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  Case: Cannot Cooperate
Aisha is known as a responsible and smart student. I have known her for the last two years, but this year is the first time she is taking one of my classes. She is in my 10th grade US History class. Recently, I started using small group projects in my class. I simply want my students to learn to cooperate, exchange ideas, and produce the project together. Although Aisha is willing to take part in these small group projects, she does not want to be in groups with male students because of her religious beliefs. When she told me about this, I told her that she was in the United States and that she had to work with whoever she is in a group with. In the first group project, Aisha was in a group with three males and one female students. She simply did not participate in any of the group activities. I wonder if should reconsider my original position on this issue and accommodate Aisha by having her work only with girls. Would I be doing her a disservice? What should I do?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
After reading this case it is hard to conform to Aisha, as living in the United States we have to work with many people of different genders, races, religions, etc. It is how the United States continues to be multicultural. I currently teach Kindergarten and begin the year and continue the year in group settings. Students need to be able to work together because of the careers and the outside "world" we prepare them for. Life is also about choices. Seeing that I teach younger children I would give her a choice. This could also work with her. She needs to be able to work with students in some cases,but others she could/ and the rest of the class have a choice of who they would want to work with. This could also give them an increase in engagement in the activity at hand if they were able to choose.