Danielle's blog is very improtant and relevant to a point I wanted to make as well. Unless the students cooperate and open themselves up to other ideas, practices, and cultures while at school, most attempts at multicultural curriculum development will fail and probably cause more resentment and increased tensions. Hatred and prejudice are deep seated emotions that educators must acknowledge and hopefully remediate when possible, but can educators really affect these attitudes and emotions? School is a place to start this process of enlightenment, but a lack of reinforcement at home and outside of school negates most efforts of educators. Parents, the community, and other societal organizations must participate as well to create any lasting and genuine change.
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In many cases not only is there a lack of reinforcement at home but students are seeing and hearing the opposite message. The solution to this problem lies not just with our schools but with all of us. Again education can not be everything to everyone and a solution to solve every problem. Some problems are just bigger than we are! We can only do our part and hope to set an example that others will endeavor to follow.
Posted by Christy Forrest | June 15, 2009 9:14 PM
Posted on June 15, 2009 21:14