Diversity

I can't say that diversity has ever had an effect on my up bringing. I have been around it since I was little. We were always taught to never be prejudice and to treat others as you would want to be treated. I think that because I grew up knowing different cultures and races that it has never been an issue for me. Currently we are renting out our upstairs unit of our house to a biracial family. They have four sons who are all Mulatto and also very adorable. Race, religion, culture, none of this has ever been look down upon by our family.

If I were to teach diversity in a class room I think I might go about using the same method that was used in Freedom Writers. The line game is a good way to show your students that even though they may be different in colors they all will have something in common with each other. Diversity is not suppose to be a negative word but some view it as something that could be potentially detrimental. I believe that diversity should be discussed in all schools and that it should ever be an issue in any school. Students need to learn that there are difference's among people and that they can be both positive and negative.

If I were to have a classroom that was diverse in a number of ways I think I might approach it by having each student talk about themselves and share with the class who they are as an individual. It can be challenging to teach students that don't have anything in common so as the teacher I would listen to their stories and find a common ground for all of them to stand on. I feel that this would be the best thing I could do. I also think that if it is a negatively diverse room then it might be more of a challenge and I am not sure how I would go about handling it. I would have to hear the stories of the students first. Each class is different, so you can't have a game plan, it is definitely something that you have to learn about first, before you can even think about teaching it.