Question

Career and Education
BRAINLIEST FOR THE BEST PARAGRAPH
You are an instructional coordinator for Carson Junior High, a school located in a community with a growing population of Mexican and Mexican American students. There is also a growing Guatemalan population. Cinco de Mayo is coming up, and your colleague, eighth-grade teacher Ms. Mulaney, wants to take the opportunity to make her Latino/Hispanic students feel welcome. On May 5th, she calls each student of Latino/Hispanic heritage to the front of the class and gives each a fun mariachi hat to wear, then serves the whole class tacos. She told you she was very excited to give the kids a chance to take this little break in their studies while teaching the non-Latino/Hispanic students in class about a different culture. But, the next day, she gets several concerned, even angry e-mails, phone calls, and visits from offended parents. The parents tell her their children felt embarrassed and singled out, and that the lesson had no academic content and indicated a total lack of knowledge about the commemorative day. Ms. Mulaney is crestfallen. She doesn't know what she did wrong. You, as the instructional coordinator, were prepared for this fallout.

Give her some hints on fairer and more knowledgeable treatment of students, and perhaps a suggestion on a more academically appropriate lesson.

Answer 1

Respect and knowledge of different cultures is an important life skill. Carson Junior High has many Mexican and Guatemalan students who deserve equality and respect for their culture. In this situation we can see Ms. Mulaney was trying to create a welcoming and accepting environment but she was unsuccessful in doing this in a appropriate, educational way. By essentially forcing the Latino students to wear a mariachi hat she was embarrassing them and enforcing stereotypes. There are many other more appropriate activity's that Ms. Mulaney could have implemented. She could make a Hispanic Culture Club that is voluntary for students to come and learn about Latin American countries, food, and culture. Maybe she could show a video about Latin America and invite students to have a class disucsuuions. Overall it is important to acknowledge the Hispanic community but do so in a way that does not call people out and enforce stereotypes.

Answer 2

Answer:

Carson Junior High is a school located in a community with a growing population of Mexican and Guatemalans, that's means it has many students who deserve equality and respect for their culture. In this situation, we can see Ms. Mulaney tried to create a welcoming and accepting environment but she failed to do this in an appropriate and educational way. Basically, forcing Latino students to wear a mariachi hat, embarrassed them and imposed prejudices. There are other more appropriate activities that Ms. Mulaney could have done. She can set up a voluntary Hispanic Culture Club for students to come and learn about Latin American countries, food, and culture. Maybe she could show a video about Latin America and invite the students to join the class. Overall, it's important to acknowledge the Hispanic community but do so in a way that doesn't call people out and enforce stereotypes. We know that respect and understanding different cultures is an important life skill.