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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!)
Your son was not assigned to bring French or Romanian food because the teacher wants students to learn about cultures that are different from their own. Since your son's teacher is aware of his cultural background, she assigned him foods to bring to the classroom that were not familiar to him. You should not be upset about this. Your son will be learning something new about German culture by learning about the different types of food they eat there. There is nothing wrong with your son representing part of his heritage in the classroom however, it is a good learning experience for him to learn about other cultures as well. Moreover, the teacher could have randomly selected countries for the children without regard to their cultural backgrounds. |
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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: I agree, it was probably random, but it's a good thing he got a different culture than his own, the reason for this activity is to learn about new cultures. |
| Rated On: October 19, 2014 4:51 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 9:25 pm |
| Rated By: buTuDe |
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