Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Demographics
This reading was very interesting. When I thought about demographics before, I didn't really put much weight into it. I figured, you either teach in a poor minority area or a middle class suburban area. I never took into consideration that even in the good suburban areas, there are still people of different cultures to take into consideration. I do owe some of that naiveness to my hometown. 88% of Freehold is white, with the next largest demographic being Asians with 5%. Pretty much everyone is in the same income bracket (most of my fellow Freeholdians fall between 50,000 to 150,000 dollars per year). These readings definitely give me a better perspective of what the education system looks like as a whole, and also makes me think about what kind of school setting I want to work in.
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You make a good point in your post when you say that even in good suburban areas, there are still people of different types of race and cultures. Sometimes we get so used to our own hometown and the local school systems that we ae familiar with in our good suburban towns that we forget that not all towns are the same and the school systems are going to be more diverse then others in different towns. Living right near the Freehold Township area, I can relate to what you have blogged.
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