Hi I'm Nicole and I am a sophmore at Ship this year! In my free time I like to ride horses. I've been doing this since I was about 13 years old and it takes up alot of my time. I am an Elementary Education major and am getting certified in the Middle Level 4-8 program. My minor will be in Language Arts. I actually was required to take this class because it is one of the many english courses needed for my major, but I think it will be interesting to read novels that are culturally diverse. The last book that I read was Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. I was interested in this book because I had heard from a friend that it was about a school shooting and since I am an Elementary Education major, it caught my attention.
My thoughts regarding "cultural diversity" in society today are that it is a very important element. I believe that it is seen very often, but I think it needs to be taught and heard about much more in our society, especially since classrooms are very diverse today. To me, cultural diversity is all of the different cultures or societies that make up the world. In this class, I am expecting to learn about how the different aspects of life vary from culture to culture. I also expect to learn about the different themes in literature that usually occur in certain types of cultures and why they show up so often in certain places of the world.
