Andrew Johnson

It would be easy for me to write the politically correct thing and say I learned a lot about American Indians and it was fascinating and interesting, but the truth is I am tired of writing and saying what I think my teachers want to hear just for the grade. I don't know anymore about native American culture today then I did before our class, and Im perplexed as to why it was necessary to designate a a technology education class to Native Americans studies. I found the assignment frustrating cause I didn't understand its relevance to the overall purpose of the class. It was if someone picked native american studies out of a hat and decided that would be the focus of the class on that particular day. Don't get me wrong I recognize the importance of cultural awareness and sensitivity, but am I the only one who thought it was strange that we were suddenly doing presentations on native Americans after reading a children's book or watching a movie. I read the other blogs and and had a hard time taking some of them seriously, would you really make moccasins or invent bar graphs on indian populations in your classrooms. Or are you struggling as I am to try and complete this assignment by saying what you feel you are supposed to say. Maybe I'm wrong maybe everybody else was genuinely fascinated and enjoyed the assignment, but i was confused and this being a blog where we are supposed to express how we feel i felt compelled to be honest even if it means it negatively affects my grade.