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.”
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.”
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Breakout Session B