blog #3

        The video on our home page "testing bias produced by South High students" I've been in those students shoes and it's not fun. I do agree that a student should be able to choose how they want to test, for example I'm not the best test taker so I would want to take my test in a quiet room to take my time. I agree with Vichnet Chhuon when he said "students of color still don't the same privilege as white students." Being a mixed child has it's ups and downs, for example I'm not the color of my skin the way people judge me because of the color of my skin isn't okay. People think that because I'm mixed doesn't mean I'm not smart. Growing up I grew up with two different family's. My moms and my dad, on my moms side I have is black and Mexican and my dads is white. When I would go to my dads side of the family they would say things like how's your moms side doing as if they don't like them because of their race. I never understood it when I was younger, but now that I'm older it's as if they are ashamed of me because of my race. I love my race and where I come from I honestly wouldn't change anything about me. I just hate how people can try to judge you from the color and not to get to know you for who you are. I feel like some teachers that I had in my past thought of me less because of the color of my skin. When it came to taking test I would freak out and overthink and then I would fail because I spent so much time over thinking. I feel like that teacher thought because I'm black that I'm not able to pass my test, but in reality I just overthink when it comes to taking tests. I want to teach my students our classroom is a safe classroom and that everyone is welcome and that no one is going to judge therm.