Blog Post 3

The Quote "We do no really see with our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs" could be defined in a few ways one being that understanding one another comes from understanding where they came from. In schools today, there are some students who are from different countries or places whose language and culture differ than the average American citizen and child. American schools teach languages such as Spanish, French, Chinese and others. For students whose primary language isn't taught in schools, it becomes more difficult for them to learn. The most important thing a teacher can do in a situation with a student who does not speak English, is to nurture them and help them learn English without deculturizing the student and telling the student their language is wrong. Helping the student learn another language on top of their primary language is not an easy task but telling the student that their language is wrong only puts the student in an unsettled state. If a teacher were to do this the student feels as if his/her own life was wrong and that everything growing up was wrong. The end of the quote that says "through our beliefs" means that true seeing is through culture and where we all came from. Everyone has a different story and has a different family with different beliefs. It is what makes everyone unique. Taking a part of someone away to be ordinary isn't ethical and teachers today need to continue to help students without taking away parts of where they came from. Through understanding and patience this can be achieved but without either of these helping the students can't be done.