The microaggressions that I have experience is when I seen a teacher that was Hispanic and she had a mixed group of children of White, Hispanic, and African American in the class room. She did not want to deal with the children that was White or African American she only wanted to deal with children that was her culture Hispanic. It made me feel in this microaggressions really bad because I felt like as a teacher and a educator we need to treat and teach children all the same regardless of their culture. In the early childhood education I feel like that some people are meant to be teachers and some are not. Some teachers are not educated when it comes to culture because of how they was taught and brought up as a child. In my observation of perception of prejudice and stereotype is that you never know what a person goes through unless you walk in their shoes. In today's society people still go through a lot of discrimination of their culture and not being respected. It help to see that people feeling, heart and pride are still hurt. As a mother, teacher, educator, and role model I will not be like other rude people. I will respect children and families in their culture and treat them as the same like other families. I would respect their moral, values, family traditions, and the community. I want not only make a difference for my daughter, I want to make a difference for every child I teach that comes in my care. I love children all around the world.
Shatarka,
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! Unfortunately situations like this happen often in classrooms: 'teacher's favorite student.' It is crucial for teachers to make every single child feel welcome and accepted in their classroom environment no matter their culture or skin color. Children are the future so it's important how we, as educators, make them feel and validate them today so they can carry the same positivity on to the next generation.
Shartarka,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. It is disturbing that teachers can favor some children above others. Children are so vulnerable yet some teachers are clue less to the messages they send. I wish we had something like the "easy button" in every classroom. We could call it the "no you didn't" button! When a teacher does something like what you described, the buzzer sounds and the teacher changes her ways!
Maria