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'e li$e in an e(tremel% di$er"e "ociet%) e"*eciall% here in
America+ Our countr% i" made
u* of man% different *eo*le from all ethnic and cultural
,ac-ground"+ And in order for u" to
a**reciate the difference" among"t culture" .e need
o**ortunitie" to indulge in the uni/uene"" of
each+ That i" .h% I thin- a multicultural education "hould ,e a
*art of e$er% %oung learner0"
academic e(*erience+ The more o**ortunitie" gi$en to each
"tudent to learn a,out another
cultural i" an o**ortunit% for u" a" a countr% to end *re1udice
and raci"m ,ecau"e the"e e(*o"ure"
can generate a re"*ect for difference" that can ha$e a *o.erful
im*act on ho. children "ee
them"el$e" and other"+
I ,elie$e it i" im*ortant to e(*o"e children to di$er"it% at
"chool ,ecau"e the"e e(*o"ure"can alter their a""um*tion" or
"tereot%*ical $ie." the% generated from their en$ironment at
home
or from the media+ A multicultural education gi$e" "tudent"
the"e e(*o"ure" .hile creating an
inclu"i$e en$ironment that ma-e" e$er%one feel a**reciated+ The
action" of ,rea-ing do.n the
,arrier" created ,% our difference" therefore o*en" u* a ne.
"en"e of ,elonging and a ne.
outloo- on our "ociet%2 one that in$ite" difference") in"tead of
ignore" them+
A multicultural education i" more than "urrounding "tudent" .ith
other" from different
culture"+ The mere *re"ence of other culture" doe" not lead to a
multicultural education ,ut it
doe" o*en u* the "tage for con$er"ation") it doe" "et forth the
tone of the cla""room" and it doe"
gi$e the "chool0" facult% the o**ortunit% to e(*lore the man%
different culture" .ithin the "chool+
Therefore it i" im*ortant for our "chool" to not onl% em,race
the di$er"e "tudent *o*ulation ,ut
to al"o engage and e(*lore that di$er"it%+ That .ould mean
refining the current curriculum taught
throughout our countr% and de$elo*ing one that de"egregate" and
e(hi,it" e/ualit% for all+
There are man% different a"*ect" that ma-e education a
multicultural e(*erience for all
"tudent") ,ut I thin- the main "ource come" from the en$ironment
and teaching "t%le" "et forth
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.ithin the "chool and in the cla""room+ 'hile doing re"earch in
*re$iou" cour"e" on di$er"it%
and multicultural education) I found that mo"t "chool" *ro*o"e
goal" to *ro$ide a multicultural
en$ironment for their "tudent" and each of them *roclaim to
$alue di$er"it%+ One *rogram that I
found that all the "chool di"trict" *artici*ate in i" called
Character Counts! Thi" i" a *rogram that
teache" "tudent" to $alue each other and al"o hel*" them ,uild
u* their o.n "elf e"teem+ I thin-
thi" i" a good *rogram that teache" %oung children di$er"it% and
acce*tance and I ho*e to
im*lement it into m% future cla""room+
In "um) I ,elie$e that di$er"it% "hould ,e addre""ed not
ignored+ If I .ere a"-ed ,efore
thi" *rogram ho. I felt a,out di$er"it% .ithin the cla""room) I
.ould ha$e "aid that di"cu""ion"a,out di$er"it% "hould ,e limited+
After all .e don0t .ant to *oint out our difference" and ma-e
certain *eo*le feel uncomforta,le5right6 No+ I no. -no. that
that i" .rong7 'e do .ant to
*oint out difference) ,ut at the "ame time) .e .ant to em,race
tho"e difference" and ma-e
e$er%one feel "*ecial+ 'e all are different and that "houldn0t
,e ignored and a" a teacher I .ant to
teach m% "tudent" that it i" o-a% to ,e different) in fact it i"
an ama!ing thing2 ,ecau"e .e ALL
are different) in one .a% or another+ O$erall) I feel that m%
*er"*ecti$e on di$er"it% ha"
,roadened+ And I feel more *re*ared on ho. to *ro*erl% addre""
di$er"it% in the cla""room and
ho. to create a *o"iti$e multicultural learning e(*erience for
all "tudent"+
