Professional Hopes and Goals

When working with families of different cultures I hope that they all would be interested in learning about each culture. I think it would be neat if we could celebrate each culture. That is why I hope that all families would be interested in other cultures. It would be a great learning experience for their children. One goal that I would like for the early childhood field is for all of us to take a stand. If we all work together we could make diversity,equity and social justice not an issue anymore. 

I want to now take this time to thank off my colleagues for the support they have given me through out this course. I enjoyed reading of your ideas and will take them in to my classroom and in my profession. I look forward to seeing you guys in my other courses. 

With the country becoming more and more diverse teachers need to be more away of different cultures. For this assignment I have to imagine that I am getting a new family from a different country. The country that I have chosen is China. The reason I have picked this country is because I have never had a family from China. 

In order to understand this family and welcome them in to my classroom there are several things that I must do before they start.

1.) Research-I would research the cultural of China. I would look for different things that they believe. I would also get to know more about the country it self and how they handle certain education topics.

2.)Teach-I would teach my current students about China. I would explain to them that everyone has a different way of doing things. I would ask them how they do certain things and then explained how this new child may do things. I would explain just because the child may do things different he still needs to be treated like a friend. 

3.)Integrate-I would integrate some of China's cultural items in the classroom. I would add books, pictures and decorations to make the child feel more at home. 

4.)Talk to family-I would talk to the family to see their cultural views on a variety of topics. Such as education and behavior management. I would talk to them to possible integrate things from home to the classroom for a smooth transition. 

5.)Language- I would try to learn some of the common words in Chinese. Such as Hi, How are you, and bye. I feel this would help bring a stronger relationship to the family. 

By following these step I hope to form a great relationship with the family. I hope that my other students would also learn about the culture. 

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

One of my favorite movies is The Bind Side. The Blind Side is a great example of Bias, Prejudice and Oppression. The movie is about an African American boy in high school. He does not have a family at the beginning of the movie. He has a mother but the mother was never there for him. He moved to one friends house to the streets. He went to a private school because the school wanted him on there sports team. A wealthy family took him in and started treating him like he was their son. There was a lot of people who were rude to the whole family. They were rude because the wealthy family was white and the boy was black. The family friends thought they were doing it for publicity. 

If you ever watch this movie you will see a lot of bias, prejudice and oppression. 

One of the biggest moment that I remember was when the teachers were in the teacher lounge talking about how "stupid" he was. That he will not be able to play sports because people like him never do good in school. Those teachers were not treating him equally because he was a large black student in a heavily white populated white private school. They categorized him at stupid because of where he came from...the projects (low income housing).

During this movie I felt so many emotions. I was sad, happy, and proud just to name a few. 

I am not sure if I would be able to change this situation. I could try to help it by educating those who live in the projects to they can reach their full potential. Those children in the projects are not stupid they just are not privileged enough to have effective teachers and also effective supplies because of the schools budget.