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Emuva phakathi kuJuni, uChris Goodman, umfundi kwiYunivesithi yaseMorgan State, umculi we-hip hop kunye nomququzeleli wolutsha weProjekthi yeBaltimore Algebra, wayikhaba noBrian Jones. UBrian ngumhlalutyi / umhlalutyi osekwe eNew York kwi-SleptOn.com, iGritTV kunye neSocialistWorker.org phakathi kwezinye iimpapasho kwaye ukwangutitshala nombhali. I-SleptOn.com yajoyina emva kokuba sonke siye kwintetho kaNoam Chomsky eRiverside Baptist Church eHarlem. I-SleptOn.com sithetha nje isenza umboniso wevidiyo weProjekthi ye-Baltimore Algebra kunye nenkxaso kunye noququzelelo malunga nokuqesha abantu abafikisayo ukuba bafundise kwaye bakhe ulwazi lwezibalo phakathi kolunye ulutsha olungaphangeliyo ukongeza kwintlaninge yezinye iinzame zengca kunye nolungiselelo. UBrian noChris badibana ngelo xesha yaye, ngenxa yoko, uBrian wanyanzeleka ukuba enze udliwano-ndlebe ukuze afunde okungakumbi aze abelane nabanye. Ngezantsi kutshintshiselwano lwabo. Yenza indima yakho, wabelane nabanye kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu ukuxhasa umsebenzi kunye nemigudu yabo. Enkosi.
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BJ: Khawutsho ngawe: ukhule phi? Ingaba umngakanani? Athini amava akho ngesikolo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?
CG: Ndazalelwa ePrince Georges County, eMaryland, engekude neYunivesithi yaseMaryland. Emva kokuba umntakwethu uAsa ezelwe, kwiminyaka emi-3 kamva safudukela eBaltimore. Ndikhulele kwicala elingasempuma leSixeko saseBaltimore, apho ndisahlala kwaye ndisebenza nanamhlanje. Ndiza kuba 21 ngoJulayi 31. Ndingujunior ufunda i-psychology kwiYunivesithi yaseMorgan State.
Andizange ndisithande isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kuba umsebenzi wam kwiProjekthi yeAlgebra wandifundisa ukuba andiyifumani imfundo esemgangathweni endiyifaneleyo. Ngoko suku ngalunye ndandilinda ukuba kukhale intsimbi ukuze ndihambe ndiye kusebenza kucwangciso, apho ndafunda okungakumbi.
Ndaqalisa ukulungelelanisa isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo yaye ndaphantse ndagxothwa ngenxa yokuququzelela ugwayimbo lwabafundi. Ngoku ndicinga ngayo, uninzi lwento endigxile kuyo kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ibikukulungiselela abafundi ukuba bathethe, babonise kwaye bafune imfundo esemgangathweni.
Emva kokuphumelela, ndaya kwiYunivesithi yaseMaryland’s College Park kangangonyaka ngaphambi kokuba ndifudukele kwiYunivesithi yaseMorgan State. Amava am eCollege Park andivule amehlo kwihlabathi elitsha elizele lulonwabo nokhuseleko, ngokungafaniyo nelo leSixeko saseBaltimore, apho amapolisa axhaphaza ulutsha mihla le kwaye ukubulawa kwabantu kuyinto eqhelekileyo. Ndaziva ndinqatshelwe kwinyani kwiKholeji yePaki, kodwa ndonwabele izibonelelo ezininzi kunye nobudlelwane endilwenzile apho kunye nabafundisi kunye nabafundi. Kwakukho imibutho emikhulu kwikhampasi, efana neeRoots zoLuntu, iZiko leNkcubeko, i-NAACP, i-Hip Hop Club njl.
Emva kokwenza izicelo zam kade bendingenalo uncedo lwezemali kwaye amabanga am ebesezantsi kuba ndichithe ixesha elininzi ndibhala iingoma kwaye ndidlala ibhola yomnyazi endaweni yokufunda. Ndiye ndenza isigqibo sokubuyela ekhaya ndiye kwiMorgan State, apho kutshiphu khona. Kodwa kwakufuneka ndinikele ingqalelo ngakumbi kwizifundo zam.
Ngoku, eMorgan, ndikuLuhlu lweDean ngelixa ndisebenza neProjekthi yeAlgebra njengomququzeleli wezemfundo. Ndingena kwindlu nentombazana endithandana nayo, uAbeni, ofunda kwiDyunivesithi yaseBaltimore ekwindla, kwaye ndisanda kukhulula i-mixtape yam yesithathu enesihloko esithi, "Radio TakeOver" kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo.
BJ: Yintoni iProjekthi yeBaltimore Alegbra?
I-CG: IProjekthi ye-Baltimore Algebra yinkqubo yokufundisa eqhutywa lulutsha apho abafundi baqeshwayo ukwakha ulwazi lwezibalo phakathi koontanga. Injongo yethu kukuphakamisa iwonga lentlalo noqoqosho lolutsha olungaphakathi kwisixeko ngokwakha ulwazi lwezibalo. Ixesha lolwazi lanamhlanje lifuna umsebenzi osekelwe kulwazi ngokuchasene nomsebenzi wenyama wexesha elidlulileyo. Izibalo yinxalenye ephambili kweli xesha lolwazi apho abantwana basezidolophini nabasemaphandleni baswele imfundo esemgangathweni, nto leyo ekhuthaza abantwana ukuba baqhubeke nomjikelo womsebenzi ongenazakhono kunye nentlupheko.
Ecaleni kokufundiswa kwezibalo kukho icandelo eliququzelela ulutsha apho ikomiti yabahlohli bezibophelela ekufuneni imfundo esemgangathweni njengeLungelo loMgaqo-siseko. Le mfuno ingathatha iindlela ezininzi, ukusuka kwiphulo lokwandisa itikiti lebhasi yabafundi ukuya kugwayimbo lwabafundi kunye nokuvala izithuthi ukuze bafune ukuba amagosa esikolo afanele iibhiliyoni zeedola ezityalwa kwiZikolo zikaRhulumente zeSixeko saseBaltimore.
BJ: Kwakunjani, kuwe, udlula kwinkqubo yeProjekthi yeAlgebra?
CG: Lo ngunyaka wam wesibhozo kule nkqubo. Ndibe lilungu ukusukela ndineminyaka eyi-8 ubudala.
Njengoko unokucinga ukuba la mava abumba ukukhula kwam njengomntu, njengenkokeli yomhlohli wabafundi, nanjengomququzeleli. Ndityala uninzi lwemfundo yam yezopolitiko kumava am okuqala kwiprogram. Bangaphi abafundi abaqeshiweyo ukuba baququzelele, bazame ukudibana namagosa kwaye ngenyathelo elithe ngqo kunye nezinye iindlela, bacele umngeni kule nkqubo yemfundo yobuhlanga eMaryland?
Ndineminyaka esi-8 yamava amnandi nanzima, kodwa elinye icandelo elibalulekileyo lithuba lonyaka lokuhamba kunye nokunxibelelana nolutsha kwilizwe liphela esenza umsebenzi ofanayo.
BJ: Isiqubulo sale nkqubo sithi "akukho mfundo, akukho bomi". Ithetha ntoni loo nto kuwe?
CG: Kum "Akukho Mfundo AkunaBomi" kuthetha ukuba imfundo yabahluphekileyo okanye i-sharecropper's-njengoko uGqr. Moses ebeka-ayidalelwanga ukuvelisa abemi okanye abantu abapheleleyo. Endaweni yoko yenzelwe ukwenza abafundi bakuthiye ukufunda ngelixa ingabafundisi izakhono ezifunekayo ukuze baphile kweli hlabathi longxowankulu. Ngaphandle kobuchule okanye ulwazi lokufumana imali yokuxhasa iintsapho, abantu banyanzeleka ukuba babhenele kulwaphulo-mthetho nezinye iindlela eziyingozi ukuze baziphilise. Imfundo ephantsi ikhokelela ekungazini, kwintlupheko, entolongweni, kulwaphulo-mthetho nasekufeni. Akukho Mfundo, Akukho Bomi!
BJ: Ngoko ke, kufana nokuba ufunda ukucinga okunzulu kunye nezakhono zokunxibelelana, emva koko ujike kwaye usebenzise ezo zakhono ukulungelelanisa kuluntu. Ingaba oko kulungile? Ucinga ukuba lo ngumzekelo onokusebenza kwizikolo zikarhulumente?
CG: Le modeli inokusebenza ngokuqinisekileyo kwizikolo zikarhulumente. Ukucinga okubalulekileyo kuyimfuneko xa kuhlalutywa iimeko zoluntu lwethu kunye nezopolitiko. Xa usenza isicwangciso sokutshintsha indawo okuyo okanye ukujongana nomcimbi onje ngenkqubo yemfundo, kufuneka ucinge nzulu. Isizathu sokuba kutheni izakhono zokucinga ezibalulekileyo zingaphuhliswa kwizikolo zikarhulumente kungenxa yokuba abathathi-zigqibo abakhulu abafuni ukuvelisa abemi abakhutheleyo, kodwa abasebenzi abangenzi nto.
Iprojekthi yeAlgebra iphuhlisa abemi abakhutheleyo abacela umngeni ngokwabo, oontanga babo, kunye noluntu olukhulu.
BJ: Ndibona iProjekthi ye-Baltimore Algebra isebenzisa iindlela zokufundisa eziqhubela phambili ukwenza abafundi bacinge nzulu ngenzululwazi nemathematika. Kodwa lihamba elinye inyathelo-ufumene abafundi abaququzelela uqhanqalazo ezitalatweni, uqhanqalazo lokulamba, kunye nokuhlala ngaphakathi kuluhlu lwemiba. Kutheni le nto kuyimfuneko ukuba nenxaxheba ngaphandle kweklasi? Zidibana njani ezi zinto zimbini?
CG: Ngaphandle kwegumbi lokufundela yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Ycinge! Uchitha iminyaka kunye neminyaka eklasini ukulungiselela ukunxibelelana noluntu. Abafundi abaninzi abamnyama bafundiswa ngabom ngendlela apho izifundo zingenako ukunxulumana noluntu lwabo okanye amava abo. Ukuba awukwazi ukunxulumanisa okwenzayo eklasini kunye nawe okanye noluntu lwakho, akunaxabiso. UGqr. Moses’–Civil Rights umququzeleli nomseki weAlgebra Project–5 step Algebra Project Pedagogy inika abafundi imvakalelo yokuba ngabanini bezibalo abazifundayo.
Inyathelo 1: Amava oMzimba: Kuyadlalwa umsebenzi okanye umdlalo (umzekelo, itwister njengengxaki enokwenzeka).
iNyathelo 2: Ukumelwa koMfanekiso: Abafundi bazoba amava abonakalayo.
Inyathelo 3: Abantu bayathetha: Abafundi bathetha ngomsebenzi kunye nengxaki yezibalo.
Inyathelo lesi-4: INtetho yoPhakathi: INtetho Yabantu iguqulwa ibe ngamabinzana ezibalo abizwa ngokuba ziimpawu.
INyathelo 5: Umfuziselo Wophawu: Abafundi benza eyabo iequation ukusombulula ingxaki kwintetho yenqaku.
Ulungiselelo luqhagamshela kwigumbi lokufundela kuba iMfundo esemgangathweni ayisayi kufezekiswa ngaphandle komzabalazo kunye nemfuno yenkitha yabafundi. Kum izibalo zinxulumana nolungiselelo lwethu kuba singabahlohli bezibalo. Ukuhamba ngaphezulu kwezibalo kuhlala kulola izakhono zethu - zokuhlalutya iingxaki, izibalo kunye nezopolitiko njl.
BJ: Uququzelele abantu abatsha ukuba balwe ukwandiswa kwamapasi ebhasi. Iibhasi zabo ziphelelwe lixesha ngentsimbi yesi-6, ubufuna zandiswe kude kube ngu-8pm. Kwakutheni ukuze loo nto yayibalulekile?
CG: Umba wezothutho ubaluleke kakhulu kuba ulutsha kufuneka lukwazi ukujikeleza isixeko ukuze luzibandakanye kwiinkqubo ezakhayo, luzimase imisitho yasekuhlaleni, luzenzele olwalo uthungelwano kunye nemisebenzi kunye nomsebenzi. Abantu abadala abanakuphikisa ukuba ulutsha alubandakanyekanga kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo kwaye ke aluboneleli ngezothutho, besazi ukuba iintsapho azinakukwazi ukuhlawula i-3.50 yeedola zokuhamba ulutsha suku ngalunye.
Kolu mzabalazo ndiye ndafunda ukuba nethemba ngakumbi ngokufumana iintlanganiso neentloko zamashishini. Ndicinge ukuba kuya kuthatha ngaphezulu kwerali enye ukudibana noMlawuli we-MTA uPaul Wiedefeld. Kwakhona ndafunda ukuba emva kokwakha umzabalazo, ubudlelwane naMalungu eBhunga leSixeko kunye nabameli beNkqubo yeSikolo kunye nemigca yonxibelelwano iyaphucuka. Ukongezwa kwetikiti lebhasi yabafundi ngentsimbi yesi-8 ebusuku bekuya kuba nzima ngakumbi ukuba iProjekthi ye-Baltimore Algebra ayinabo ubudlelwane esinabo kunye neBhunga kunye neNkqubo yeSikolo.
Kodwa umzabalazo awukapheli. Njengolutsha lwaseBrazil olusanda kuphumelela iphulo leminyaka emininzi lezithuthi zikawonke-wonke zasimahla kulutsha, sisaceba ukufuna ukupasa imini yonke.
BJ: Uqale njani ukulungiselela ukwandiswa kwamatikiti ebhasi yabafundi?
I-CG: IProjekthi ye-Algebra yinxalenye yomanyano olukhulu lolutsha oluthi "Peer to Peer Youth Enterprises". Iqela esisebenza nalo, "iBhunga loLutsha" liqalise iphulo lokwandisa amatikiti ebhasi yabafundi ukuya kutsho ngentsimbi yesibhozo ebusuku. Benza izibongozo yaye babekwisikhululo sikanomathotholo ngaxa lithile ukuze basasaze iindaba ngomsebenzi ababewenza. Amalungu eBhunga loLutsha aye afikelela kwiKomiti yeProjekthi ye-Baltimore Algebra Advocacy ukuze afumane iingcebiso nenkxaso kuba eli yayiliphulo labo lokuqala, kwaye abanye abafundi babengenamdla wokwenene wokulungiselela. Emva kokuzimasa iintlanganiso ezimbalwa, amalungu e-Advocacy (abaququzeleli kwi-BAP) akhuthaze abafundi beBhunga lolutsha ukuba baqhubeke nokulwela ukwandiswa. Ekupheleni kwentlanganiso siye sazibophelela ekubambisaneni neBhunga loLutsha kumlo walo. Ngaphambi kokuba siyazi, thina apho kwiintlanganiso kunye namaLungu eBhunga leSixeko, abameli be-MTA (i-Maryland Transit Administration), abameli beNkqubo yeSikolo, kunye nezinye iinkokeli eziselula zixubusha iinkcukacha zendlela amathikithi anokwandiswa ngayo.
IKomiti ye-Advocacy yaziva ukuba amagosa ayengahambi ngesantya esifanelekileyo ngoko sabonisa ngaphandle kweKomkhulu le-MTA, sifuna "Ukupasa kweMihla yonke" kubafundi kunye nentlanganiso kunye nentloko ye-MTA uPaul Wiedefeld. Intlanganiso yayicwangcisiwe kwaye kamsinya emva koko, iNkqubo yokuLingwa yamiselwa ukwandisa amatikiti, kwaye ngoku andiswa ngokusemthethweni ukuya kwintsimbi yesi-8pm.
BJ: Usebenza ngantoni ngoku?
CG: Okwangoku ndisebenza kumculo wam. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndisebenza kunye neProjekthi ye-Algebra kule hlotyeni - inkqubo yeeveki ezi-6. Ndiququzelela iseshoni yokulungelelanisa izakhono, kubandakanywa uqeqesho lokuququzelela, i-rhetorical kunye nophuhliso lokuthetha esidlangalaleni, uqeqesho lokungathobeli uluntu kunye nemibuzo enjengokuthi, "kutheni ukulungelelanisa?" kwaye "iintshukumo zexesha elidlulileyo zihambelana njani nanamhlanje?" Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku iiseshini zihambe kakuhle kakhulu.
Ngokubhekiselele kulo nyaka uzayo sinezicwangciso zokuyila uMqulu wamaLungelo oMfundi ukuze usiwe kuthungelwano olukhulu lwesizwe. Siza kuqhubeka nokwakha amaqela aququzelelayo kwizikolo eziphakamileyo kangangoko sinako (iRed X Parties). Ngelixa kwangaxeshanye wenza ezinye izenzo ezinkulu kunye nokubamba iinkomfa kunye namaqela.
UBrian Jones ungumfundisi-ntsapho, umdlali weqonga kunye netshantliziyo kwisiXeko saseNew York. Amagqabantshintshi kunye nokubhala kwakhe kuboniswe kwiGritTV, SleptOn.com, SocialistWorker.org, kunye noPhononongo lwezeNtlalontle lwamazwe ngamazwe. UJones uye waboleka ilizwi lakhe kwiincwadi ezininzi zomsindo, kuquka i-Noam Chomsky's Hegemony okanye ukusinda, uHoward Zinn kunye no-Anthony Arnove's Voices of a People's History of the United States, kunye ne-Zinn's play-man one-play, Marx e-Soho (ezayo evela kwiincwadi zeHaymarket).
UChris Goodman ungumfundi kwiYunivesithi yaseMorgan State kunye nomququzeleli wezemfundo kunye neProjekthi yeBaltimore Algebra. UGoodman ukwangumculi wehip-hop okhuphe iialbham ezimbini: "Into endiyiRap iyothusa" kunye neyakhe yamva nje, "Umalume uSam Unobuso obahlukileyo".
amaNqaku
Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga neProjekthi yeBaltimore Algebra, tyelela:
http://www.baltimore-algebra-project.org/
Ukufumana ngomculo kaChris Goodman, jonga:
http://www.ChrisTheBlindFoldedVisionary.com
Fumana okungakumbi malunga noBrian Jones ku:
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa ngemali kuphela ngesisa sabafundi bayo.
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