So, You're Taking Social Issues?

You've probably heard a lot of things concerning Social Issues. Which profs to take, which ones to avoid like the plague. What you'll be learning, whether or not you have to buy an overpriced textbook. Or maybe you know nothing other than the fact that you either take Social Issues or Western Educational Thought and the second one sounded a little scary.

Either way, Social Issues is going to be different than what you originally thought it was going to be. First and foremost you're not going to have to defend your views, debate or feel attacked at any point. You won't be belittled for what you think, believe or hold dear. In fact if anything you'll be encouraged to share. But after the first day of reading Shame of the Nation, you're going to begin to think a little differently. Perhaps not change your mind, but have a better understanding of a different point of view. All in all you're going to leave at the end of the semester being solidified in one view you hold, and completely changed in another.

You'll leave understanding how you, as a teacher are on the forefront of social change and that you in fact wield more power than people want you to realize. You'll be asked some questions that make you uncomfortable, find out that you hold some prejudice views you never knew about and you will in fact see things in everyday life that you now count as an injustice.

Of course, all of this depends on whether or not you let yourself be open and ready for all of this. You could go through the semester not caring, just wanting to make your grade and be finished. But you would be missing out on some incredible revelations the Lord has in store to make you not only a better teacher, but a more educated and aware person.

It's your call, but I personally, encourage you to enter the class each time you meet with an open mind, a willing spirit and a heart ready to be changed. Hold fast to what you believe and value, but don't be so stuck in your ways you fail to see what else the Lord has in store for you this semester.