prompt 3

Ms. X is a very cultural competent teacher. She involves everyones culture in the classroom. With such projects as the mask project and the still life project. The still life project is where the students chose things that meant alot to them things that were meaningful in their life. They chose objects that were part of their life and culture. These objects showed who they are as people and what these things meant to them. The way the children talk in the classroom is deplorable. The N word is dropped basically in every sentence. They use the word gay as a word to mean stupid. The students say that this is part of there vocabulary. How can these offensive words be part of your vocabulary? I think I know what they think. They are trying to take the N word back and make it their own. This needs to stop trying to take a derogatory term and make it your own is wrong. Say if a person called a student the N word some people might think they call each other it so why cant we call them by it. This needs to stop. Using the word gay needs to stop also gay does not mean stupid. It is very offensive to the LGBT community. People need to know that this word and using it in that context needs not to be in their vocabulary. I think if the teacher Ms. X was more responsive to this they would stop using these words. In my eyes Ms X should be more helpful or more strict. More than once in her class I had to tell the children not to use that language that it offends people. But they just don't want to listen. I think that the students would pay attention more if the teacher was more responsive . Even if they started off early like in kindergarten teaching children that these words are wrong to use or wrong to use in certain contexts. I think that if the teacher had lessons involving students culture it would make it more fun for students.