Multicultural Interview Essay

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1. Briefly describe your previous experiences/interactions in multicultural environments, both in schools (as a K-12 student or as a visitor) and personally (other experiences). How have your previous experiences helped to prepare you for working with students from multicultural backgrounds?
During my tutoring for EDU 210 I worked with two students from Italy who spoke mostly Italian, and a student who spoke mostly Spanish. This was the most diversity I have experienced, when I was in school I lived in a small town and there was not much diversity.
2. Describe thoroughly your expectations prior to entering the diverse classroom. What do you think you will see in the diverse teaching and learning process and environment that is different from …show more content…

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6. What does the classroom teacher say are the positives of teaching at the school?
The teacher that I worked with was a substitute so she had been in the other schools in that area so when I asked her this question, she answered with, “there are those few great students who make this job worth it.” She mentioned in the younger ages that she had worked with there have been students who did great in school and they had always behaved and done good on school work. These students went on to achieve higher than some of the other students who were not as interested in school.
7. What does the classroom teacher say are the challenges of teaching at the school? Include specific details/examples.
She gave me many examples of challenges but the most frequent challenges were, violence, misbehavior, and the need to be tough. When I asked her what kind of violence she had seen in the school she replied with, “I have been kicked, punched, and headbutted. It was a miracle if there was only one fight a day, most of the time is was three or more.” Other teachers that I met and had a conversation with talked about having to suspend many of their students because they hurt their classmates or they destroyed the classroom by throwing books, papers, and even

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