Educ 203 Reflection

Samantha Meyer
EDUC 203
Final reflection paper

Education 203 with Dr. Smith has been a very enjoyable and entertaining class. I really liked the teaching style, curriculum and format of the class. I have definitely had a meaningful learning experience from this class. This class has taught me about important topics in life and topics that will be significant to me when I become a teacher. Through out this class I have learned about topics that are important to all people growing up and living in the United States. I have learned about topics like diversity in schools, immigration, racism, gay rights, gay marriage, and attitudes about diversity. Learning about a diverse amount of topics has opened my eyes about issues that are very important
Before I took this class I’ve learning about immigration but was not very knowledgeable about the topic. After learning about immigration in education 203, my views and opinions on immigration have changed. The topic of immigration is a very controversial issue with several different viewpoints but I found the topic exceptionally interesting. “House GOP lawmakers are already warning they intend to oppose any change in immigration policy that doesn’t make things tougher for people who are in the country illegally, despite the fact that immigration is down and the Obama administration is already deporting record numbers of people with criminal records or who are deemed to be public safety threats” (Redmond, 2010, 1). I believe this is completely unfair because lawmakers are not even giving immigrants a chance in our society. The United States wants to make living here impossible for immigrants and plan to just make it harder and harder. We are supposed to be the land of opportunity and yet we give no opportunity to immigrants to benefit from our society at all. I believe it is completely unrealistic to deport the 11 million immigrants living in the United States so instead it is important to move forward and make laws to enforce change and benefits for the country with illegal immigrants living here. Immigration was a topic I enjoyed learning about and would like to learn more about
All of the topics have been relevant, significant, and interesting. If I had to pick one topic that was the “hardest” for me it would be gay marriage. This is because my only and older brother recently told me that he is gay. He shared this news with me about four months ago. It was not the most surprising news but I am still figuring out and learning what its like to have a gay brother. Over the past four months he has been telling family members and friends at times that have been available. Learning about gay marriage hit me on a more personal level since it affects my brother, myself and family. I have always been a strong supporter for gay rights and marriage for as long as I can remember. The scientific purpose of marriage is to procreate and raise children but not all people get married because their priority in life is to have children. Many people get married with no intention to have children and just because they are in love and want to share the rest of their lives together. There are millions of children who are in need of families and allowing gay marriage is letting more options of couples raise and take care of these children in need of families. “Some same-sex couples argue that they want to marry for the same reasons that many opposite-sex couples do. But the personal reasons why any one individual couple chooses to marry are also not the primary concern of