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This week’s module was very interesting for me. I am not a teacher, but I went to high school and college in United States. I had not thought about the religious diversity of my peers yet. I agree with that K-12 teachers should aware of Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in the schools in the United States. I was pretty shocked when I saw my quiz score about religions. I realized that I do not have enough knowledge with religions. I go to church, but I had not get chance to study bible, so I didn’t get some of questions upon it either. From the quiz, I checked “Yes, permitted,” to a question following “According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer, or not?” If I went over whole “Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the United States,” I would have got it correctly. So, I took the test twice, once before reading it, another after reading it. It helped me a lot to get brief ideas.

The second chapter on gender and sexuality, many different lessons that was held for students surprised me. I remember one reading from internet, that homosexual forms by social activity, or home environment. I have no chance to watch kids, students closely. But even from watching neighborhoods, or listening to neighborhoods’ story, I can tell that many words are said by children that can interrupt them to form understanding the different gender identities. Gender roles are created by teaching, and learning. Schools and teachers can support it with good programs or lessons.

Third part “At Risk vs. Resiliency & School Violence.,” brought me a lot of thoughts. Violence should be ended. I heard a lot of stories from my friends who went to High schools in Los Angeles District. They described as many of students at their school were carrying guns or knives. They were ready to be aggressive, violent. I think schools and teachers need to control and educate students more on that. From the documentary “Valentine Road,” Larry got two shot from the back by his classmate “Brandon.” And Larry died two days after. Larry was just struggling with his identity; he started wearing makeup and heeled boots to school. AT that time, Brandon, who was Caucasian, showed interest in white supremacist ideology. At Valentine’s Day game, Larry asked Brandon to be his Valentine. Problem outbreak! Teachers and schools should have done to help them to form identities.