All Races And Skin Colors

We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight - simply by being more flexible about time, texts, and tests, by introducing kids to truly competent adults, and by giving each student what autonomy he or she needs in order to take a risk every now and then” (Gatto 4).

According to Azer & El-Sherbini, (2011), understanding how cultures vary globally, we understand how important designing and implementing e-learning courses at the global level is. According to their study, global e-learning has challenges at the level of communication, technology, and world cultures (2011). The study of Geert Hofstede was monumental and developed out of a curiosity Hofstede had about worker values as a worker himself at IBM. Hofstede collected 116,000 surveys between 1968 and 1972 that lead to his development of “bipolar cultural dimensions, ultimately have a great impact on education and e-learning (Wang, (2007); Theriault, (2016); Liu, Liu, Lee, &

Dabney is an African-American and European descent whose parents went to a segregated school in Virginia. His great-grandmother of three generations before him were free blacks before the Civil War, but during the war lived in fear that they would be kidnapped and forced to submit to slavery, thus living in constant fear. His grandfather of three generations before him was a white slave owner. This side of the family is where Dabney has a connection with past family members that were Confederate soldiers and members of the Virginia 1861 Secession Convention. His belief is that the Confederate flag represents the men who died at such battles like Manassas, Shiloh, and Gettysburg. He believes that the flag has been a representation of white supremacists groups in America but to deny the historical value of the Confederate flag would just be as wrong as the white supremacists. Dabney’s belief is that people cannot ignore prejudice or the symbol of prejudice by the flag, but that removing the flag from public display will not stop the white supremacists, or the prejudice that they adhere to. He believes that removing the flags would not stop the country from jailing more minorities than whites, and that this country needs to serve its people by resolving these problems with real congressional help and by cultural change and education and not by arguing over a piece of fabric.

There was much less immigration at the time these theories were put in place. There was not much need for services for multicultural students. With the change of a more diverse multicultural students, we need to offer and embrace the learning of these students. Education and teachers need to adapt to these changes. Immigration has been on a rise since the 1940’s, in 1950-1960’s most of the immigrants came from Asia. In the mid 90’s most came from Mexico. These young students cannot become targets of discrimination in the school system in the 21st century. We need to provide services to aid these students to give them the best education

The educational system has been around for thousands of years, and throughout time, there have always existed equality issues. From girls not being able to attend school as far as the boys, to children being separated into different schools because of the color of their skin, equality in education is an issue that has plagued humanity for far too long. Throughout the years, there have been some important decisions made in an effort to afford equality in education. Perhaps, as we move forward in our thinking and beliefs, we may find a way to make education a right that everyone who has the desire to grow through knowledge should be afforded, regardless of circumstance.

Lets say, once children learn the importance of diversity, they are able to fight racism through their unprejudiced appreciation of the different races and cultures. In other words, diversity in the classroom ensures there is no room for racism in future.

Mexican American, Chinese American and Vietnamese American make up the 1.5 and second generation today in US. The majority of these immigrants come from the humblest sectors of their society on average they have only a few years of schooling or no schooling, limited urban job skills and little or no knowledge of English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless of their citizenship status, and their children second-generation Americans.

Yet even with these realizations that delve into the deeper meaning of education, modern education is still calling for simple measurable outcomes and continues to be geared towards specific employment ideas. This model of education is blatantly inadequate though. Many students today will end up holding jobs not yet invented in fields not yet discovered, so the teaching of answers to today’s questions is utterly useless. Albert Einstein once said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” and this statement reigns true throughout time. To continue academic success, the education system needs to impart a mastery of one’s own mind that allows students to not only answer current questions but also to pose questions that will shape the future world.

I would like to focus my response to the reading in Gabbidon & Greene, Chapter 1, generally around the idea of social construction. Furthermore, I would like to specially provide responses to discussion questions number one and two as posed in the conclusion of chapter one. Discussion question number one asks to “Explain the origin of race and its implications for race and crime.” Discussion question number two asks “Do you believe there are distinct races?” I will also provide perspective on issues surrounding the term “minorities”.

To break the ethnic and racial barriers in the classroom I would mix the kids up and eventually

Race, gender and class defines our experience. Studies have shown that, even though, these three aspects define who we are, they are interwoven. Each of these three aspects affects our decisions which could be either positive or negative. Class, race and gender as an individual is determined by our parents and If any of these changes, it would automatically change every aspect of the individual.

Albert Einstein once said, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” This quote describes the responsibilities and standards of teaching children. I believe that teachers should be held to high standards for being the foundation of a student’s education and well-being. For my future students, my responsibilities as a future educator include supplementing the growth of a variety of students’ knowledge and creativity, abiding as a role model for students and colleagues, and understanding the issues in the foundations of education.

Even today in 2014 we have segregation in some parts of the world and a lot of racism. This teaches students how to learn from the past and to make decisions that do not involve negative aspects to it. It also shows us to be kind to each other and not to leave anyone out because of their race or color.

Rebecca Walker throughout the book “Black, White, and Jewish” portrays multiple identities that help her to understand herself and let others understand her as well. Rebecca Walker defines herself as a "Movement Child," someone who is a child born during and as an outcome of the Civil Rights movement. Walker states, "I am not a ***, the product of a rape, the child of some white devil. I am a Movement Child," (24). Though she labels herself with this nickname, it captures more than just the conditions neighboring her birth because during the beginning of Rebecca Walker 's life, she was always in motion, figuratively and literally. After the divorce of Walkers parents, Walker swapped homes, living with each parent for two years at a time in numerous cities and states from Mississippi, to Brooklyn, to San Francisco, to even Washington, D.C. While she was literally in movement from city to city and state to state, Walker was also in movement figuratively with her identities and personality. Depending on where she was living, Rebecca Walker was either white, black, or Jewish. Walker 's identity catastrophe was a consequence of her parents’ divorce and also a consequence of her being a biracial baby in the ‘70s. Her identity crisis was also a result of her having felt like she was an outcast no matter her whereabouts. Although her mother 's family always greeted her with open arms and was cordial with her, some of her cousins never overlooked that she was a biracial kid. They

Every young person should experience the world beyond the classroom as an essential part of learning and personal development, whatever their age, ability or circumstances.