Asl topic on culture and education
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I believe that schools have hidden cultural agendas, stemming from their policy makers collective cultural backgrounds, which controls what curricula is used, and how knowledge is taught within the system. I further believe that not all students fit the cultural mold defined by our schools, and that those students that find themselves outside the established "norm" cannot fully benefit from their school experiences.
Born in 1958, I was raised in an emotionally reserved, lower middle class family in a small industrial town in Indiana. I have one brother, five years older than myself.
While I was growing up, my father was a purchasing agent for a local manufacturing firm. He worked very long hours
This only stimulated my imagination further. I loved learning new things and enjoyed school, except my interaction with teachers and students did not improve until late in my elementary years. I was very smart, very tall, and very skinny; none of which improved my standing. Physically I matured earlier than most of my contemporaries, but emotionally I continued to be less sophisticated long after I entered high school. In seventh grade I grew five inches in three months, began menstruation, developed acne, got braces on my teeth and was forced to wear glasses. I perfected the art of being invisible and seldom spoke out in class for fear I might answer wrong. Fortunately, I also discovered the arts in junior high. I excelled at drawing and loved choir and drama club. I had discovered an area where I felt at home and other people understood my imagination. My subject is a thirty-eight year old white male. Masculine, tall, well built with almost movie star looks, he is consistently pleasant, open, friendly, and self effacing. He is a gifted technical artist. He is also a homosexual. Not a stereotypical flaming queen, just a nice normal man that happens to be sexually attracted to men instead of women. He was raised in the Dayton area by working class parents. He is the third of four children, two girls and two boys. His father worked long hours and was seldom seen by his children. His mother did not work outside the home,
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