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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I did have to adapt to the fact that things do, like the podcast says, seem more chaotic and loud. There's always a dull roar from the crowd at, say, back to school night, that just doesn't exist in the whiter schools. Part of that is that immigrant and minority families bring the whole family to these events rather than just the mom or dad. Also, there's a main speaker in English at the front of the room and a translator for spanish in the back. It turns out that integration doesn't mean conformity. We don't just take students from different cultures and countries and integrate them into our culture. We have to integrate WITH them and it's a bit of a culture shock at first. I can see why it scares some parents away. But I'm glad we stuck it out because our kid is happy and doing well[/quote]

This is a really interesting point.  I interact with people of other races and originally from other countries in my workplace every day, but they are people who have conformed to my culture or the office culture.  I did find it a slight a shock to deal with some of the parents at my kids' school initially, because they are not people who have conformed to my culture fully.   But I got used to it and I don't notice as much now.[/quote]

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