Diversity in the Classroom

This semester I am taking Multicultural Education. I picked this picture because it is how I feel a classroom should be. This picture is of many people holding the globe in their hands. I love this picture for a few reasons all relating back to my education class. First I like how each student is of a different nationality. This shows the cultural diversity and is something I find important in a classroom. I firmly believe that each student has so much to offer to their peers and teachers by just bring their culture, knowledge and opinions to the table in a positive way. In my Multicultural Education class there was a lot of conversation on the topic of diversity, with the same result in everyone’s mind; diverse classrooms allow so much more knowledge and growth to its students. The second depiction I feel that is made in the picture is that each person is helping to hold the globe. In my Education class our teacher brought to our attention that each student in our classroom is the future. Students today will be the leaders of tomorrow and that is something all teachers should take into consideration. It is not only important for students to learn math, reading, science, and social studies but to also incorporate into each lesson on how to work with each other and to become a positive role model to our world in the future. To put it simply, the students in our classrooms hold the world in the palm of their hands, and it is with what we teach them that will help them decide what it is they feel they should do with it.