Multicultural education – teaching tolerance starts inside classrooms
Juan Gonzalez was a bright five-year old boy when he migrated with his family from Puerto Rico to the United States. At a time when he was ready to learn to read and write in his native tongue, Juan was suddenly enrolled in an English-only classroom. The only tool that boy possessed for oral communication (the Spanish language) was completely useless in this situation. Juan and his teacher could not communicate with each other because each spoke a different language and neither spoke the language of the other. Juan felt stupid. On the other hand, his teacher perceived him to be culturally disadvantaged and beyond help. However, the teacher and the school officials allowed Juan to “sit there” because the law required that children should be at school.
For the following two years, Juan attended classes he did not understand. Juan prayed for the teacher not to call on him. The teacher rarely collected......

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Title: Cultural Differences
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Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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