Critical Essay On Classroom Diversity

Critical Essay 1
Even though the majority of students in the Rio Grande Valley are Hispanic, there is still diversity in our community. We need to be aware of the different socioeconomic backgrounds that students come from and make sure that we provide as much as we can to all of our students so that no one is singled out and embarrassed about needing help. For example; I remember being provided the tri-fold poster for the science fair in elementary school, then suddenly one year we had to get it ourselves. When I asked my parents they did not have any extra money to splurge on this so they bought me a regular, white, poster board for fifty cents and at the science fair. As an adult writing about this, it is obvious to me that this is not a big deal at all, but as a 7-year-old it was really devastating and embarrassing that I could not afford the trifold, or the border trimmings like my classmates, who were able to go all out on decorating. There are a lot of teachers who require little crafty projects which I think are excellent ways to engage students in the lessons, but we need to take into account the fact that not all the …show more content…
They all come to school having learned all kinds of different things from their parents and families. We need to appreciate the different things that our students are knowledgeable of and give them a chance to tap into the things that they know very well and help them bridge it into what they need to learn at schools. As teachers, it would be best if we could get to know our students, and learn what they bring to the table, and create questions with examples from things that they know about. It makes the students feel proud of what they already know, and they end up learning a little bit about each other. As someone who has always liked to draw, it put me at an advantage when a group project required a bit of illustration and lots of people wanted to work with