Otherwise these microaggressions, this racism, and this ignorance continue. Share and communicate with our villages and communities. Dress codes against our hair and body, adultification, hupersecualization, lack of representation in our country, generally, much less quality representation (from STEM to movies this is true), but that is exactly why we need to navigate white spaces and bring our voices to the discussion.
I have faced a lot as any Black girl will tell you. Another law school professor saying they don’t see hair discrimination as racism. Law school professors saying I lack the ability to learn or that she will fail me. A college counselor saying I cant handle as many classes as or the classes I was taking. Teachers are not seeing me as gifted but instead as a student who needs to be held back. Scans at the airport and other kids not wanting to play. Face recognition for proctored testing has failed to work. Other students told me “they would own me” when we studied slavery in 5th grade. My parents were so mad the whole play got changed, but still. I was cast as the “slave girl” in my school play when I was in 5th grade. Tell me about your experiences as far as racist comments are concerned.Ī: I have faced racism since I was a little girl. Q: That’s amazing…it must be somewhat difficult for a young black girl to be doing great in a community of white folks. I realized I wanted to go to law school to write educational policy redoing our public school system to increase diversity, truth, and opportunity for our students to really thrive. But how many students can’t or don’t get that? We all know they can’t thrive to their fullest potential in public school, we all know I wouldn’t be a 19 year old lawyer if I went to public school, especially girls and POC. I was very fortunate to have parents who knew of and could create the environment they did for me, the environment I needed, as I learned. I decided I wanted to go to law school because of a lot of reflection on my educational journey. Q: Sounds great, so at what point did you realize that studying law was a thing for you?Ī: Around halfway through my undergraduate degree I switched my major to education and decided I wanted to go to law school. So I switched my major to Education and changed my beacon to law school to write policies that change the public school system and allow students to thrive in their own ways. But had they not known or been able to I should still be where I am at a 19 year old lawyer, but we all know I would not be. I thought about how fortunate I was to have parents who didn’t take “No” for an answer and answered for themselves, parents who knew they could do that and had the means to, and I really thrived. And around half way through my undergraduate degree there was a lot of thought and reflection on exactly that, my educational journey. My journey allowed me to go at my own rate so there was never any rush.
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It’s like a movie you have already seen but can’t skip, you don’t even see the value in paying attention or even showing up. Which is why when I finished a subject, for example Geography, I was able to move on right away and that saved me years of tediously studying material I already knew. I was able to pour into my strengths and develop my weaknesses in a tailored curriculum. I was able to go at the pace I needed to go at in order to stay engaged and invest myself. Q: You have such an inspiring story…would you say homeschooling has played a major role in your academic choices?Ī: Absolutely. I want to go into Educational Policy and change the way our public system is structured to be more inclusive and aware. I graduated this year (May, 2022) with my JD and I am now 19. I started law school at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas when I was 16. I graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Education when I was 16 in 2019. I decided then that I wanted to go to law school to allow other students to build their path too, like I got the opportunity to.
I was originally a major in Chemistry because I wanted to be a doctor like my mom, but then I switched my major to Education because of my own journey. I went to college for a total of three years, one at my local community College and two at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. I was homeschooled for two more years after that then I graduated highschool at 13. That’s when my mom pulled me out of public school and homeschooled me.
I was in public school until 5th grade, 10/11 years old. Q: To start with, briefly tell me about Haley Taylor Schiltz…Ī: I am a 19 year old girl born in Los Angeles and moved to Texas when I was around 8. Thank you Haley for agreeing to speak to me…
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