Linda Howard Case Study Questions

Linda Howard overcame many obstacles growing up. These obstacles resulted from her biracial ethnicity. Linda Howard was mixed black from her father and white from her mother. After reading Linda’s case study as well as other readings I the book while giving it much thought I was really able to understand Linda a little better. In her case study, she states that she is able to identify with both races, her white ethnicity that was from her mother being American European as well as her father who was African American. She spent a lot of time thinking about her races as well as others to better understand them. Linda was often mistaken as Hispanic due to her light colored skin. This usually didn’t bother her, but when people knew she wasn’t and …show more content…
Linda Howard considered herself of no “race”, she was human and of the “human race”.
After reading about how some of Linda’s own teachers were so influential to her it made me think about my future as a teacher. Like her 7th grade math teacher Ms. Morgan, Linda said that she didn’t like math until she had Ms. Morgan. This was due to her making math fun and turned the math problems into games! Math is just one of those subjects that can be quite difficult for some, I myself has never been that great but I get by. I can see myself making my math lessons into games so I can keep my student’s attention and their focus. My lessons (not just in math) would be fun and enjoyable! I am a very caring person; I feel that is a number one quality a teacher should posses. With that I know that I will care for my students as if they wee my own. I would want them to feel towards me as Linda felt towards Mr. Benson. She was able to just sit and …show more content…
He spoke about how important school was for him during his case. Rashaud and his family really cared about his education. There were several things he liked about his school and a few things that he didn’t like as well. He stated that being an African American student was “tense”, because teachers would just look at them and were quick to assume that they were “bad kids” Rashaud would tell the teachers “Everybody’s not bad; and they should have high expectations.” He mentioned theta the only time his school recognizes his culture was during Black History Month, and that was about it. His school didn’t seem to be very culturally responsive. I wonder if it was due to the mostly white teachers that taught at his school, and that they didn’t know or understand enough to teach or talk about the his and his peer’s cultures. And how they would just assume certain things about those students. As sad as that sounds, it’s possible that’s how it