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Post by WW on Nov 15, 2016 11:25:20 GMT -8
In our facility, there isn't a lot of diversity. There are a lot of African American students. A lot of their families attend the same churches and community functions. At drop off and pick up, I see a lot of interaction between the parents as well of the kids. This leads me to believe they are in a close knit community. A lot of similar family values are exhibited but at the same time, each family is so uniquely different. Whether it be their hair, their style of dress or even slight accents, each family as similar as they are, are different within their culture. Jerry also has a facility full of the same culture, yet they are Caucasian. He too noticed that there is a lot of interaction between both parents and children at pick up and drop off. His facility is located in a very small town so a lot of the parents belong to the same churches, clubs and extracurricular activities the children are involved in. The families seem to share a lot of the same cultural and family values.
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Post by Kaitlyn on Nov 18, 2016 12:45:00 GMT -8
I do have students from a wide variety of cultures and countries in my class. We also have students from different SES and backgrounds as well. One of my students has a particularly different family background than most and the way that family interacts is very different. This definitely shows in children's temperaments in the classroom and how they handles situations with other students. We try not to tell them their reactions are wrong, or the words they are using are "bad" but we try to encourage them to use different approaches to solve problems at school. It is difficult when what is "ok" at home, is not "ok" at school.
I do try very hard to allow families to bring their cultures in to our classroom and teach us something about their holidays and/or cultures. In our afternoon program we "travel" around the world, and each month we try to have a different guest come and teach us about his or her heritage. Not only does this allow the kids to learn about other countries, but it allows me to learn about my students' families and what they value and how they show respect and follow rules at home. This has been really interesting to me and has helped me grow as an educator too.
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Post by bm on Nov 21, 2016 14:53:52 GMT -8
Most kids at my site are white. Almost no kids are Hispanic, black, or Asian. But theres been a couple instances where I let the word "hell" slip out. Nobody even as much as bats an eye but theres one kid that'll catch me and say "that's a bad word" I then apologize and tell him its slpips sometime im sorry im an adult. Its really weird to me because im not religious but I have to be more aware of other peoples religouse views.
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Post by Brian on Nov 21, 2016 23:09:28 GMT -8
I am a substitute, so I work at many different community centers around the city of Seattle. The community centers vary widely in regard to ethnic and racial make-up. At one center in particular, there is a girl from Russia who does not speak fluent English. She moved to the United States relatively recently. Everyone else in the class is a native English speaker. Sometimes it is difficult for the other kids to grasp the fact that she may not understand everything. The kids will often speak to her very fast, and forget that they need to talk slower and enunciate their words better. I try to expose these kids to other languages, and demonstrate that they would have a lot of trouble understanding people in a foreign land. This helps build the childrens' empathy for the Russian girl.
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