Reading

The reading “They’ve Got to be Carefully Taught” leaves me this deepest impression during the whole semester. It is about a teacher who always tries to ask her students about their races. Rather than unifying them, she likes to put them in different groups according to their different cultural backgrounds. I don’t think the teacher’s strategy is a good way for teaching, since it not only makes the author’s daughter be confused, but also let other students get lost as well. Moreover, the Cultural Diversity Month makes the preschool students think that they are different form each other. For this reason, these students start taking about the things that make them separate instead of connected. According to the author’s description, these children like to learn something that they have in common, such as the indigenous folk tune. However, because of the teacher’s concept and interest, these kids begin to look for some difference between themselves and others. Consequently, some children will feel excluded. I think this kind of consequence will not be helpful for these children. In my opinion, if the teacher could teach the students how to embrace the cultural diversity, that would be much meaningful than just focusing on finding out the differences.