Week 2 Knowing the reader

Hello:)

     So I have already started to fall behind, but I am catching up! Answering the question under our blog prompt, culture is the knowledge, skills, rules, norms, practices, traditions, language and values that shape and guide beliefs and behavior of a particular group of people. Being that I am not American but was raised in America, I can say that I am affected by two different cultures. I come from a very conservative culture and my culture has affected everything in my life including what I read and how I respond to what I read. Culture teaches norms and what is accepted by a group of people. It is very important for teachers to know about their students cultures because a student's culture will affect how she or he perceives topics and text in class.  My culture has made me like some subjects more than others. There books I would pick up to read and others I would never even think about reading. Knowing your students and their culture will allow us as future educators to better help our students.  Working with children and learning about different cultures has taught me that what may be important in one culture may not be important in another.  This may be important to know as an educator so that students are not looked down upon or viewed as lazy.

       In some cultures women are not encouraged to practice math or science. If a student decides that she or he is not going to even try in a subject, educators should look deeper into the situation instead of labeling the student as lazy. Culture is very important in education because education is different in each culture. What maybe important to know in one culture maybe useless in other.  Therefore educators should really take the time to know their students and their culture.