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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 can see why you might be a little confused as to why your Son's teacher chose for your son to bring German food for the Christmas celebration when your son has strong French and Romanian cultural roots. Obviously, speculation is all anyone has to go off of when answering the question as to why the teacher assigned your son the country she did, but why should we speculate at all? Communication is key when it comes to parents and teachers within the classroom, and I think the best solution would be to address your concerns with your son's teacher. Your case is presented in a very nice concerning manner, and I believe if you approached it this exact same way when talking to your son's teacher; she would be more than happy to explain her reasoning behind giving your son Germany. If I had to guess (and like I said, I do not like to speculate), she might have wanted the students of her class to explore different cultures other than their own for this assignment. However, given your feelings about her decision, she might be willing to let him switch what he is assigned to bring for the celebration if you reach out to her with your concerns. However, if she does not want to change his assigned country, at least you opened up the lines of communication, and your son will gain new knowledge of a country! |
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| Comments: Great Job |
| Rated On: October 17, 2014 4:39 pm |
| Rated By: TuBuJy |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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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 9:21 pm |
| Rated By: buTuDe |
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