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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!)
I think that your son has been assigned a random culture just the same as all the other students in the class. It is only fair that the different cultures are picked at random, so that there is no arguments over who gets what culture. I think that by picking a random culture the student does not pick something that he is comfortable with and can branch out to learn about other culture he is not as familar with. This activity is meant to be a learning experience for all of the students. I think that this is not something that you should be upset with because the teacher has his or her reasons. If you do have any problems it will be best to contact the teacher and let him or her know why you are upset. Communication is very important and can help solve a problem quickly without doing any harm. |
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| Rated On: February 18, 2013 9:35 pm |
| Rated By: Sarah Hogan Johnson |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Rated On: February 25, 2013 10:40 am |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: agreed |
| Rated On: November 13, 2022 9:15 pm |
| Rated By: buTuDe |
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