Lightbulb: Important Linguistic And Cultural Diversity In Schools

Circumstances within this case reflect levels of complexity in many aspects. It was a challenging situation for all parties involved. I’m sure a decision of this magnitude is very difficult, but I question the thoroughness in the execution of the action plan. Often times we miss the meaning of being culturally proficient. The Lindsey book, Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders considers ways to foster policies and practices that provide the opportunity for effective interactions with the school members, staff and students alike and the surrounding community members (Lindsey, 2009, p.4). The book presents its historical context to tell of the effectiveness of addressing issues that emerge from cross-cultural contact. Some of the efforts derived from the desire to promote healthy interactions. Among those efforts have been desegregation, integration, race relations, cultural competence, and multicultural transformation (Lindsey, 2009, p.7). Cultural proficiency comes with an understanding of respecting the differences among all things living and all circumstances and departments in life. To begin the smooth transition of the school consolidation between SMS and RNS, communication and a culture should have been built starting with the associated area superintendent and Principal Jones.

My block was a melting pot of people but my high school was not. After entering high school is when I realized that I was white or Caucasian. During this time, I was also given the

I have grown up with Education being my catapult through life; I love it. I love to study children and figure out how they learn and how our educational experiences shape us as adults. Five years ago, I found myself accepting a position as a Toddler teacher in a government facility. To describe it simply, I was a fish out of water. I had experience with children, but not with children so small. This experience taught me a great deal about learning in our great world. I was amazed to witness the pure relationships between children of all races in that little toddler room. All color aside, the children seemed to embrace each other's differences and celebrate in their dedicated

People see me as black not white. I would’ve been treated like crap just like other blacks during that time of open racism and discrimination. With that being said, I am very blessed to attend a diverse college with people of all walks of life and make friends with anyone I choose to. I believe this is related to ethnicity, and social class.

From Kindergarten up to my sophomore year of High School I attended a private school. My elementary school and high school were slightly diverse. The majority of the student body was Caucasian and the rest were made up of several other races. My school environment was very structured and controlled. I had some great teachers and one or two bad teachers. Around fifth grade I started to notice the way teachers perceived me and the challenges I would deal with due to the color of my skin. There were

I went to a predominately black high school in South Phoenix Arizona for my freshman and sophomore

races. Living in Princeton has taught me that being stuck in your ways will get

I don 't remember how I wound up in Mary Donlon [residence hall], but that was a horrible experience my freshman year. That was the first time I 'd lived with White people, lived with White women, young women, and it was just an awful experience. Culturally we are so different... not that I disliked any of my White classmates or White people or White professors. I didn 't really relate to them very much. In fact, I don 't even remember most of them at this point.

and to build a world culture of human beings who resolve disputes in ways that

The neighborhood I grew up in was predominantly white. Those in the neighborhood who weren’t, also happened to be some of my best friends. The color of their skin didn’t determine that. It was the friendly attitudes and humor that did. Growing up, I and many other students have been exposed to the different races and ethnic beliefs that positively permeate America. Our High School has a very equal separation between major races. The people in my classes are all types of races and ethnicities. This has been the case through middle school and all of high school.

The experience that was worse than my experience in my high school was my experience in my neighborhood. I only had one friend in my neighborhood, her name is Hazel and she has had my back since we were 5. The girls in our neighborhood never liked me just because I was different. Most girls was raised by their mothers, I was raised and spoiled by my father. Along with that everyone went to our neighborhood school, while I went to private school. Most of them made fun of me because I talked different and acted "too white" so I fought then too. I dealt with all my problems with other girls and sometimes boys by fighting. Which drove many boys away from me and kept me from having female

The private school that I went to is where I had my first encounter with racism. I was in the third grade and one of the students who bullied me was a Caucasian male. I didn’t really have a lot of friends and I was always quiet so every day during school he would pick on me and call me names. I also remember him telling the other kids not to play with me and they actually did what he said. Dealing with that at a young age was so hard and I couldn’t understand why someone would do that to me. I was going through a lot at that time and for me to experience my first encounter with someone racist really affected my self-esteem.

There is greater linguistic diversity in American public schools than ever before, and teachers and administrators report significant challenges in meeting the linguistic and cultural needs of all their students (Center for Public Education, 2012; National Education Association, 2014). Given the increasing diversity and challenges that many teachers and schools encounter, there is a need to analyze practices and policies already in place in an attempt to recommend best practices and new initiatives for meeting the linguistic and cultural needs of these students. This study seeks to explore current practices of teachers, administrators, counselors, and others involved in socializing newly arrived emergent bilinguals into English language schools

Teaching is a very rewarding career if you learn and understand how to work with the diversity of the classrooms we teach in. As teachers, we need to be more vigilant of where are students come from. Before we can teach we need to know who we are teaching and what background, knowledge, and customs they bring with them to the classroom. We must also be aware of the factors that are relevant to the academic achievement of the students we currently teach. There are many of these factors, but I want to focus on two; teacher quality and low teacher expectations.

An enormous scale of migration has resulted to unprecedented stages of diversity in Europe, in particular in Germany, altering societies in fundamental ways and challenging the idea of national identity that is closely held by the host nation. Furthermore, the vast majority of the publics are in great fear, that the shared values and norms that ties communities together will be enfeebled permanently if migrants do not adapt to the host country’s culture, language and its identity. In this particular essay, it would critically examine cultural diversity and the challenges that both parties encounter due to their substantial differences in culture, language values and etc.