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ashamed. As a future educator, this is a serious issue, how do you handle the situation of a child who doesn?t feel proud of who he/she is, or who is ashamed of what they are? I believe you need to make the children feel special to be who they are and let them share their knowledge with the classroom. All children have the right to succeed in school and in life, and they should not have that right taken away from them just because their culture might be a little different from the others in the classroom. As stated in this article ?My Indian child has a constitutional right to learn, retain, and maintain his heritage and culture. By the same token, I strongly believe that non-Indian children also have a constitutional right to learn about our Native American heritage and culture,

because Indians play a significant part in the history of Western society. This statement says a lot, I believe that all cultures play a significant part in history, from blacks to whites to Indians to Mexicans to everyone. Without these cultures America would not be America, as we know it today. I remember as a child growing up, we had the greatest thing called ?show and tell?. The teacher would pick a student and the next week that student would have to go in front of the classroom and share some things or stories about him or herself. Now as a future educator, I think that this was a great idea. This allowed the students to get to know each other, you could relate to that person some how, know matter what race, religion, or creed. As of today I still have the book I made of my

self from ?show and tell?. I don?t remember exactly what I said that day, but I remember I was ?special? and everyone was interested in me. I believe I brought my dad into ?show and tell? and I talked about his job, and what he did for a living. Looking back though that book makes me realize that children are special in their own way and not everyone is the same. Children are so impressionable that even the slightest thing can make a mark in their life. Like how they are treated when growing up, or how their family life is at home. Some children might come from wealthy backgrounds and others from less advantaged backgrounds. As an educator you would like to see all children being taught in the same type of school setting. However this is not occurring in the United States School

systems, as seen the article ?Savage Inequalities? by Jonathan Kozol. Children in less advantaged neighborhoods are being taught in bathrooms, gymnasiums, hallways and closets, which have been converted into classrooms. I don?t understand how the government is allowing this to happen. I believe these children should have the same conditions as the other children in the middle-class and upper class societies. This article gave a lot of examples of how the less advantaged children are being taught. I can?t imagine going to school everyday and being taught in this type of environment. This is just another example of how race, social class, and parental wealth are influenced in the education system. In conclusion children are just children and they can?t help what type of family life

they have, or what race they are, or even their social economic status in society. However they need to be proud of who they are, and we as educators need to make them feel proud to be who they are. Everyday when they walk into our classrooms those children need to feel like they are ?special? and that they can accomplish any goals that need to be accomplished. That is what I am going to strive for as a future educator.