Culture in the Classroom is Important

One may ask, is it valuable to learn about other cultures in the classroom?  I strongly agree that it is. Learning about other cultures fascinates me. Its so amazing how other people live and think differently than you and the people your surrounded by everyday which makes learning about other cultures and religions so interesting. Learning about other cultures gives you a new perspective and outlook on people. Not everything that happens in Orangeville happens all around the world, it gives you a greater outlook on life. I thought "The Kite Runner" was such an interesting book and opened my mind. One would never think of Orangeville trying to wipe out a certain religion , but it does happen around the world and people need to realize the struggles some cultures face. Like the Pashtuns and Hazaras. The Pashtuns believed the Hazaras dirtied their land, they didn't want them in Afghanistan any more, which created the Taliban. In Canada, in our culture we would never imagine this happening here, its just not realistic. A terrorist group would never try and wipe out a race here, but unfortunately in other countries it happens.

Besides giving you an outlook on problems other cultures face it gives you that an outlook of how other people are brought up. Watching the movie "Babies" makes you realize how differently you are brought up than people in other countries. For example in Namibia Africa, the babies were raised so differently than how they would be raised here in Canada. The children seemed to have no rules, they wore no shoes , hardly any clothes and did what they wanted. Funny enough at one point one of the babies began eating the dirt and bones off the ground. The families were very traditional to their tribe. Orangeville is nothing like this and I find it crazy how we have such a narrow perspective on the world and other cultures because there is just so much more to see. I think learning about culture is such an amazing opportunity, it opens our minds.