This post was inspired from some insensitive and hurtful comments made by a student in one of the classes I taught in 2015-2016. I really went strong on to cultural diversity mission and sharing more about Teaching Tolerance, one of my favorite websites along with Flocabulary. As someone who is E.S.O.L. certified, this issue is very important to me. In fact, I took the Gifted endorsement to be able to better met the needs of my English Language Learners who I knew were gifted but didn’t qualify for services due to language acquisition. #soapboxissue So here is what happened that day in the classroom. We were watching the Week in Rap on Flocabulary about the Paris Attack and ISIS and a student made a comment about how another child must be a terrorist because he is from Iraq and Muslim. This was within earshot of my student teacher whose family is from Pakistan. My heart broke when she explained that is what she has been dealing with her whole life. I addressed the situation with both kids and let’s just say not to make your teacher mad if she is a redhead. There were tears involved on her part. Part of … Continue reading 10 Reasons Why You Should be Using the Teaching Tolerance Website