Tessa Roberge's Blog

  I hate stereotypes. I don't mean the stupid jokes about type casting hallmark movies or anime characters but I mean stereotyping someone based on core identities like gender, race, religion, etc. I as someone who was born a woman do not identify as a woman because of these ideologies of what a women is stereotype is. I don't want pin straight blond hair, I don't want a perfect body, I don't want to shave my legs or my arm pits, I don't want to have cutesie neat natural makeup, I don't want to wear pink crop tops and skinny jeans. Now that is only characterizing the stereotype of what a woman is because not every woman is going to like or dislike these things. The idea that this is what a women should like or want to be is relevant into today's culture. I am not just thinking of prior generational stereotypes but the ones of today. I know that this won't change or solve how the world treats me, but it is my own act of defiance against the ones who in fo...

    As a student going into the education field, it is our collective duties to recognize the flaws in our Culture that we have developed in the education system. It is our job to influence the students of tomorrow and by shaping the education system of today by destroying stereotypes, unconscious bias, and the culture of white power in order for the educators of tomorrow to be as successful if not more than we are. As an educators we should provide the most inclusive programs we have to offer.       Personally, I am going into the Music Education field for me that would include providing instruments to students who don't have the income to financially take on affording an instrument. It also means that I will provide after school and sectional time for the students who don't have a place at home to practice. I've recognized that for some students they live in strenuous situations where they may not be able to play a loud instrument at home. In the regards ...

 While reading Privilege Power and Differences by Allan G. Johnson, a reading which I read prior in FNED 101, I have learned he speaks greatly of Racism, sexist, and gender identity. One thing I noticed wasn't ever mention was the topics of Neurodiversity. This is a topic that I am very immersed and involved in and was a little surprised lack of mention the different types of neurodivergencies as well as zero mention of ablism in this passage. Growing up as an Autistic child, many classroom settings, social interactions, teaching styles, and social mannerisms showed the true depths of social privilege many students had. The fact that there wasn't a singular mention of the social prejudice surrounding neurotype was very disheartening. In the education system, students with autism, ADHD, Anxiety, etc. get bullied everyday by people using the "R" word or the term "SPED." This was originally used in the education system for students with different mental disabil...