Gamiley Roussel

Student learning preference are not a one size fits all. Their style of learning must be incorporated into our lessons.  

Just because a person first language is English, it does not always equal to a highly developed academic language proficiency. ELL and ESL students differ in language but not proficiency. They both may struggle with adapting the English Language into their daily lives. It is not for us to judge them but be patient with them and teach them according to their learning level.

Using race and culture as a reason to limit students is like redlining in Real Estate. You push students to one specific area while limiting their access to others. Instead of treating all students equal, assumptions are unfairly made based on their race and culture. If that is the case educators must ask themselves are they being fair to their students and are they limiting their own teaching abilities to fit in their own prejudice prejudgement. 

People do not function solely as members of a group. To put someone in a group category is to limit their ability to excel outside of the parameters that they have been placed in. Overall we must understand that our experience with a specific person does not define that character of all persons in that group.