Question

Islamic parent: “My child’s school has many Christian-based activities and has never even recognized that some of the students are not Christian.”

As the parent, I feel:
As a teacher, I might:

Single parent: “I feel that all my son’s behavior at school is blamed on the fact that I’m a single parent, and that many judgments about our family are made based on no other evidence than our ‘single parent family’ status.”

As the parent, I feel:
As a teacher, I might:

Vietnamese parent: (translated from Vietnamese) “My children speak and read better English than I do. It is so hard when lots of letters and information come home from school in English. I also feel that my children are losing respect for their parents and the elders in this country.”

As the parent, I feel:
As a teacher, I might:

Answer 1

In the first case

As a parent I feel school should teach about other cultures and religions also . Cultural relativism should be involved .

As a teacher I might help the class to become more culturally competence and ask the class to share diversified cultural beliefs and ideas

In the second case

As a single parent the stigma attached to me has affected the behavior of my child and society has judgmental attitude towards my child. Our family status has led to this scenario .

As a teacher I might try to introduce different practices in the class to remove the stigma associated with single parent families .

In the third case

As a parent i feel my vietnamese identity is affected because of english language and my children are also losing their cultural heritage ,

As a teacher I might help the parent understand that nothing like tht is happening and also ensure that the parent gets a letter in the native language . Also I will ask the child to facilitate his or her parents with english learning .