Blog 2

Pamela Daher
ED 350
Professor Shutkin
1-24-06

Web Blog 2

Dear Pamela,
My name is Sequoyah and I am a mixed-blood Cherokee who created the written Cherokee language. I developed the written Cherokee language to preserve my Cherokee culture (21). I believe that creating the written Cherokee language will allow my fellow Cherokees to embrace their culture by being able to read and write in their own language. In addition, I value my heritage and wanted to preserve my culture and by creating the written Cherokee language. My language is based on the creation of characters to represent different sounds in the Cherokee language. My creation of the written language made the missionaries react negatively to my invention because it threatened their efforts to translate religious tracts to teach Protestant Anglo-Saxon culture to my fellow Cherokees (21). I am glad they were upset because my purpose as I stated before was to protect my Cherokee culture and wanting it to grow. I included this picture below so that you can have a sample of the Cherokee written language that I created.
Sincerely,
Sequoyah

Blog 1

Pamela Daher
1-18-06
ED 350
Professor Shutkin
Web log 1
I thought the article was interesting because it has opened my opens to see the goals and missions for teachers to create a healthy environment for their students. From reading the article, I learned more about how much a teacher can make a difference in a diverse classroom. I enjoyed on how Sonia Nieto included more goals on what teachers should strive on to provide a great education to their students. Some questions I have are how should the teacher get the parents more involved in their child education in a poverty community? Some goals I have for this course is learn to create an atmosphere in my classroom that is welcoming to all of my students from a different background. Another goal is to learn more about different cultures so I can relate more to everyone in my classroom.