Reflecting on Communication in the Early Childhood Field

Dear Colleagues,

Another course is coming to end.

Another eight week session is coming to the end.

We learnt together, shared our wisdom, struggled with our time,

But we are moving on to the next course.

We worked together from far away places,

We connected through the discussion and blog,

It seems we all know each other and are much closer,

We all have one goal and that is to make the early childhood arena a better one for the children of the world.

Even though we are getting closer to the end of this journey

I hope that we all will keep in touch with each other

So we can still share ideas, thoughts and wisdom

I personally would love to keep in touch with everyone

If you would like to, here is my e-mail address    

I wish everyone the best of luck for the next course

I hope everyone would keep in touch

May your vision and goals be successful

May the early childhood arena be the best in the world

Much love and thanks to all the wonderful educators


 venuri.bodara-gamage@waldenu.edu

          This is my Walden e-mail and if you would like to be in touch with me please write to this address and I will share my personal e-mail address with you. Thank you!!!

Happy holidays take care enjoy this wonderful time of the year!!!

TEAM BUILDING AND COLLABORATION- PART 1

“This week you read about the five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Consider the adjourning phase for several of the groups in which you have been involved”.

·     Think about which aspects of the groups made for the hardest good-bye.

For me personally it is hard to leave a group after familiarized with each and every individual for who they are. There is a personal bond/relationship already created among the members. The connection makes the members closer to each other as of a family.
It is hard to leave a group in the middle of accomplishing the vision and goals that the group agreed upon.

·         Are high-performing groups hardest to leave?

For me it would be hard to leave a high-performing group because I would enjoy the success of the group. When I see the success of the hard work I have put in as a team/group member it could motivate me to work harder for the better results for the team. As a person who is influenced by strong work ethics, I would have a hard time leaving a high-performing group.

       Groups with the clearest established norms? Which of the groups that you participated in was hardest to leave?

I do not have much experience in participating and leaving groups or teams. But one group that I was involved and had clearest established norms was my previous employment.

·         Why?

It was owned by a former educator. She had all the good intentions, vision, and a great plan. She is a very organized person herself, and she managed a very organized program with very up-to-date rules, routines, protocols and procedures. She was a great leader. Just as Dr .Wolfe explained, the role of a leader also is that they’re the ones who have to represent hope (Laureate Education, 2011). She always represented hope and appreciation of the hard work was never underestimated. The group was a very diverse one and so did the children and families of the program. Everyone respected the differences and valued the opinions. Unfortunately, she had to down size her program. So she decided to move it back to her own home, where she first started. For me it was a long drive and I did not want to work that far away from my kindergartner. So I had to make the unfortunate decision of saying good bye.

·     What sorts of closing rituals have you experienced or wish you had experienced?

I am not a good candidate for any kind closing rituals. I have the tendency of having emotional attachments and at the end I feel sad. But saying proper goodbye is important to me because I believe that the opportunity to meet with the same individuals is possible. When we were leaving the program our director/owner had a get together at her home. She took care of every little detail of the event. It was recognition of service, appreciation of hard work, as well as a saying goodbye. I think it is important to have proper goodbyes because it brings closure to everyone. 

·         How do you imagine that you will adjourn from the group of colleagues you have formed while working on your master’s degree in this program?

I hope that there will be a way for us to keep in touch and share wisdom, knowledge, visions for the best of the early childhood arena. I personally believe that we have an understanding among us and a strong relationship. At the beginning of every course, I look for the names that I am familiar with because of the connection and understanding that I have with my online colleagues. Nothing against the new colleagues, but most of us are working together from the very first course. So we learnt together and learnt from each other so far and this will continue, I hope there will be ways for us to keep in touch.

·         Why is adjourning an essential stage of teamwork?

In the adjourning stage the project is coming to an end and the team members are moving off into different directions (Abudi G, 2011). During adjourning stage group/team members get the opportunity to analyze their success and failures. This is an essential part of the adjourning and very helpful procedure for the individuals regarding the success of their next project. Members may also opt to maintain friendships even if they will no longer be working together (O'Hair, & Wiemann, 2009). I personally believe that adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork.

References:

 Abudi, G. (2010). The five stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html

O’Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication: An introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Blog Assignment 05

When I was reading this assignment there is one situation that came to my mind. My friend who is a part of an early childhood program is really frustrated and saddened by this particular situation. She is working towards success one small step at a time. Everyday we brainstorm and try to come up with new strategies to help the child as well as the mother. It is a new family to the program as well as to the state of Michigan. The child is four years old and has never been away from the mother. He is also an English language leaner. Mother is not comfortable in speaking English much but she understands more than she believes. So the communications occur mostly through the translator. He does not let mother leave the room. As soon as he realizes that mother is not in the room anymore, he starts crying laying flat on the floor. Mother does not feel comfortable leaving her son as well. Even though mother is welcomed to stay, she could not stay in the room during the length of the session because she has another child who is a toddler. She cannot keep the baby from running around the room and getting into toys and putting them in her mouth. Mother speaks to the son in their mother tongue and tries to get him to calm down at the arrival, but he wants her to stay, so he cries.

After discussing strategies for days, we decided to have a discussion with the mother, explaining the liability situation of having a toddler in the classroom. The mother did not agree with it much. Then the teacher had a few more meetings with the mother explaining that it is normal for a child to feel sad and scared at a new place but he will get used to the routine, will get comfortable and will make new friends. After two weeks or so the teacher encouraged the mother to watch the classroom from the teachers office through the two way mirror, so she could see her son getting calmed down after few minutes of her departure. Now she is comfortable enough to leave the son in the room. The child is getting better with understanding that the mother is going to come back to pick him up later. It is still hard on both of them on Mondays. I consider this as a win-win solution. The mother is ready to leave the child in the classroom and leave with the toddler. Through such “win-win” solutions, both parties can meet their own goals (O’Hair & Wiemann, 2009).

It has been a month now. He is showing great interest in riding the school bus. Everyday he joins the line to go the bus and tries to get on a bus. There is an opportunity for the child to ride the bus but the mother is not ready to let him ride the bus. She prefers him to eat vegetarian food when he wants to eat meat products just as his peers. When the teacher explains to him that he has his own food to eat, he replies that he eats the meat products at home so he wants them (communication occurs in his mother tongue).

 Teachers want to respect the mother’s wishes, her culture, and her beliefs, but at the same time what about the child? How do you help him to understand that it is his mother’s wish to eat the vegetarian food and his mother does not want him to ride the bus yet? How do you encourage a parent to let the child spread his wings?

Reference:

 O’Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Who Am I as a Communicator?

This week’s activities were very interesting and informative in total different ways than past weeks. For my evaluations I chose my husband and one of my friends/co-workers. Almost all of the descriptions I received in all three of our evaluations were word to word exactly the same but the scores were different. Perception is a cognitive process through which we interpret our experiences and come to our own unique understandings (O’Hair, & Wiemann, 2009). What amazes me is that how would the understanding of me as an individual got to be so similar in all three evaluations. May be it is due to the computer generated system but still scores I got were different and the descriptions were similar word to word. I understand this is an assignment but as a detail oriented person I am curious to know how did this happen and what is the meaning behind this. Often people can come to vastly different conclusions even in the exact same circumstances. This is because each individual organizes and adapts his or her perceptions into existing memory bases called schemas (O’Hair, & Wiemann, 2009). So this makes me wonder if that my husband and my friend/co-worker have the similar perceptions about me and they adapt me into similar schemas.

In the listening styles profile my listening style has lined up as people-oriented, action-oriented, content-oriented and time-oriented. This basically put the finger right at who I am. I believe that lost time is something that we would never regain in our life time. So I have my own philosophy that I have to better use my time and at the end of the day I need to feel as I have accomplished something. This does not mean that I do not have fun or I put other people to work without letting them have fun. I do have fun and I am the only one who follows this philosophy. “You are empathetic and concerned with the emotions of others”. Yes I totally agree with this statement about myself, because sometimes when people are so strict about rules and not ready to bend a bit depending on the situations it is hard for me to understand why everything has to be black or white and how come there is no chance for gray.

The big surprise for me is the statement I got in the description of verbal aggressiveness scale. “You often resort to character attacks and ridicule when talking to others who do not share your viewpoints. Your aggressiveness may cause anger, hurt feelings and embarrassment, and will rarely, if ever persuade the listener to your point of view.”  This is a harsh statement for me. I have never felt that I caused anger, hurt feelings or embarrassment to anyone. I am not comfortable with any of these words because I strongly believe that no one has the right to make anyone feel angry, hurt feelings or embarrassed. I am not a saint but I try my best to not cross that line. So, now I will have to be extra careful about my choice of words and actions. This is a great learning experience for my own self.

Reference:

• O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real Communication: An Introduction. Boston, MA, United States of America: Bedford/St. Martins.

Blog Assignment Week 3

• Do you find yourself communicating differently with people from different groups and cultures?

I do believe that I communicate differently with people from different groups and cultures. As an immigrant it is part of my life because I am not a part of the dominant culture of my hosting country. Even though I am a citizen of the United States, for the eyes of most people in the society, I am an immigrant, so for that they have certain expectations. To communicate effectively and appropriately in today’s world, you must possess an understanding of and appreciation for people who perceive differently than you do (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2009). So it started as a part of my daily survival in a place away from home.

• If yes, in what ways do you communicate differently?

A central goal of your study of interpersonal communication is to learn how better to relate to others. Some of the differences that contribute to diversity and may interfere with developing relationships include differences in age, learning style, gender, religion, race, and ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, and culture  (Beebe, Beebe, & Redmond, 2011). I personally believe that my beliefs, culture and background have a huge influence on how I interact in a diverse society as well.

• I believe the first is to remember that every human being is proud of their culture, believes, and values. Because I am not a part someone else’s culture does not mean that I have the right to not honor and respect the person. Your cultural worldview shapes your thoughts, language, and actions; it permeates all aspects of how you interact with society. (Beebe, Beebe, & Redmond, 2011).
• I always remember that I am not on earth to judge another person. I would not tolerate harm to a child or another human being but I still I would try my best to understand another person’s perspective before my re-actions. Try to withhold judgment long enough to gain a deeper understanding than the first impressions allow (Gonzalez-Mena, 2010).
• Having an open mind, awareness of differences, ability to ask questions without offending an individual or a family are also few strategies that I keep in mind.

Reference:

·         Beebe, S. A., Beebe, S. J., & Redmond, M. V. (2011). Interpersonal communication: Relating to others (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

·         O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real Communication: An Introduction. Boston, MA, United States of America: Bedford/St. Martins.

·         Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2010). 50 strategies for communicating and working with diverse families. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Communication Skills: Language, Nonverbal, Listening

• What do you think the characters’ relationships are based on the ways in which they are communicating?

I watched the show “Last man standing”. Even though I have heard that the show was very funny when it was mute I did not feel it as a funny show. I figured that the couple was husband and wife, but I assumed they were not getting along as a family. I thought the young girls were daughters. I thought the dad worked for a store. The way the things were in the store it was clear to me that it was a place for the outdoor people. I would not have figured out the relationships between the children. Facial expressions, body language as well as the couple’s way of behavior among themselves were the reasons for me to understand that they are the man and the woman of the household.

• What are they feeling and expressing based on the nonverbal behavior you are observing?

There were plenty of facial expressions shown. They had gestures, movements of body, and plenty of facial expressions clearly showing how they were feeling. Based on the nonverbal communication it was hard for me to get any ideas on the subject matter. There was one girl presenting very frustrated or angry expressions and gestures.

• What assumptions did you make about the characters and plot based on the ways in which you interpreted the communication you observed?

The male (I assumed that was the father) was working on fixing a gun. My assumption was that the mother and the father were arguing about keeping the weapon in the house.  My interpretation of the communications was that the total plot was on the subject of weapon safety, or having weapons in the house. I thought that they were arguing about it. When I got to listen to the conversations I understood how funny the show was and how wrong some of my assumptions were. There was an argument about the gun but most of the show was based on the irresponsible behavior of the second child of the family.

• Would your assumptions have been more correct if you had been watching a show you know well?

I am a person who believes that in order to enjoy a show, I should be watching the show from the very first day of it. It does not matter how great the critics are about a particular show there is no chance of me catching up with the show. So I do believe that if I have been watching the show then I would have been able to make better assumptions regarding the plot of the show.  Without having the basic knowledge and understanding of a particular matter the assumptions that we make could be wrong and there would be horrible consequences due to that.

• Write about your experience in your blog, including what you learned about communication from this experience and insights or “aha” moments you believe would be helpful to your colleagues.

When I read this assignment I thought of what goes in our classroom these days. I have a newly enrolled three year old child who does not speak English at all. Not only the child, but the parent does not speak English language as well. During the first week of the school, the mother stayed and watched the classroom through the two way mirror with a staff member or a relative to help translate her questions. Even though she could hear what is going on in the classroom she could not understand it due to the language barrier. I have a parent volunteer mostly in the room that is able to help with the translations in the classroom. She was a great help for this child.  For the families who prefer translation, our building administrative staff or teaching staff is available for translations. Even though it is hard to believe the little girl who had a very hard time being away from mommy for the first few days, adjusting to the classroom from the second week on. After asking plenty of questions and watching the classroom for a week the parent is also feeling comfortable enough to send her child on the school bus now. I tried my best to help the parent and the child feel welcome to our program. I make sure that the parent understands the importance of keeping up with their first language while the child is learning English as her second language. Without the understanding of what is going on in the classroom, I do not believe that particular parent would have sent her child to the program on the bus. Mother watching the classroom through the two way mirror without a translator to explain what is happening would have been similar to my attempt of watching a voiceless show on television that I have not seen before.

What is communication?

Today, communication continues to be a dynamic and multifaceted discipline focused on improving interactions and relationships, including those between two individuals, between individuals of different cultures, between speakers and audiences, within small groups, in large organizations, and among nations

and international organizations, (O’Hair & Wiemann 2009).

Communication is a huge part of human growth and development. Without communication we would not be sending or receiving information at all.  There are talkers and there are great communicators. When I think about the individuals who I consider as great communicators, which I would want to model my communication behavior, a long list of names come to my mind. Maya Angelou, President Clinton, President Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, and Dr. King are few of the famous individuals.

For this blog post I decided to write my reasons for choosing my former director. Even though she is not with us any more she is in my heart forever and her legacy goes on. She always told me, “Articulation matters darling. You are knowledgeable, you have a good heart, just speak up”.  She was a believer in that everyone has a voice and always encouraged everyone to speak up. Her speeches were from the bottom of her heart, but at the same time they were full of facts. She was a great communicator with a short and simple message to the point. She was an advocate for the young children. She never took a back seat when it came to fighting for the justice for the children.  She did not use her communication abilities to hurt or harm anyone but at the same time she made sure her voice was heard loud and clear, so she could achieve the goal that she was striving for. A successful communicator needs to develop the ability to determine what is appropriate and what is not in a variety of cultures and situations. Your ability to have a number of behaviors at your disposal and a willingness to use different communication behaviors in different situations is known as your behavioral flexibility, (O’Hair & Wiemann 2009).  She was a leader with great behavioral flexibility and when situations occur I always think “what would …….do?” And I end up with a solution that would work for the particular situation.

She is an inspiration for me and I try to learn from her abilities and examples because I believe that we all need our own heroes who are dear to our hearts, in this journey of life.

Reference:

O’Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication: An introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Professional Hopes and Goals

• One hope that you have when you think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds (any format and any length)

One hope that I have when I think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds is that I will be able to accommodate their expectations and hopes without disappointing them. I know that I would be the able to work with them hand in hand to make the children’s education as well the prosperity of the family with respect and understanding of our cultural differences.

• One goal you would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice (any format and any length)

“ISMS” free world for the next generation is my optimistic goal for the early childhood field. The more I learn on the subject of ISMS the more I feel disturbed by the issues that individuals as well as groups of people have to face due to the discriminations based on ISMS. I hope, by the time current children (who are in the early childhood arena) become grown ups there would not be any more of the ISMS issues in the world. The discussion going on in the classroom would not be enough but at least it would be a great start for the children to understand the importance of tolerance. Respecting the individuals for who they uniquely are than paying attention to the differences, would create a much more peaceful environment for all human beings.

• A brief note of thanks to your colleagues

Dear Colleagues,

Struggling the daily life

Fighting the clock for time

We have made it to another milestone of our journey  

We learnt a lot

We changed ourselves for the better

We understand the diversity and tolerance greater

We are passing another milestone

Respect, kindness and understanding

Tolerance, care and knowledge sharing

We worked hard together as a team

We are ready to conquer another mountain peak

I thank you for your kindness, respect and understanding

I thank you sharing of wealth acquaintance

I hope to meet everyone at the next course

I wish everyone best of everything.

Let us all be able to make a difference in the world!!!

Welcoming Families From Around the World 

• The name of “your” family’s country of origin  

                My family’s country of origin is Somalia.

 

• At least five ways in which you will prepare yourself to be culturally responsive towards this family 

                      I will do my own research and learn about the country, culture, and beliefs.

• I will meet with community members who are originally from North East African region if I could not meet a family or more from Somalia
• I will ask questions from the family with much respect and care.
•  I will make sure that the family is welcomed at the program and feel comfortable to be in the program.
• I will incorporate costumes, dolls, pictures, food in to the classroom dramatic play area.
• There will be picture books on the culture, foods as well traditions for children to enjoy.
•  I will try my best to send written communications in their language of preference

• A brief statement describing in what ways you hope that these preparations will benefit both you and the family
• I would be a much more confident person to meet the needs of the child as well as the family.
• When I am feeling comfortable, the family is going to be feeling confident to leave the child in the classroom.
• When they see that their culture is included in the environment of the classroom they are going to know that they are welcomed in the program/ classroom.
• When the family receives the communication in the language of preference that helps them to bridge the language barrier.
• If I get to meet the other families of Somalia in the community that is going to be my go to resource for this family.

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression 

• What memory do you have of an incident when you experienced bias, prejudice, and/or oppression, or witnessed someone else as the target of bias, prejudice, and/or oppression?

I am going to share an experience that I had few years back. In my neighboring classroom there was a child raised by two same sex partners. (I will call the child Trek). They were very loving and caring parents, and wonderful human beings. They were no harm to anybody. My classroom children met the neighboring classroom children during everyday outdoor time. The children play together, makes new friends and talk with each other and somehow during one of these conversations, Trek had mentioned about his parents. Few days later a parent from my classroom questioned me about my classroom playing with Trek’s classroom and said she does not want her child to play with Trek and turn in to someone like his parents because they are going to go to ……and burn in there. That comment was really hard for me to hear. I went in to my teacher mode and explained that it is not proven anywhere that there is any affect on a child because he/she played with a child of same sex partners. Moreover, I explained to her that we are all entitled to our beliefs, but it is not respectful or responsible to throw it out in the meanest manner because our words have the greatest ability to stab, hurt and scar someone for life. She acted uncomfortable around me for a while but I did not show any difference, I kept up with my professionalism. The children kept up with their friendship. Even though the children have moved on to elementary schools and I do not see them anymore, the incident is in my memory because of the bias, prejudice, and oppression this situation contained.

• In what way(s) did the specific bias, prejudice and/or oppression in that incident diminish equity?

My personal belief is that everyone has the choice of lifestyle, faith, costumes that they want to practice, especially in the United States of America, where individual freedom is highly appreciated. At the same time, we need to be mindful of other human beings and their feelings. We should not take pride in hurting another living being’s emotions or wellbeing. We have to know that our specific biases, prejudice and/or oppression regarding any situation could diminish equity that matters for everyone.

• What feelings did this incident bring up for you?

Frustration was huge. I could not believe my ears how strongly she talked about her belief, with all respect it made me feel as she did not care about other people’s views or believes at all. It also saddens me due to the fact that how insensitive we are as human beings. It is being shown in the media more often that the individuals are turning in to my way is the only way mentality, and with that comes less tolerance of each other. 

• What and/or who would have to change in order to turn this incident into an opportunity for greater equity?

I believe that we as the human race need to understand the importance of tolerance as well as to be mindful about the examples we are setting for our children who are looking up to us as their heroes. We have the rights, but we should not take them for granted and act ruthless. We have to keep in mind that at the end our goal should not be the use of the words as weapons to hurt someone but to use them to heal someone. To turn this incident into an opportunity for greater equity, we all, not just that particular parent, has to improve our knowledge on diversity as well as tolerance of the differences.

Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

Describe at least one example of a microaggression which you detected this week or remember from another time. In what context did the microaggression happen? What did you think and feel when you observed the microaggression or when you found yourself as the target of a microaggression?

   
One of the microaggressions that I noticed this week at my work environment was a parent making a comment about another co-worker. The parent was very frustrated over her child missing school due to a very late arrival. The parent is a Caucasian person and my co-worker was an African American female. “That black woman at the front did not let me bring her to the classroom because we were 30 minutes late. My alarm did not go off or I did not hear it going off but anyways it was only 30 minutes and she had to miss school because of that woman ”  Even though it is being explained again and again that what time classes begin, and what is the latest arrival time, the parents get mad when it happens to them.

These comments really upset me due to her choice of words, her attitude, and her ignorance. I explained that the Lady in the front is a program manager and she was introduced to the parents at the orientation and her name is …….. Then I took time to use a Parent hand book and reminded those same policies and procedures of the program that we went through at the home visit and parent orientation, one more time.  

According to Dr. Sue (Laureate Education, 2011) microaggression is a verbal behavior towards race, gender, sexual orientation as well as disabilities. When the parent called the program manager as a black woman, for me it is racial and gender microaggression. Even though microaggression could be intentional and unintentional, these comments were clearly intentional.  Her communication of the incident came across as an insult to the program manager. According to Dr. Sue (Laureate Education, 2011), microaggrssions are brief every day: indignities, contains an insulting message, and often causes sever psychological stresses and harm to people. This incident made me disappointed regarding a parent’s behavior and choice of words.

• In what ways did your observation experiences this week affect your perception of the effects of discrimination, prejudice, and/or stereotypes on people

This incident made me more aware of the power of words, when it comes to intentional insults. At the same time, this incident showed how individuals have the ability to use the words to blame someone else for their own mistake rather than admitting it and taking the steps to not let it happen again. I am glad that my co-worker did not get to hear the insulting words because she does not deserve to be insulted for following the protocol of the program. My best practice is to treat each and every individual, a friend or a stranger, with respect and care. Because, no one deserves to be assumed or accused of something that they are not or they did not do.

Reference:

Laureate Education (2011).  “Microaggressions in Everyday Life”. In this program, Dr. Derald Wing Sue presents a lecture about the concept of microaggression in everyday life.

 Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

Culture is the traditions, religions, holidays, and behaviors of the population.

Diversity is the how you describe the differences between the people and their cultures.

           Words of a fourteen year old American high school girl

Culture is things that represent what our communities do.

Diversity is the uniqueness in each other.

            Words of a Sri Lankan adult, male

Culture is everything what someone does in everyday of his/her life.

Diversity is everything all the differences that we notice and not notice about someone’s life.  

               Words of a childcare provider, female and adult

• Then reflect on the answers you received and ask yourself:

I do not believe that there is right or wrong answer to these questions. These are two words some people take very seriously and some take quite loosely. The meanings of these words depend on the interpretation by the individual. At the same time the interpretations explain the tolerance levels and the exposure of the people to different cultures. 

A child who attends an International school in Michigan, the description of her words explains the exposure she has in relations to the environment that she is in. She is around children from different countries of the world. She gets to hear different stories from them on the topics of diversity and cultures.

For an adult male his descriptions are simple and less words. This shows that he is to the point and not a world more. And he is a person from a different country and this show in his views of the topic.

For a female childcare provider who deals with the children from all over the world. It is her own definition.

I believe that it is up to the individuals to come to their own definitions, for me personally Culture is everything. How we function in our daily life has a lot to do with our home culture. Race, religion, language, sexual orientation, and there is much more to the world culture and the diversity is all in the mix of all tolerating all the above and more.

Where culture is, where you find diversity. If we understand the importance of both of these words, the word PEACE would be a much popular and realistic on earth. We as human beings have to understand that we all belong to one race and it is human race.

This assignment gave us the opportunity to listen to the people around us regarding the words diversity and culture.