got a little off topic discussing racial issues, although relevant to communities.

I really liked the activity where we had to write a poem based off a picture we had. Some of the classmates said they forgot that they were supposed to relate it to communities, and working together in one. But it was great to create empathy and put yourself in someone elses shoes.

I was not in class for the second presentation, but I discussed it with a classmate, and it seemed like a great way to understand how power and oppression has been started and continued in communities, and the difficulties that it takes for some groups to get lifted out.

The group did a good job of presenting their topic. I just didn't get much out of creating classroom communities. Maybe I missed that when I was gone, or that wasn't really what they were trying to teach.