They Are Only Going to Steal Your Cars: An Ethnodrama

Location

Room #2081

Format Type

Panel

Start Date

January 2014

End Date

January 2014

Abstract

The center of this ethnodrama (Saldaña, 2011) is a monologue voiced by an African-American teacher: “It’s one of those schools where if your heart is not in it, your kids are going to feel it. And then, she gets awesome teachers, but our principal knows how to make them go away! Like I did. I stayed for two years—you have to believe in your kids. You have to believe. But if you don’t believe; if you tell your teachers, ‘Don’t worry, because they are only going to steal your cars.’ Then.”

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They Are Only Going to Steal Your Cars: An Ethnodrama

Room #2081

The center of this ethnodrama (Saldaña, 2011) is a monologue voiced by an African-American teacher: “It’s one of those schools where if your heart is not in it, your kids are going to feel it. And then, she gets awesome teachers, but our principal knows how to make them go away! Like I did. I stayed for two years—you have to believe in your kids. You have to believe. But if you don’t believe; if you tell your teachers, ‘Don’t worry, because they are only going to steal your cars.’ Then.”