Magic talk

In the previous EDU 300 class we got to watch a clip from Freedom Writers. The class got in a huge discussion over a note that was being passed around the room. The note was making fun of a boy in the front of the classroom with a big nose. The teacher got into a discussion that led to her talking about the Holocust. She asked the students if they had heard about the Holocust and only one white boy raised his hand. I found it extremely surprising how so many students can make it all the way to high school and have never heard of the Holocust. The teacher then asked the students about gangs and asked them questions that many of them could relate to. Such as, "Who has ever been shot at?" The majority had raised their hand and she was surprised to found out many things about her students that she might not have known if the note hadn't been passed around the room.