My Essay On Culture And Values

Learning about your culture and values is such a big part of growing up. These are the few traits that stick with you as you become an adult. My culture is I came from a “white” lower middle class family so I understand some struggles that students can go through and how they feel. My family felt there were some important values to teach me like being honest. But there were also values that were not taught like commitment that helped teach me there are some values that not everyone learns about until later in life. I think these are some of the top priority of the values children should learn because these are the values that help you become a better person in society.

The values taught to me were probably similar to the ones many children learned while growing up; being honest, doing the right thing, working hard and perseverance in tough situations. These were some values I remember learning at home and in school while I was growing up. These will definitely be taught to my children and children in my classroom in the future. Important values like these will get you through the challenges in life and help you come out of them stronger. Of course, not everything our parents teach us is perfect. Every child has values or traditions that they were taught or not taught while growing up that they do not agree with. Some values that got intertwined into my life

As a teacher, I will not judge students on their values or traditions and I will try to learn about any new ones. I will try to make the student as comfortable as I can and try to cooperate working with them even if their values and traditions are different than mine. I will want to teach the children even if there values are unfamiliar to someone else that does not mean either one is wrong. I really believe having culture days and talking about different cultures people live their lives by are an important topic to bring up with