Importance of Teachers

Children are different from each other in many ways; many factors contribute to their diversity. The goal, however, of all teachers is that “all” children should learn and have an opportunity to have an education regardless of their race, gender, socialstatus. Children in classrooms face all kinds of discrimination through their peers. Different social backgrounds contribute to a lot of problems children can have. Some children who may come from a “higher” social status can make children who don’t have those opportunities feel inferior in school and that can have a tremendous effect on their motivations to learn.
There are children who may not have a two parent household. Some have one or some have none, but the main goal as a teacher is to be able to bring all diversity’s together by motivating your students in the classroom. This can be done by making them feel comfortable with you and their surroundings. To achieve this, I believe you need to address your own experiences you faced through discrimination, stereotypes, prejudices and even racism. It’s important that the kids who come from different backgrounds feel like they can relate to what you’re saying. It is just as equally important that the children who are considered the “majority” race also hear the importance of accepting the differences that other kids bring to the classroom and that they also can benefit from learning different experiences from them.
One of the most important steps in multicultural education is the belief that every student can and will succeed no matter what culture, race and ethnicity they come from. Children from different cultural backgrounds offer so much more to the classroom than they are credited for. They teach us about diversity, unity, culture, understanding, patience, and an understanding of their backgrounds.
The fact that some people feel that children who come from “minority” parents miss out on family type situations at school, I feel is an unfair statement....