Message from victoriachan

[Anonymous]

East Asia will be somewhat embedded into my curriculum such as when the class will discuss attitudes towards chemicals in everyday products we use. The unit I designed has a section for students to analyze the chemicals in Korean beauty products and to discuss the ethics of how chemicals are used. While I did not design the lesson yet, the class did inspire me to think of how to guide students towards designing a lab to test the effects of green tea and to find out for themselves whether or not it is beneficial. This would be at the end of the year when we go over organic chemistry. They could also do research on why China does not allow meat from the U.S. to be imported because of the types of chemicals the U.S. uses.
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Other than that, the personal enrichment I gained to better understand Chinese culture is one way for me to connect to my students. While many of my students are Latino or Black, we can find similarities with each other so that they can have a better learning experience. After all, students don’t learn from people they don’t like. Also, the students are not exposed to people outside of their own race, so they could benefit from learning what I learned in this course. I would talk to them during Breakfast in the Classroom or during lunch about the differences in East Asian cultures to spark their interests to look beyond what they know. Having this knowledge would better prepare them for life after high school because they are more likely to encounter people from different cultures, and they should learn how to interact with them.