La Personalidad del Momento

La educación se sostiene en los hombros de las personas que han hecho aportaciones a la misión y a los compromisos de esta. Por eso ideé incluir, ocasionalmente, experiencias o reflexiones de una persona distinguida en el campo de la educación. Estas narraciones tienen como propósito abrir puertas que contribuyan a mejorar aspectos éticos, morales, sociales y emocionales de una comunidad educativa y propiciar, a la vez, espacios para examinar los cambios o ajustes requeridos para construir la sociedad que todos queremos.

Tengo una miríada de personas en mi lista pero no puedo dejar de iniciar mis pequeñas crónicas con las personas que le dan sentido a todo lo que hacemos: los estudiantes.

Frances aka Frenchy
“una joven of today”

Les presento a Frances aka Frenchy, su relato trata sobre el discrimen, la difamación y las calumnias que tiene que afrontar en la escuela y como ella “le da cara” a la situación.

Frances, es la persona con el promedio más alto de todos los grupos que toman mi clase, aseguraría que ella está entre los primeros dos promedios más altos del grado 11, pero no puedo certificar eso por ahora. [Tendría que revisar todas las tarjetas acumulativas del grado 11 y eso…¡Ni pa'ya voy a mirar!]Francés es bilingüe y se siente más cómoda expresándose en inglés; razón por la cual presento su relato tal y como me lo comunicó, “in English”.

What She Likes

“I like to hang out with my friends and family. We all go to the movies or have a movie day at one of our houses, usually mine. I enjoy Saturday nights with my mom. We do simple things. I like to sleep a lot! At school, schoolwork comes first, and then comes play. My favorite class would have to be Mathematics, but my favorite teacher this year is none, since I like them all equally.”

Discriminating, Judging and Criticizing…Oh My!

“People should not discriminate, judge or criticize. It is something very hurtful; something you wouldn’t like done to you. Just because that person isn’t like everybody else doesn’t give you the right to judge them.

In my situation, people at my school labeled me as a lesbian whore and I am not. I am heterosexual (straight) and definitely not a whore! Not that I’m against them, I’m just not one of them. My best friends and I hold hands because we think of ourselves as sisters. You know, like little sisters that always stick together, well, we’re just like that! We continue to hold hands because we don’t care what others say. People who talk crap are not worth my time. People who matter wouldn’t pay attention to this. As for the whore part, it is now that I have a boyfriend in school, so I don’t understand where this came from. I’ve never made out with random guys nor have I slept with them. People I get along with know that I don’t hook-up this way. I don’t do stuff like that! I wouldn’t do it…plain and simple.

When I’m at school, it is to do school work. I appreciate people who take their time to get to know me. At the end of everything, don’t judge a book by its cover!”