Education is supposed to be the uplifting of your mind, but nowadays education has become the stripping of culture and identity. Most people don't like to talk about social issues such as racism, and sexism because they are admitting that these issues still exist. The same goes for education in the classroom. Most teachers avoid talking about anything hat has to do with race or sex because they worry about being politically in correct. The story "Pedagogy and Political Commitment: A Comment" by bell hooks talks about the struggle that she went through trying to teach students about racism, se...

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CORRECTED MIDTERM ESSAY QUESTIONS 41. Why might students from culturally diverse backgrounds fail in school? What can teachers do to help culturally diverse students succeed? There are ... . The last reason would be that school policies and organizations could penalize students. Not too many schools offer mentoring programs for diverse culture students to help them get connected to leaders in business, industry, and education. The most important thing a teacher can do when being challenged with culturally diverse students is to simply listen to families ... going into the community to learn ...

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