The Silenced Dialogue

In reading "The Silenced Dialogue" by Lisa Delpit, I found that our current school system tends to favor white, middle-class students rather than all students of different social standings and cultures. I found that since there are many different ways of educating ALL students instead of just favoring a certain type of student, we should, as educators, be well versed in all sorts of ways to teach the various types of students that may cross our paths throughout our careers as educators. Delpit seems to lean more towards the "skills" approach, but does not necessarily favor that approach within her writings. The "process" approach, however seems as though it may only work well within groups of students that are all from the same social group, versus the "skills" approach which will enable all children to learn the materials needed in todays society without making them feel forced to conform to a specific social group. From reading this excerpt, I found that the type of educator that i would lean towards being is a "skills" educator so that I may allow my students to express their works and feelings towards what we are learning freely instead of feeling forced into believing a certain thing is true.