tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post3769557814707774298..comments2008-01-26T17:48:38.970-08:00Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17702540235066625767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post-54276221425813146292008-01-26T17:48:00.000-08:002008-01-26T17:48:00.000-08:002008-01-26T17:48:00.000-08:00

Hi Eden, it's fun to hear from you. I bet your classroom is a delight for all the kids--regardless where they are on the rainbow. It's a special teacher whom parents ask for. See you in Savannah?

Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17702540235066625767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post-81714426945607077352008-01-26T16:51:00.000-08:002008-01-26T16:51:00.000-08:002008-01-26T16:51:00.000-08:00

Hi Jane,When I attended my first GTG, I was surprised that I may have been the only person of color in the group. (I think I was.) That said, I felt most welcomed.As a teacher, my classroom is also reflective of the diversity of the place I live, maybe an overrepresentation (even) of the children of color. Somehow, parents find comfort in requesting to have their children placed in my classroom;

Edennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post-12722887083157596532008-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:00

Jennifer (I think--tell me if my memory fails.) American food? Maybe Texas barbecue? Brownies? Rice Crispies? Sad lot, isn't it?

Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17702540235066625767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post-66771160070404090112008-01-22T19:22:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:22:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:22:00.000-08:00

Nice post. I think our diversity is our greatest strength but we certainly have a long ways to go. I never realized how lucky I was in this diversity until I went to college - being in Texas and in a large metroplex, there were always a wide range of ethnicities and cultures.When a couple of my Italian husbands friends came to visit they wanted to have "American food". Ughh... American food?

Texas Espressohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13602268122530675926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post-77440286942672677992008-01-22T08:22:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:22:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:22:00.000-08:00

Hi Maryann, yes, there are great differences in diversity in this country. California has much more and has assimilated much more than probably anywhere else. So,maybe I should have been more limiting in what I said.

Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17702540235066625767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13005615.post-217939784500090582008-01-22T08:02:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:02:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:02:00.000-08:00

Wherever there is not a diversity of people and cultures, I think I would come to miss it after awhile. I am in NY where diversity is everywhere. I felt strange in some parts of the south.

Maryannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163679762010793998noreply@blogger.com