Amber Spencer: A Charge To Keep

Ms. Worthy spoke about the LEAP schools and mentioned how culturally relevant they were. She explains the five tenants of culturally relevant teaching. These five tenants are African logic, African Epistemological Styles, African Axiology, cultural visibility, and social, emotional and political responsibility. All learning should be based on these five tenants because this would make the learning system much better. I think that people would get more out of school if schools based their learning on these five tenants.
She also spoke about LEAP's emotional program. LEAP basically meets the emotional needs of the students and the people involved in this program. They have a class that develops a learner's sense of belonging and having an identity. This in turn creates a "safe-haven" for the students where they are allowed to grow and feel comfortable with themselves. This is a good thing for students to have because everyone needs an environment that they feel comfortable growing up in and for being able to show their emotions without feeling judged. It's difficult to feel this in most school systems. I have personally never felt that in any school that I've attended.
Ubunti means humanity. These schools are based on this. Under Ubunti, the LEAP code of conduct is created. This code of conduct states things such as being kind, honest, and never giving up. It is full of inspirational aspects unlike many other schools. I don't remember reading things such as this in my high school code of conduct for example. I think that if every school's code of conduct included these things, then schools in general would be much better for students. After hearing this lecture, I wondered why every school does not do this.