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Case: Christmas around the world.
My son goes to second grade. The first week of December my son's teacher started a short unit on Christmas around the world. As part of this unit, she asked each child to bring some type of food from a country for a Christmas celebration at school. She assigned the countries to the children and sent notes to children's homes in their communication folders. As a parent I do not have a problem with any of this. Here is what is puzzling to me. I immigrated to the US about 15 years ago from France. My wife is from Romania. My son was born in the US but he has strong French and Romanian cultural roots. I believe his teacher knows about my son's cultural background. However, my son was assigned to bring German food for the Christmas celebration. As a parent, I cannot understand why he was not assigned to bring French or Romanian food. What could be the teacher's reasoning? Should I be upset about this? Wouldn't it be better for my son to represent a part of his heritage in the classroom?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
While I do understand why you would think that it would of been smart for a teacher to assign your child to bring food from his cultural background, I must argue that maybe the teacher thought it would be a good idea to expose your son to even a different cultural background than the three that he already knows. The teachers reasoning could be that your son has grown up his whole life in a French and Romania home, and has lived in American culture. This is already three cultures that your son is very familiar with. By the teacher assigning him Germany, this is exposing him, and you, to another culture to learn about. If the teacher would of assigned your son to France or Romania he wouldn't be learning anything more that what he already knows. I personally do not think you should be upset with this. You should take it as a leaning experience for your child and yourself to learn more about different cultures. I do think that it would be a great idea for your son to represent a part of his heritage in the classroom, but I am sure that he already does on a day to day basis with his classmates. |
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| Rated On: February 11, 2013 9:58 am |
| Rated By: Kelly Gardner |
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| Comments: I agree with this solution. The majority of students will be bringing in food from an unfamiliar culture because it gives the students a chance to learn something new about a new place in the world. It is only fair that your son get that same chance to learn more about the world. You are correct when saying it would be easier for your son to made something French or Romanian, but the assignment is challanging him. |
| Rated On: February 11, 2013 10:00 am |
| Rated By: Rachel P |
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| Rated On: February 11, 2013 1:02 pm |
| Rated By: Taylor Roberson |
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| Comments: This is a great idea, and not one that I probably would have come up with! |
| Rated On: February 11, 2013 1:05 pm |
| Rated By: Alexa Lowery |
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| Rated On: February 12, 2013 1:10 pm |
| Rated By: Claire Jenkins |
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| Rated On: February 12, 2013 3:52 pm |
| Rated By: Nicole Strenkowski |
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| Rated On: February 13, 2013 9:20 am |
| Rated By: Tamra Lamb |
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| Comments: This is the best answer and solution for this case study. I agree the idea of the lesson is learning about new cultures. |
| Rated On: October 17, 2014 4:12 am |
| Rated By: zemyRy |
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| Comments: Agreed. By bringing traditional German food, the child will be able to learn about one more culture. The father should be happy about that. |
| Rated On: October 19, 2014 5:40 pm |
| Rated By: Adam Sanchez |
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Comments: I agree
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| Rated On: February 20, 2015 4:11 pm |
| Rated By: ehaZeb |
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| Comments: Food will help students really understand! |
| Rated On: February 24, 2015 4:33 pm |
| Rated By: zyWute |
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| Comments: Exposure to other cultures makes students well rounded. |
| Rated On: February 25, 2015 3:56 pm |
| Rated By: Jen |
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| Comments: Great response! |
| Rated On: March 2, 2015 2:14 am |
| Rated By: Tana Bill |
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| Comments: I agree with this solution. I think that exposing a child to a different culture is the best thing for him. |
| Rated On: October 17, 2015 9:41 pm |
| Rated By: ezuXuD |
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| Comments: I do agree that there is a possibility that the child is already exposing his class to his cultures by simply interacting with him. Maybe the teacher will have a class heritage project later in the year that will allow him to explain his heritage more. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 4:50 pm |
| Rated By: Tetygy |
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| Comments: This is a great solution and one that I would use in my classroom! |
| Rated On: March 2, 2016 5:21 am |
| Rated By: uBybuz |
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| Comments: I completely agree with your response! Usually that is the purpose of assignments like these - to make students learn about cultures different from their own. I agree that this parent should not be upset. I would have responded similarly! |
| Rated On: March 2, 2016 5:55 pm |
| Rated By: Melissa Dison |
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| Comments: This is a great solution to this case and is very useful. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2016 8:37 pm |
| Rated By: zevuBa |
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| Comments: I agree! I think the teacher just wanted students to be exposed to different cultures. |
| Rated On: March 1, 2017 1:38 am |
| Rated By: eqeJaQ |
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| Comments: Good Solution! |
| Rated On: March 7, 2017 12:15 am |
| Rated By: Vuqaqa |
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| Comments: I also agree that this is a great opportunity for the student to become familiar with other cultures rather than an insult. |
| Rated On: February 21, 2018 6:31 pm |
| Rated By: medega |
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| Comments: This is a good solution |
| Rated On: February 25, 2018 10:57 pm |
| Rated By: uXysej |
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| Comments: I agree with this solution and would do this if I were in this situation! |
| Rated On: October 11, 2018 1:01 am |
| Rated By: ugyqyd |
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| Comments: I agree, I would be puzzled at first if I were the child's parents but I can understand why the teacher assigned the countries that way |
| Rated On: February 21, 2019 3:47 am |
| Rated By: ysyPep |
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| Comments: Great solution! |
| Rated On: October 14, 2019 12:07 am |
| Rated By: GeQapy |
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| Comments: I agree with this solution. I understand your reasoning for being confused, but also understand the teacher's reasoning for wanting to expose your student to different cultures than his own. |
| Rated On: October 9, 2020 10:44 pm |
| Rated By: vydeDe |
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| Comments: good input |
| Rated On: October 18, 2020 2:50 am |
| Rated By: VePuWu |
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| Comments: I like this idea |
| Rated On: October 18, 2020 12:12 pm |
| Rated By: edudyp |
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| Comments: This is so true, allowing kids to see other cultures helps a lot with accepting diversity. |
| Rated On: October 19, 2020 1:58 am |
| Rated By: peXehu |
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| Comments: agreed. |
| Rated On: November 13, 2022 8:58 pm |
| Rated By: buTuDe |
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