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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!) Perhaps the teacher wanted to make this a learning opportunity for the entire family rather than just the student. I am sure the teacher is aware of your son's cultural background. However, by selecting Germany, she has given you and your child the opportunity to learn about an entirely new country that probably you both may not know anything about. It would be good for your son to represent his heritage in the classroom by sharing about Romania and/or France on the appropriate day. I would not be upset about the situation. |
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