A few things that come to mind when talking about schools are mainly children interacting with one another in any social or physical activities, different cultures and identities interacting with each other. Schools are here to educate in many ways, but I mainly would like to focus on the diversity aspect of it. Children are first introduced to ideas in their household from their parent's viewpoints and once they begin attending a school they begin to interact with different identities and experiencing events with them. The purpose of schools are mainly to provide a safe environment for all who attend it regardless of gender, race, religion and etc. It is a safe space for diversity to grow and the starting ground for children to understand that there are differences between them, however, these differences do not make it easy for those with higher privilege to look down on them but to try and understand why they differ and how to interact with other cultures in a respectful way. It promotes more tolerance for others along with patience for others regardless of their background. By having diversity in the classroom it will improve student's skills to conduct conversations with each other, more awareness for others and their situation, and promote more attention to be paid when it comes to educators interacting with their students. It also teaches educators how to deal with students with different backgrounds and create lesson plans that includes everyone and not just a typical group of students.
It's important students go through these types of interactions since it will teach them values and how to become more aware of others and their personal situations since once they finish their educational career they will go out and interact with others out in their future jobs. Whether or not their initial views from their childhood change as they grow up, they would have learn how to properly and effectively communicate with others who differ culturally from them, thanks to school.
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