24 october 2008 Warm up: Code switching and censorship questions

When facing a diverse classroom, there will most indefinitely be a multitude of discourses. diversity is a broad topic, and therefore cannot be subjectified simply to stereotypes; rather than defining the differing backgrounds by race, a teacher needs to understand the detailed backgrounds of the students. In teaching the students, a teacher must find the commonalities in the different discourses that students bring. If it seems that there aren't any, then topics that are transcendent across many discourses should be used to have students see the ways in which they can move between discourses. They can see the differences in their own discourses, but also appreciate the ability to strengthen a secondary discourse. Students can set aside many of their personal differences when they are able to work together in a common secondary discourse that provides unity, but does not alienate their primary discourse; made up of pride and belonging especially in a diverse community.