Today was my first day working at the Foote School in New Haven. Today was full of figuring out schedules, familiarizing myself with classrooms as well as teachers. I spent the majority of the day sitting in on classes, attempting to figure out the dynamic, as well as how I can be useful to the students and teachers. Something that was particularly interesting to me was sitting in on a seventh grade humanities class, usually the class is spent half english and the other half history. However, today they spent the majority of the time talking about history. The topic was the OJ Simpson case, and I thought it was really interesting how this is something that is taught in classrooms now. I did not have very much prior knowledge about the case, but the conversations that were had in class were quite interesting and thought provoking. Based off of what I did today, I am really looking forward to the next couple of weeks.
Today was a very informative day. Although, I spent some time in classes helping out, I spent the majority of the day researching for the WeSpeakOut part of my project. When Female genital mutilation was ever mentioned I kind of had an idea of what it was, but alway brushed it to the side because it wasn't something that was particularly relevant. However, today I spent a good amount of time researching it and learning as much as the internet could teach me. And now I recognize it as something that is incredibly important to be talked about, I wonder what more I can do to help. Upon the recommendation of my mentor, I watched the documentary Eve's Apple on Netflix. This film is a series of interviews with policy makers all over the world, as well as girls in Gambia and Kenya. Through these interviews, I learned of the horrors of FGM and of all the efforts that are in place attempting to end it. I highly recommend this documentary because it was so eye opening and educational.
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