Nicole is currently in pursuit of her M.A. in Experimental Psychology with a minor in African American Studies from the University of South Carolina. Nicole is also a product of CCSD, attending public elementary and middle schools within the district and graduating from North Charleston High School. She feels that in each position she was given the opportunity to grow and prepare for the classroom experience. During her time with CCSD she held several positions working as a kindergarten teacher's assistant, a behavior interventionist, and a reading interventionist. She’s from right here in Charleston, South Carolina where she worked with the Charleston County School District for 12 years. Nicole Holmes is a fifth year First Grade Teacher at Meeting Street Brentwood.
West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies.North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary School.Meeting Street Memminger School Of Global Studies.Mary Ford Early Learning & Family Center.Laing Middle School of Science and Technology.East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies.Cooper River Center for Advanced Studies.Charleston Development Academy Public Charter School.Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School.This class session reminded me to assess my own stereotypes and that a students' background cannot be interpreted by how he/she may look.
Many may believe that undocumented students typically tend to be Latino but the undocumented student population is made up of more than one ethnic demographic. The population that comes to mind are those that identify as undocumented. Often times, I have to check my own beliefs about the students that I work with at Pasadena City College because I do not know their complete story, I only assume that I do because we may have attended the same school or may come from perceived similar backgrounds. Having this lens allows me to be critical of my own prejudices and stereotypes that many of us live with. I studied sociology with the purpose of using it as a lens to approaching higher education. As a sociology major, I enjoyed learning about the issues surrounding race and how systemic it is in our society. Today's class reminded me a lot of the literature I used to read as an undergraduate student. Was an important learning point from today’s class? Therefore, when we step into a college campus, we may feel as the "other" or "less than" because we are not in a space that we are used to or feel as though we shouldn't be there. Class culture can often lead one who identifies as a first generation student to believe that positive things may have happened as a result of chance because we are destined to live out a life that is similar to the ones that we see being played out by those who come from a similar background or that of our parents. Borrego is stating that class culture impacts the way one is taught to believe in the opportunities that are available to us because of the class that we belong to. These students also tend to be first generation students. Borrego offers this as a definition of Class culture to discuss the intersectionality of the multiple identities that make up incoming students who will fall under the "working class" students. Influences an individual’s basic assumptions, how one is taught to behave,Įxpectations of self and others, one’s options, concept of future, approaches Borrego meant in her paper when she said, “Class culture
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