Im still kinda curious as to why some of her students after being taught to analyze things took everything to the extreme like going to the store and asking for a toy that isnt sexist or they cant watch their favorite tv show without seeing something wrong with it. why do the students feel as if they cant turn it off? when really after about a week or so they might be back to doing it all over again because its everywhere you cant hide from it.
-Craig, "Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us"
Christensen: As I mention in "Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us" I want my students to have the tools to be able to resist the secret education. By giving them the tools to critically analyze the things around them, I am giving them the chance to question the dominant ideologies and make their own decisions. But, I want to make it clear I am not only operating with the goal of teaching my students how to be critical and nothing else. The hope is for them to do more than to just see what the problems are. The hope is for them to not just ask whether there are any non-sexist toys but...possibly for them to create their own non-sexist toy. Or for them to stage a boycott or protest a company that continually puts out only sexist, heteronormative toys for our young children. "I want them to develop their critical consciousness, but I also hope to move them to action" (135). But, action without awareness is futile. The first step is to create the critical consciousness, and then we can begin to work on changing society. I would argue that simply going to the store and asking if there are non-sexist toys is hardly taking it to the extreme. In fact, there is no extreme here when we are fighting for our agency. As it stands now, we are being inundated with what the dominant society wants us to believe, to think, to feel. A critical consciousness is the first step to rupture the hold that the ruling class has over us.