I feel like teaching children from another race (like a white teacher teaching and African American student) isn't as hard as these chapters made it out to be. Maybe way back when all of the Civil Rights things were happening it was hard for white people to teach African Americans, but it shouldn't be like that now.
Maybe I'm just biased. I went to a high school where the white students were the minority of the school. There were about twice as many Hispanic students as white students, and maybe about the same African American students. I feel like I already know how to interact with these students at a student level, so I think it will be easier for me to interact/teach students from other races while they are in my classroom. I was able to see how my own teachers handled the huge diversity in their classrooms, and I feel like I'll be just as able to handle it as them. Of course, I know that there are other circumstances behind all of the different techniques, but I honestly feel like some authors make it seem like teaching students from other races is a huge challenge. But as a teacher, that just has to be a challenge you are willing to accept. As a teacher, we have to do what is right for our classrooms as a whole, and then break it down to individuals. If an African American student is having trouble reading or writing, the teacher would just have to meet with him or her individually and in private.
I really feel like it wont be as hard to teach in a diverse classroom as some people seem to think it is. Sure, it may be a challenge to some, but I dont think it will be as hard in the society we live in currently. There are better ways to help students now than there were in previous years, and I think a lot of teachers take advantage of these tools. I know I will.
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