I know its only been a week since we have began reading for this course; however, I am really starting to see how all the reading is connecting to curriculum and research. The Wollman-Bonilla article, “Does Anybody Really Care” gave me insight on what it is that we do as educators. It helped comfirm why I want to teach and what I want to help students get out of education. Caring about your craft and your students are so important in the teaching profession. I really enjoyed the Wollman-Bonilla article because she cared so much about research that she defined it as social action. She argued that “as researchers we must honor this trust by taking responsilbility for helping to make education valuable”( Wollman-Bonilla 2002). She also explains that “social action provides a witness to to what is widely ignored, to what might be, and to trust families place on the value of education” (Wollman-Bonilla). I grew up in a disadvantaged area were the school system was not the best; therefore, this article really helped me think about my experience and the research that I am gathering fom my teaching experience. I am inspired to take what I care about and use it to help disadvantage minority students excel in education and provide them with skills to compete with students who are socially and academically advantaged.

-Kasha