Do you feel that schools should participate in diversity months?

Metdad......
Very well stated. I completely agree.

Our President Barak OBama is a historic event- yes. Yes- he is our first "black" president- he is not the first one to have African American lineage though. I find the his claim to be "African American" somewhat of a joke too-his mother and grandparents were/are white and his step father Asian- these are the people he spent the majority of his youth with. The fact that he was fathered by a black man who was not as involved with him as his mother, step father and grandparents means that yes-only skin color really matters. Let's celebrate that as a nation we've overcome old prejudices but accept the fact we elected an American to the Office of Commander In Cheif. Has nothing to do with skin color.

The abstract nature of your answer is interesting. I think that school of thought should be applied to all education programs. Different learning styles, ways of communicating messages, are definately lessons. Social development plays a major factor as well. Thank you so much for sharing!

I think that teachers should have a clear educational rationale for anything they teach. I think the more children can learn about others strengthens their ability to understand and function in the world in terms of differences- instead of linear one dimensional thinking.