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This reading lies why adopting a healing-centered approach in supporting young people who have experienced trauma could offer a more nuanced and effective way to promote well-being, resilience, and recovery. This approach emphasizes empowerment, cultural understanding, and collective healing, ultimately contributing to more holistic and sustainable solutions. This is extremely important to the future of teaching A healing-centered approach doesn't merely focus on treating the symptoms of trauma but aims to foster well-being by addressing the root causes of trauma and promoting holistic healing. It encourages a more comprehensive view that considers the cultural and societal contexts within which trauma occurs and healing takes place. The healing-centered approach aligns with the need for a more inclusive, comprehensive, and community-oriented perspective when dealing with the effects of trauma on young people. It recognizes that healing is not solely an individual journey but an in...

I think the laws and policies based on trans and gender nonconforming students are very important. These people typically feel unsafe in their everyday life. With things like this in place it is important to recognize what is going on with these students is awful people need to have their identity validated especially as they get older.  The policy put forward by Ride was surprising how early that it came to me. I would have expected it to have been put into place in 2020 or later not around 2018. 

 Looking back on this semester I can tell that many of these reading are important to developing teacher identy. The main reading that stood out to me was the  Kozal. Amazing grace was an eye opening piece. It points out that just because of where someone was born they are set up for failure. Most of know that district lines in the past has been drawn to keep people of color in their own neighborhoods. This an example of keeping them out. This also related to "why are the black children sitting together in the lunch room" People who feel unsafe in area will stick with people they perceive are like them. Students feeling unsafe in a school is unexceptable and needs to fixed   This interview with Kozol is him reviewing amazing grace  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjUlyvWL3CQ