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As an upcoming Teacher, I will teach in the inner-city school system. My
students will learn that regardless of what society labels the city they come
from and how society expects them to be just another statistic of “the hood”,
they are someone and they will be someone successful if they so choose. I will
give them support, care, and a chance to see themselves as people and NOT just
another statistic or number among the uneducated. I will share with them my
willingness to help them achieve despite of the surroundings and experiences -
if they were negative.

I enjoyed the article “Understanding Comics” by
Scott McCloud. It was entertaining, funny, a little complicated, but true. I
agree that “we” do program ourselves to believe that a representational symbol
is the actual object or person. Take a look at how street signs have an affect
on us. If the word Yield was in the red octagon with white letters, we would
STOP instead of Yield. Why? Because we would associate the symbol and not
read the sign. Think about it!! We are so used to seeing the red octagon
as STOP that we don’t read the signs, we just see them. It would be the same as
taking a minute to comprehend what we are actually seeing versus what the word
says when we have to read the words red,
blue, green,
yellow out loud. It will be difficult. If
we took more time to examine, read, and process information then our lives would
be much smoother to live.