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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 would guess that the teacher randomly assigned the countries to the students. It might be worth contacting the teacher just to find out if there is the possibility of switching assignments with another student after discussing your family's cultural background. I honestly do not think that this was done to offend or upset you or your son.
On the other hand, the teacher may have carefully selected the countries based on the individual student's background. The teacher may have wanted this to be an opportunity for the students to learn about cultures other than their own.
Either way I think your son will find it interesting to learn about German Christmas traditions and foods as he prepares for the celebration. |
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| Comments: if the teacher did randomly do this i do not think the students should trade just because they didn't like what they got. |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 1:21 am |
| Rated By: Christie Gerlach |
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| Comments: I don't agree |
| Rated On: February 24, 2015 4:36 pm |
| Rated By: zyWute |
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No
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| Comments: I do not think it is necessary to call the teacher and change the assignment. This is just a new learning experience for the child. |
| Rated On: October 17, 2015 9:43 pm |
| Rated By: ezuXuD |
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Yes
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| Comments: I agree with you that either the teacher randomly assigned the food or he wants the students to learn about food from other countries, whichever way he won't know until he talks to the teacher and understand what the motive is behind the assignments. |
| Rated On: October 19, 2015 12:23 am |
| Rated By: yWasyD |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
No
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| Comments: Switching countries is not fair to other students. |
| Rated On: October 29, 2021 5:27 am |
| Rated By: Drew Brown |
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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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Yes
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| Comments: agreed |
| Rated On: November 13, 2022 9:33 pm |
| Rated By: buTuDe |
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