Hanukkah

It was a time where discrimination was the worse in history, a time where millions of people died, and a time that will never be forgotten in history. What is that time in history you ask? It was called the Holocaust and is what started World War ll. For our Holocaust project, I read the book “Between Shades of Gray” written by Ruta Sepetys. This book is based off a girl along with her family and it’s their story of how they went through the Holocaust. I loved this book in many ways and it also…

I completed my field experience hours at Volusia Pines Elementary School in Lake Helen Florida. I was able to work with my nephew’s first grade teacher, Mrs. Erica Stevens. Altogether I spent 16 hours with Mrs. Stevens and her students. Mrs. Stevens has worked at Volusia Pines Elementary School for eight years. Her class is a general education class with seventeen students, of the seventeen students nine are girls and eight are boys. This class is very racially diverse four of the students are…

with the idea of ambiguity. And maybe we shouldn't be surprised. The intermingling of ethnicities and races—via marriages, friendships, and other interactions—has created a peculiar fusion in this country. It's the great mishmash where Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are celebrated in one long festive spirit, where weddings mix Hindi vows with a chuppah, where California-Vietnamese is a cuisine, where Eminem can be "black" and Beyonce can go blond. And the increasing number of nonwhites…