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My name is Yahaira, an undergraduate Tarleton State University student pursing an EC-6 bilingual education career. I came to the United States when I was eight years old with a dream that many of us have regardless of where we come from. We all want to educate ourselves. I am passionate about learning about different cultures and interacting with people from different cultures too. It is incredible how all the cultures together make one world. I am proud of my culture. Even though, I came to Texas at young age my parents made sure I grew up knowing and practicing the costumes, traditions and language that were within my culture. Because of the education my parents have given me I have grown into a respectful, honest, kind, and humble human being. Respect is something my parents have always been strict about when educating me. They have taught me to respect everything and everyone. Because the way my parents educated me I have also become a tolerant person that simply does not “judge the book by its cover.” I am thankful to my parents who continue to inculcate my native language. For that reason, I am now consider a bilingual person. I speak my native language that is Spanish and my second language that is English. I love the way one can transit from one language to another. But that is not the only way to transit to a whole different concept. Through multicultural literature one can also transit from culture to culture and that is even better!
In the United States, especially in Texas schools are becoming more culturally diverse. The amount of students who are culturally diverse and coming into the education system is rapidly increasing. As a future educator I see the importance of teaching multicultural children’s literature to give the students the opportunity to embrace and respect cultural differences. I have learned in my Children’s Literature course many different ways I can reach out to all learners in the classroom through Children’s literature. I am interested and eagerly to put into to practice what I have learned. I believe students are more interested in learning when they feel welcome and accepted in the classroom. I love the way one cannot only teach content through children’s literature but make connections with real life situations.
Growing up I was not expose to a variety of books that included diversity. As a child I lacked knowledge about all the different cultures that exist. Now in days, I have friends who I can almost say they are my mirror. We have so much in common although our cultures are completely different. When children are expose to a multicultural children’s literature they are likely to build respect, learned about other cultures other than their own, develop diversity awareness, and embrace differences.
It is my goal as a future educator to use multicultural children’s literature in my future classroom to make the students feel accepted, create respect towards other cultures, gain knowledge about other cultures and their own, and lastly prepare them for a diverse society. Multiculturalism is the key to unlock possibilities and opportunities in a diverse society.
Sincerely,
Yahaira Aguilera
My name is Yahaira, an undergraduate Tarleton State University student pursing an EC-6 bilingual education career. I came to the United States when I was eight years old with a dream that many of us have regardless of where we come from. We all want to educate ourselves. I am passionate about learning about different cultures and interacting with people from different cultures too. It is incredible how all the cultures together make one world. I am proud of my culture. Even though, I came to Texas at young age my parents made sure I grew up knowing and practicing the costumes, traditions and language that were within my culture. Because of the education my parents have given me I have grown into a respectful, honest, kind, and humble human being. Respect is something my parents have always been strict about when educating me. They have taught me to respect everything and everyone. Because the way my parents educated me I have also become a tolerant person that simply does not “judge the book by its cover.” I am thankful to my parents who continue to inculcate my native language. For that reason, I am now consider a bilingual person. I speak my native language that is Spanish and my second language that is English. I love the way one can transit from one language to another. But that is not the only way to transit to a whole different concept. Through multicultural literature one can also transit from culture to culture and that is even better!
In the United States, especially in Texas schools are becoming more culturally diverse. The amount of students who are culturally diverse and coming into the education system is rapidly increasing. As a future educator I see the importance of teaching multicultural children’s literature to give the students the opportunity to embrace and respect cultural differences. I have learned in my Children’s Literature course many different ways I can reach out to all learners in the classroom through Children’s literature. I am interested and eagerly to put into to practice what I have learned. I believe students are more interested in learning when they feel welcome and accepted in the classroom. I love the way one cannot only teach content through children’s literature but make connections with real life situations.
Growing up I was not expose to a variety of books that included diversity. As a child I lacked knowledge about all the different cultures that exist. Now in days, I have friends who I can almost say they are my mirror. We have so much in common although our cultures are completely different. When children are expose to a multicultural children’s literature they are likely to build respect, learned about other cultures other than their own, develop diversity awareness, and embrace differences.
It is my goal as a future educator to use multicultural children’s literature in my future classroom to make the students feel accepted, create respect towards other cultures, gain knowledge about other cultures and their own, and lastly prepare them for a diverse society. Multiculturalism is the key to unlock possibilities and opportunities in a diverse society.
Sincerely,
Yahaira Aguilera