Diversity In Public Schools

Diversity is major when it comes to educational teaching and learning around the world. Each culture uses their own skills, methods, and mechanism. Between the United States and Spanish-speaking countries, there are many differences and similarities when it comes to education. Learning is essential all around the world, but it is the way kids are taught that makes each culture unique. The differences between the cultures on teaching education varies. Differences show when comparing kindergarten through university education between the two cultures. One major difference is the courses the kids take. In the Spanish culture, students take a religion class. In public schools, there is an option to take a religion class. The class used to be mandatory. For the American culture, there
is no religion class in public schools.
If you attend a private, or Catholic school, then you are obligated to take a religion class. There are no honors classes in the Spanish culture schools either. Instead, the classes are divided up by age. The American cultures offers many many honors classes, and classes are divided up by how fast of a learner you are and how you exceed in school. Also, in
the Spanish culture, students stay put in the classroom while teachers change classes, teachers do not have a certain dress code that they have to follow, and teachers are called by their first names. In America, the teachers stay put in the classroom while the students change classes, teachers are asked to wear business casual clothes most of the time, and teachers are called by their last name following “Mr.”, “Mrs.”, or “Miss.” School sports are a huge deal in the American culture. They practice all throughout the year even if their sports lasts for just one season. Activities such as pep rallies and dressing up for student sections are taken serious when it comes to school sports in America. In Spanish-speaking countries, school sports are underrated. If a person is really good at their sport, then chances are that they will not play for the school. Instead, they will play for a club team which leads to a professional team. It is also “odd” for girls to go to the guys’ games and guys to go to the girls’ games. School sports are just categorized as not as important to the Spanish culture. Lunch in school is another cultural difference between the two. In America, lunch is eaten during the middle of the day. All the kids take a break from their classes, and go eat lunch with their friends in the cafeteria. For the Spanish culture, primary school kids go home for two hours and eat. The high school does not get a lunch break, and typically get out of school at 2:30. In Spanish-speaking countries, lunch typically starts around 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The college level education also introduces differences between the two cultures.
Universities for the Spanish speaking cultures are stated to be really cheap when compared to the university costs for the American culture. Most of the spanish students get grants that help them pay for their degrees too. Spanish students take their studies vigorously, and the university lifestyle is more of a “business” life. United States students typically stay at their university throughout the year unless they have breaks in their studies which then they go back home to their families. Some students who attend college locally in the United States will not live at campus and just live at home. However, in Spanish speaking countries, most of the students live on campus but tend to travel home for the
weekend. The parallelism between the education in the two cultures can be very distinctive. In elementary school, both cultures use techniques when teaching their primary language such as decoding, fluency, comprehension, writing mechanics, and phonemic awareness. Both cultures give their elementary students a recess where the students can take a break from their studies and go play with their friends. Both cultures also provide public and private schools for their students. There are three levels of school (such as elementary, middle, and high school) in Spanish speaking countries and the United States. At universities, both cultures typically live on the campus wherever they are studying at. Even though there are many similarities and differences between the two cultures when it comes to education, the teachers and students hard work ethics will allow them to achieve big things no matter where they are. Teachers will always be teachers and students will always be students. The comparisons may be a long list, but the most important thing is that students are getting some type of education where they are from.