Many people would look at me and say that I am an “All American White Girl” but many do not know I grew up in an area that is considered the “ghetto” and went to a school where I was the minority. Going to school in a very diverse environment really helped me learn about different cultures. I learned about a great amount of cultures which really widen my view on culture. Not only did I learn about different cultures I also learned about how to deal and work with others from different cultures. I think this will help me out greatly because I will know more about the cultures that I will be working with and I will know how to work with the students.
I think the biggest challenge for me will be working with the homosexual topic. Being brought up in a Christian home challenges the views that I am learning in FNED class. It is difficult to put the religious side of view to the side and work with that topic. That will be the biggest challenge I will have because I agree with a lot with what is being said in the FNED class but I also see how it will be difficult for some parents who are strongly religious.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Prompt 2
The school I tutor at is a very diverse school. There are many different elasticities in this school which can be very helpful for a child's learning development. The Kindergarten class that I observe in has a white, female teacher. I've noticed that she does tell the students what to do instead of asks them and seems to be a little more demanding. In that classroom there is also another student aid who comes from another background. I am not sure of her ethnicity. But I have noticed that she seems to be a little more nicer with the children and the children seem to be more comfortable with her. Almost all of the children in this classroom have different elasticities other than white. Many are either African American or Latino. I'm not really sure if they are more comfortable with the Aid because she can relate more with them or because she isn't the teacher who has more control in the classroom.
The 3 Kindergarten children I work with are not white, I am not positive what ethnicity they are possibly Latino and Asian. There is no language barriers between any of us. They speak very well English and they have no problem speaking English with me. They absolutely love to talk about their lives. They tell me stories after stories which makes it a little difficult to get our curriculum done.
The First grade class that I also work in has a teacher who is non-white ethnicity. I don't get to observe in that classroom so I am not sure how the teacher and children work together. But I have noticed that like the Kindergarten class this classroom is mostly children who are not white. But I work with two little boys and one is actually white and the other I believe is Latino. Again there is not language barrier and they absolutely love to talk. They also love to read. It is hard to evenly split up the reading because they both want to read the most.
I wasn't able to get information of the Kindergarten and First Grade for my school but I was able to get 4th and 5th grade information from infoworks.com. Out of the 100 students 93 of them receive free lunch and 7 of them receive reduced lunch and 0 receive neither. For ethnicity it is; white-9, Black/African American-13, Hispanic or Latino-49, Asian-17, American Indian or Alaska Native-0, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-3, and Multi-response-10. In another chart it shows that most of them speak English at home and second most which isn't very far behind English is Spanish.
I think it is great to learn in a diverse environment like that. I went to high school in a very diverse school and I have learned a lot about other cultures. Being in a diverse environment like the school I tutor at, you are able to learn about other cultures, be exposed to other languages (which is very helpful now a days with jobs)and I think it really builds character. Being in school with people from other backgrounds helps you become aware of what is out there in the world and will help you in the future being able to communicate with those from other cultures. I loved going to a school in a diverse environment because I learned a lot about character and how to work with people from other races. It is difficult at times but it definitely helps build a stronger character for yourself.
The 3 Kindergarten children I work with are not white, I am not positive what ethnicity they are possibly Latino and Asian. There is no language barriers between any of us. They speak very well English and they have no problem speaking English with me. They absolutely love to talk about their lives. They tell me stories after stories which makes it a little difficult to get our curriculum done.
The First grade class that I also work in has a teacher who is non-white ethnicity. I don't get to observe in that classroom so I am not sure how the teacher and children work together. But I have noticed that like the Kindergarten class this classroom is mostly children who are not white. But I work with two little boys and one is actually white and the other I believe is Latino. Again there is not language barrier and they absolutely love to talk. They also love to read. It is hard to evenly split up the reading because they both want to read the most.
I wasn't able to get information of the Kindergarten and First Grade for my school but I was able to get 4th and 5th grade information from infoworks.com. Out of the 100 students 93 of them receive free lunch and 7 of them receive reduced lunch and 0 receive neither. For ethnicity it is; white-9, Black/African American-13, Hispanic or Latino-49, Asian-17, American Indian or Alaska Native-0, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-3, and Multi-response-10. In another chart it shows that most of them speak English at home and second most which isn't very far behind English is Spanish.
I think it is great to learn in a diverse environment like that. I went to high school in a very diverse school and I have learned a lot about other cultures. Being in a diverse environment like the school I tutor at, you are able to learn about other cultures, be exposed to other languages (which is very helpful now a days with jobs)and I think it really builds character. Being in school with people from other backgrounds helps you become aware of what is out there in the world and will help you in the future being able to communicate with those from other cultures. I loved going to a school in a diverse environment because I learned a lot about character and how to work with people from other races. It is difficult at times but it definitely helps build a stronger character for yourself.
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