One hope I have when I think about working with children and
families who come from diverse backgrounds is for these families to not be
scared/uneasy/nervous about asking for help. I feel that some families, especially
ESL families, have trouble asking questions because they do not know how to
communicate or they do not want to be viewed as unintelligent. I hope that in
the near future those families of diverse families will find a support and a
voice to ask for help or ask questions in the realm of education.
One goal I have for the early childhood field related to
issues of diversity, equity, and social justice is for all professionals,
students, support staff, and any person that comes in contact with the schools
to not judge students based on their outward appearance. I feel that by
stopping negative feelings , thoughts, and stereotypes in the early childhood
field that as a human race we will be able to stop negative topics a lot sooner
with more effectiveness.
I would also like to take a moment to thank all my
colleagues that have been on this journey with me. It is through your support, guidance,
viewpoints, and questions that have made me become a better educator and
person. I hope that each of you reaches your goals and dreams with your
professional and personal lives. I look forward to moving on with this journey
with some of you in the next classes to come.
Hi Abigail,
ReplyDeleteI have been in a few classes with you and it has been enjoyable "seeing" a familiar face. I thank you much for your participation in our class discussions and blogs. I look forward to seeing you in other classes and I hope all your professional and personal dreams comes true.
Your post really touched me, your wisdom and honesty is enlightening. I agree with you that making diverse families feeling comfortable to be able to connect to us with questions and concerns is such a great place to start in our communication with diverse and all families and children .Good luck to you and keep up the amazing work.
ReplyDeleteI have truly enjoyed reading your blog and sharing in your discussion posts as we have taken classes together. I hope that we will continue to participate in courses together and wish you the best along your educational journey.
ReplyDeleteYou have given me many things to think about over the past eight weeks through both your discussions and blog posts. I always enjoy reading your posts because I truly do understand where you are coming from. It is so important for us to make our families feel welcome and not afraid to come to school and that includes when they need to talk to us. We need to be there for them. We have had many classes together and I hope to see you in more before we finish-what specialization are you going for? Best to you in your continuing journey!
ReplyDeleteI have enjoy your post and being in the class with you this has been a very interesting class. Reading your post has helped me in gaining more knowledge about diversity. Good luck in the next class.
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