Chapters 3&4

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       The concept that I enjoyed the most in these chapters was "mirrors and windows."   The fact that students should be able to see themselves represented throughout the classroom.  The students must know that everything about them is an important part of the classroom community, so even though the book stresses that a students heritage must be represented, I also say that should see different genders, sexuality, socioeconomic statuses, ages, etc.  As far as the "window" part of this concept goes, I think that it is necessary for everyone to see different people in the society being represented.  This helps to create acceptance between different people in the community.  By demonstrating how important the different types of people are to the society.  This will help to work towards a world without racism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination.  There are many things that we can include in our classrooms to show them that everyone is a valuable member in the community. Again this is will take time, but I truly believe that it will be worth the time.
        As we keep reading these chapters the thing that always seem to be the overall concept is being intentional, and within that, each chapter discusses different things that we need to be intentional.  Teaching is not something that you can thrown together if you want to make sure that you teach the lessons that you intend to teach.  It can't be thrown if you want to do it correctly, and if you aren't going to do it correctly, what is the point in doing it?