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 Can we avoid becoming a part of the culture of power 
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Can we as teachers avoid becoming, at least in some aspects, a part of the culture of power? As teachers we are expected to appropriately represent the school in which we work as well as carry out the state mandated curriculum. Because we must do this in order to keep our jobs, are we automatically a part of the culture of power? Possibly I am viewing the culture of power in an entirely too negative of light. Possibly we can be a part of this power structure without silencing our students. If we view teaching as a learning experience and always remember that we are not "experts". Students voices should be heard and acknowleged as credible. They may posess knowledge that we do not have and as in the case of the black principal who was simply trying to illistrate that there are different experiences among similar people. As teachers it is important that we are able to admit that there are differing views on subjects and that we too are sometimes wrong. It seems to me that being a part of the culture of power is inevitable (as teachers), but how can we work around it?

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