As this latest course comes to a close I am reflecting on what I have learned and what helped me learn the most. During my coursework what connected with me the most was the media presentations from Shuan-Adrian and Marsha. The stories that hey presented were not different than the stories that I could read on paper however hearing them speak through the media presentations moved me. I could feel the emotions through the interviews that they provided for the media presentation. The true life experiences that these people lived through, people who are just like you and me.
I would have to say that there is little that surprised me throughout this course. The majority of my career I have worked with children who are culturally diverse. I have heard the hardships of families who are not in the majority. I have worked with the children who are learning English as a second language. I have worked with low-income families and children and have been one myself.
In this course it revived me to work harder in my professional career for the culturally diverse child, the low-income child, the underdog. I can use my professional connections and my everyday work to help children and families that otherwise may not have someone to give them a voice.
