As stated in my week 3 journal, at one point I was helping in the classroom with a child who speaks Spanish. Instead of trying to force the child to speak English, I tried to use some basic Spanish when working with them to make the child feel more comfortable. I believe that by making this little effort to speak the child's native language, the child was more willing to participate in the lesson and try to learn English. A further example of creating a relationship between text and a personal experience was when I was in elementary school through high school. I didn't realize, until I read Spring's book, how little cultural diversity was taught in my elementary, middle, and high schools. I went to school in a very Scandinavian county and there wasn't much diversity. There were several students in the district who were from Hispanic, Asian, or African backgrounds, but they were very few. I can't remember a day where a teacher spent time discussing the culture of one of these students, which is absolutely ridiculous. With the amount of time spent in school and the amount of diversity in the world, it seems illogical to barely talk about ethnic and cultural diversity. Even though there were only a few students from different cultures in the district, it would have been helpful to know more about the rest of the world because once we finish high school we all go to that different world. I know I will take the time and make the effort to teach my future students the beauty of diversity and