Another random thought as usual...

So, kiddos, tonight I have yet another random thought to share with all of your lovely faces. :)

Tonight is a little more generic, but I hope that you find it insightful. I am highly fascinated with how to incorporate diversity into the classroom effectively. More specficially, I have a very diverse group of friends, and I love being the young, funny, white girl. I know that sounds kind of bad, but I do not mean for it to be inappropriate in even the slightest sense. I embrace who I am and enjoy learning how to embrace other cultures. However, not every person that meets me would think that I behave in this manner. Although I do not think that I experience racism, I do feel that people assume that I will be racist, when in all reality, I am extremely far from that.

I have always wanted to teach in the inner city schools and teach to kids that actually need someone that cares. I say that I want to teach in Clayton, Missouri and be girly and wear all the designer clothes, but do I? I find so much more pleasure in helping somone that needs me. Don't get me wrong, I know all students need teachers, and every deserves a fair education, but I do feel that we focus on the schools that do well and fund unnecessary projects when students are sitting in unsafe fascilities and being taught by teachers that should be fired.

I am extremely enthusiastic to be a teacher, and I have all intentions to consider diversity in the classroom, but I also do not blend everyone into one color. I do and will see every student as an individual. I know I sound very idealistic in this blog, but sometimes a little idealism is healthy. My ultimate point is that we have to think about what diversity means to us as a person before we can understand it in the classroom.