It's Rosh Hashanah.
Sep. 30th, 2008 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conuly
Those of my friends who celebrate, of course, have a good holiday and a happy new year. And those who don't, well, enjoy the next two days anyway. Any day is a good day for apples and honey :)
Interestingly, in a tangent from a conversation I'm having with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
leora right now, I'm quite impressed that the Kindergarten standards for Social Studies in NYC say that by the end of the year your average Kindergarten student should be able to "identify with his or her ethnic background" and there's something in there about being able to identify and enjoy ones traditional celebrations, food, stories, etc.
Perfectly correct, if you ask me - but I wonder, is this something common to most of the country? Or is it only common to areas like NYC, with high immigration?
Interestingly, in a tangent from a conversation I'm having with
leora right now, I'm quite impressed that the Kindergarten standards for Social Studies in NYC say that by the end of the year your average Kindergarten student should be able to "identify with his or her ethnic background" and there's something in there about being able to identify and enjoy ones traditional celebrations, food, stories, etc. Perfectly correct, if you ask me - but I wonder, is this something common to most of the country? Or is it only common to areas like NYC, with high immigration?
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Date: 2008-09-30 12:13 am (UTC)I can definitely see some good intent in that.
I just generally think any sort of family tree making is likely to lead to problems for some kids.
I do, however, like the idea of teaching that people are different, have different cultures, and come from different families - and that's okay.