Ruth Rosales Blog #4

In your own words, describe the social issues your project is addressing. Besides the media project you are producing, what else do you think can be done to solve the issue or problem?; 2) update me on your progress in your team

Honestly, I find that the "special education" sector in education is often overlooked. As someone who worked through a school district for a high school, I cannot emphasize the fact that this population of students and community members are underestimated. Just because these individuals learn differently, doesn't mean they are "disabled," they are completely able to manage tasks and I don't think they are given a chance to fully integrate with society and be seen as a key workforce in society. From the start, I've found a passion in this project I am participating in as I hope to not only break down ignorant notions about the subjects we are filming, but to create awareness for these students so that they know they can continue to work in their programs in order to land wonderful jobs and be able to support themselves.

What else can be done by solving the issue at hand? Well, it starts out small in my opinion. Things like changing the language we use (i.e. the word "retarded") are steps we can use to fully become aware and compassionate humans.

As far as the progress our team has made:
We are all still fueled by the fire that burns within us to make a great film for the NCCSE to show. Everything seems to be running well, we just need to continue to go out and shoot and gather a lot of footage (it's always good to have more footage than come up short).

We are also currently working on our research project once we get our ideas covered.

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