Oppression and Liberation

Well I have seen a lot of oppression going on in my society and I have felt as if I were in a negative environment. In my LTI I really don't see a lot of oppression going on. I can't really say if oppression occur at my LTI. At my internship I wouldn't say that my mentor and other staff don't get oppressed because they do. I would say that in terms of school I have seen students get oppressed by other students. Children oppress others by making fun at on another or by not treating each other the same way. I really don't mean that children can be oppressor it's just that they are children and some don't know whether they have done something good or something bad. Other than that I have not seen staff get oppressed by other staff. My internship if full of wonderful and amazing workers. It's a environment that I enjoy being there every moment, second, and hour. So many people support me as to being a teacher when I fully announce my self as a teacher. Going back to the students that oppress others, we can set up a meeting with all the 1st graders to talk about the issue of oppression. I wouldn't think that the idea would work because all of the students have different learning levels. Some students are high, some are in the middle, and some are very low. It's going to be hard to address the issue to 1st graders. I can't think of another way at this very moment so I don't know any other way. that I can tell 1st graders that it's bad to oppress each other.

Asking for advice

If I could ask my mentor for any advice I would ask her how I should I make my voice sound more engaging. That's what I'm struggling the most is to speak up and make my voice sound more fun. I really like the way my mentor talks because she always has a voice that makes them engaged. I have noticed that when she reads a book that she really gets their attention. When I read to them my voice sounds like I'm reading to myself. I want to have a voice that sounds so happy and that will make them engaged. Every time I read to them I feel that I'm not loud enough. I have talked to my mentor about the situation and she tells me that I am loud enough and I'm really good with reading them a book. I really take that and keep it in my head so that i can let myself know that I'm actually doing a good job. I always doubt my ability to read to any one because I let myself down for not trying. What I do is to practice reading to my 5 year old brother and then to my sister so that I can see how I really sound like. I apply what my mentor tells me an to reading her students a book.