Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         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!) I guess I am confused because I do not quite understand why you should even be upset in this situation. Would bringing a dish of your choice be easier to fix? If so, maybe you should communicate that to the teacher. If it is convenience you are looking for, then that should be suggested with that context mentioned. If the teacher offended you, it is likely it was not deliberate. The response seems extremely unintentional. If you strongly feel that having your son work on a dish from his background would be more meaningful or even an opportunity to shed some unique insight into his cultural identity; then go for it! However, it does not seem a true cause for scruples.