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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 do not believe that the teacher purposely assigned your son Germany to offend him or anyone in your family. I think that the teacher decided to assign students their countries so that a variety of countries spanning the world could be represented in their celebration. The teacher realized that the majority of the class is American and that if other countries were going to be represented then he/she should assign each student a country. This way they would have the opportunity to learn about a countries culinary traditions that they were previously unaware of. I would assume that he/she was just trying to make sure that countries from all over the world were represented and that there was a global theme to the party. I would not be upset with this assignment because I would not want my child to present a dish from France or Romania because that is where we are from. I would want his teacher to assign him a country that he is unfamiliar with so that he can learn about its' culture, heritage, traditions, and foods. I probably would have rather gotten a country that did not have such a large negative impact on where we came from, but these tragic events occurred a long time ago. Germany would be fine. They are steeped in cultural traditions and their food is really quite delicious. At this point in his life, I don't think that my child has knowledge of the World Wars and/or how the Germans treated the French and Romanian people during that time. If I really had a personal problem about being assigned Germany, I would call the teacher directly and just simply request another European country if possible. |
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| Comments: I agree the teacher wants everyone to be represented and has done so but has also allowed the students to do research on the different culture which they will remember, and learn more about. |
| Rated On: October 15, 2014 8:10 pm |
| Rated By: MaByvu |
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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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| Comments: I agree, this is a learning activity for the students to know about different cultures, not their own. |
| Rated On: October 19, 2014 4:53 pm |
| Rated By: Angela Avery |
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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 |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: agreed |
| Rated On: November 13, 2022 9:18 pm |
| Rated By: buTuDe |
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