Diversity was something that up until 3rd grade I had always had at school. Once I moved to a completely different area of town, it was a huge culture shock to me. I had to adjust to a new school, new neighborhood and a predominately black school. I really missed that diversity from 3rd grade through 12th grade. I currently teach in a school full of diversity and absolutely love it. Because of my lack of diversity through majority of my schooling years, I seek to help my students understand and learn about diversity and different cultures. In the “New Immigration” article I really liked that the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights organization wanted to ensure a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that work hard and should be rewarded. Immigrants deserve a chance at the American Dream too.
In the "Toward a Centrist Curriculum" article, I took strong notice to, “In the United States the academic gap between privileged and disadvantaged children grows ever wider as children move onward through early grades, whereas in other developed countries, the opposite occurs: the learning gap between haves and have-nots grows smaller as children advance in school.” My first thought after reading that was, “Did I read that correctly?” After reading the sentence again, it only confirmed what I read the first time. As an educator, sometimes I feel backed into a wall. You have a curriculum that must be taught, but not nearly enough time to get to all in within the school year. The policies and structure of school reinforces that pressure of getting that curriculum taught. Maybe a cosmopolitan, centrist core curriculum is what schools should be striving towards.
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