Here is my video for my final project!
https://www.facebook.com/jenna.sakol/
^ (This is the link to my Facebook profile, where my video is the most recent post and turned on public, so anyone can access it!)
I also uploaded it to my Facebook profile with the hashtag. I touched upon it in the video but, I perceived that platform to be the best way to reach out to my targeted audience: adults. Specifically, adults that have influence over children’s lives, like all of the teachers and parents I’m friends with on there.
As far as the purpose aspect of the project goes, I wanted to clarify why I interpret my video to be relevant to my life experiences. In compiling my video’s script and evaluating the footage I received from my participants, I came to realize that my task became to tell their stories. I hope you see how it didn’t necessarily flow to include many recounts of my own life experience as (I feel, at least) it would get in the way of delivering their’s and. So, I tried my best in the beginning of the video to explain my personal inspiration for telling this story where it wouldn’t steer the point away from my main one.
To clarify, my personal life experience in education where I had to find my own way in finding my passion (of telling stories,) is where I find the connection. As I’m not a kid anymore, I no longer directly relate to the literal issue I am discussing but, I feel connected to it in the fact that I am calling attention to an issue that is otherwise overlooked. As I have felt not heard or defended in my life many times, so I look to do this for others.
The genre of my piece is informative and an act of advocacy – almost imitating a documentary, like that of Jamila Lyiscott’s videos. Again, there was no way to naturally include this in my video or cite it using MLA format. However, this was the class text I used as inspiration for my genre of the piece. Although she is discussing matters regarding language and race while I am discussing matters of children and their freedom – both of our notions are based on the idea that the American school systems work to uniform students, when they should be welcoming their differences. She indicates that “in these institutions that claim to celebrate diversity, that claim to want to celebrate diverse culture – what instead happens is a perpetual invitation to engage in cultural erasure.” (Lyiscott, 00:04:02 – 00:04:18) I have a similar point in that I discuss how elementary schools take away these children’s sense of individuality as a whole, culture can be part of this. This video was utilized by me as well as a couple of other ones throughout my research and the context of my video. I paraphrase information from each one at some points to tie their ideas back into mine in relation to what my participants were telling me.
Works Cited:
Lyiscott, Jamila. “Why English Class is Silencing Students of Color | Jamila Lyiscott | TEDxTheBenjaminSchool.” Youtube, uploaded by TEDx Talks, 23 May 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4dc1axRwE4&feature=youtu.be
Moore, Michael. “Why Finland Has the Best Education System in the World.” Youtube, uploaded by Visions of Helsinki, 15 September 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHHFGo161Os
Shah, Parmeet. “6 Problems with our School System.” Youtube, uploaded by Next School, 15 December 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpg-lVWLbE
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