I actually hate talking about social class and race. I feel like the more that we talk about it, the more WE make it an issue. While I know that it does exist, I sometimes wonder if we would be able to lessen its negative affects if we stopped talking about them. We always hear people saying that they want to be seen as individuals, but yet we all as humans still tend to classify ourselves. I believe that this is a natural process, but I also wonder how much mental "damage" we do to ourselves when we categorize ourselves into groups.
I know that there are issues of social class and race within my high school. I believe that it's almost inevitable. However, after speaking with many of my students, they don't really seem to make it a huge issue. In fact, most of them don't even know half of their own graduating class members. Most of the classes have around 600 students in them, which makes it hard for the students to really know all of their classmates. I also feel, however, that I actually don't get a real feel for what the school's student body is really like, because out of 2400 students, I only see 63 students a week. Perhaps if I knew more students, I would have a different view on these issues within the school.
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Wow, I never really thought about it like that. But actually I agree with you completely. I think that the more we discuss and analayze race, the deeper the problem becomes. It's funny that you bring this up, because just today I was eating lunch in the teachers room, and one of the teachers was saying how they would NOT send their kids to our high school because it is NOT diverse enough. And that sending them to a diverse school with different race and cultures helps the students realize what the "real world" is like. The high school that I am in, is mainly caucasian kids and we have a few Indian and African American kids. My classes are mainly all caucasian, but when I walk in the hallways especially during lunch, I do see the clicks. The African Americans all eat together and so do the Indian students. I don't think this creates a healthy environment. But to be quite honest, I think that this issue will take generationS of work from all sides to be resolved, because it is so ingrained in our culture. This has been happening for 100's of years.
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