I thought I I would never see that day
When I white lady who works in the midwest
Would figure out what works best
(actually thats not true it just rhymes well)
In this weeks CEC spotlight, a daily email that gets sent to me, I came across an amazing article. Apparently there is a curriculum out there that is designed to teach English Language Arts by using the language of current hip-hop artists, Makes perfect sense to me.
In fact, my amazing assistant Ms. Vasquez, who went off to New York to study at Columbia, used to plaster the Learning Center wall with lyrics from all the new artists. I have no idea who they were, but the kids simply loved it. In fact if memory serves it was our "Even Rapper use a Thesaurus" wall.
Here is a good example of educators using their heads. We make all kinds of other resources that incorporate aspects of current culture in order to be deemed more appealing, why not this. At its origins hip-hop was a form of artistic expression that allowed unheard voices to break free from social oppression and rewrite the rules. Why not rewrite the rules of what we teach and learn at the same time. Makes perfect sense to me.
Well thats the end of that. Short post, I know, but I have BBQed chicken that needs my attention. I am making Mexican Sopapillas for the first time and I want everything to go well
