I think this part also explained why multi-cultural education has not been widely involved into different school schedules or practices, since the understanding of multicultural education is a little bit reverie and it has not been really viewed as a practical function that could be used in daily life. It is better to view multicultural education as a normal way to educate students with certain bottom lines and concepts. To main goal is to take the idea of multicultural education easy, and as a way that could be used in daily life.

This statement is really important, because it clarifies what does a multicultural literacy means. Each culture should be respected and valued, and this helps students to create a sense that all kinds of people around them should be respected and valued, which fosters students to be kind and with empathy. They won't simply judge a person based on their outlook and they won't live with prejudice or discrimination toward a minor group. This is what schools should teach students: not sorely academic knowledge, but also the way to behave and think inclusively and multi-culturally, basically respect other.

This is understandable because New York is a such large city where includes all kinds of people with a large diversity. The richest people and poorest people both living there. People with all kinds of races, careers, genders, and believes all gathered at New York. This complexity in the society can illustrate so much obvious and hidden problems of education in all kinds of perspectives. It is urgent to make changes to improve the situation of these special students.

I feel so bad for Lydia and what she have had experienced. I think I can understand a part of her feeling. It is true that sometimes people feel bad is much more because of the attitudes and behaviors of others toward themselves. It turns out that it is essential for schools and educators to promote non-labeling school vibe and teach students how to be respectful and friendly toward their peers.

Yes, not only hoping for a change in school leaders, I agree that laws and regulations can be helpful in changing school environment. Laws could guarantee a basic protection for people from minor groups. Moreover, it is true that changing the situation of minor groups also promotes the situation of others. Students can really be effected by those circumstances, and a diverse and tolerant atmosphere is needed.

Yes I agree with this statement, student activities always need to be approved by school staffs and if school staffs are gonna allow students to raise activities that is related to LGBTQ+ community. As a result, there would be much more opportunities for minor groups to express their needs and help LGBTQ+ people to find a group to work together for equality and also as a group to protect them.

This sentence reminds me of the meaning of a religion.There are nice religions that give people hope and tide people together for spiritual comfort, but there are some other religions, or maybe cult, tend to control people and force them to do things that hurt themselves. When religions trying to disapprove people from homosexuality, is it because of the religion or is it because of the group of people not want homosexuality to appear and view them as 'heretic'? I think the idea of religion represents the mindset for 'what is good' of a group of people.

This opening paragraph previewed that this reading is gonna talk about how differences in gender and sex brought different experiences to students. I think it must be related to the disparity of right and power. The history of homophobia tend to show that people who got the right to speak could define what is right and what is wrong that effects how people view peopple with different sexes and gender.