One hope that I have for children when learning about diversity is just to help see that everyone is different, and that this is ok! When children walk into my classroom, they come to me as a "mini me" of their parent. Of course, they have picked up on their parent's bad habits first instead of good. I hope to teach children that it is ok to think for themselves, so they can decide to accept the black person just like the white person or the hard working custodian just like the teacher.
One goal that I would like to set for our field is to implement more hands on learning that can expose children to diversity. I realize now that this is so easy to do. It can be done by simply using pictures, videos, but I would really like to have people come into my classroom if possible. Children need to see that a woman can be a doctor, and a man can be a nurse, etc. Anti-bias education is something that our field needs, and it can be done with something as simple as adding a few lessons to our curriculum.
I would like to thank all of you again for your professional support and encouragement! I have learned a lot about myself in this course as well as a lot about each of you. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays for those who do not celebrate. I cannot believe we are two courses away from graduation!!!
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