Cultural Identifiers – Challenges and Responses

Example One: Child does not celebrate birthdays

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Example Two: Limited/No parent support OR overly demanding parent

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Example Three: Other students complain that there is an aroma of curry as a particular child passes by.

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Example Four: Wheelchair bound student requests a desk at the back of the room, farthest from the door in an overcrowded classroom.

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Example Five: Before school starts, a student is found sleeping on the restroom floor.

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Example Six: Student declares to the class his or her membership in the LGBT club.

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Example Seven: Student from the middle school is isolated by other students in his or her freshman high school class.

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Example Eight: The ideas of the only female in a technology class are ignored by her classmates.

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Example Nine: Asian Indian student does not respond to a question in Spanish.

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Example 10: Student is always chosen last for teams at recess.

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Example 11: Student enters the room and says “How ya’ll doin’!”

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