#BlackEd Twitter 1-hour discussion

During my one hour discussion on Twitter, I discussed many different topics with different individuals. I think what I enjoyed the most was the fact that I was able to talk to these people from across the U.S. about situations that we all agree are worsening such as the fact that African American females are more than four times more likely to be suspended from school than a Caucasian female. We discussed why this is, which I believe has something to do with African Americans being more outspoken. It does not bother us to speak out and say what is on our mind. Therefore, if we feel as if something is going unfairly, the majority of us will speak out on it and have the tendency to get in trouble with administration for doing so. We also discussed how exciting it is to have a child finally catch on to what it is that you have been attempting to teach them, as this woman finally got her five year old son to read a book by himself and she was expressing her joy for the accomplishment they both felt that they made. I definately can identify with the happiness that comes with finally breaking through. Besides these two conversations, I was not really able to get anyone to reply to anything I posted or to reply back to things I said to them or retweeted. Overall, I do feel as though I am walking away from this assignment with a little more knowledge about black education than I had before.  :)