EDRG 3321 LITERATURE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Hello, Mrs. Pickett

Here is my blog on chapter two. I really enjoyed this discussion in class. It was very insightful!

When I become a teacher I know I will encounter different cultures all the time. It is my job to be aware of the different types of people that I will be coming in to contact with on the daily bases. I will never try to make someone feel as they do not belong or they don't fit in.
I have experienced surface culture before. I remember when my husband and I went to a family Reunion for his side of the family. I was the only African American person there. Well, really I was the only person of "color" there. I remember there was this elderly lady who came up to me and asked me if I was from Africa. I said no and she just kind of stood there looking at me. She just assumed since I was black that I was from Africa. This was a perfect display of judging someone on their surface culture. She took one look at me and due to my physical features made the assumption that I was not from around there.
However, I know that there are other cultures that are not so easily to detect. For example deep culture, I use to work at a day-care and the cook was from Pakistan her out look on religion and faith was different from my own. I use to love talking to her and learning different things from here country and she felt the same way about my culture.
I have learned so much in my own life that I believe it will defiantly come in handy in my career life. I believe that teachers should always take into account how there students feel about different events that are taking places. This is important because just because the student may look like they are part of a certain culture, that does not mean that they are!
It is very easy for anyone to feel like they do not belong even more so for children. When I become a teacher I will incorporate story's from other cultures in my classroom activities and also activities that include different cultures.
All children should have a fighting chance to become the best version of themselves as possible. The only way that this can be achieved is by allowing children to feel like they too are apart of something bigger than themselves, and to never ever feel left out. After all aren't we all different from from each other.