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WEB: LEARNING ABOUT THE CULTURE AROUND YOU MAY
BE PROBLEMATIC, WHERE TO FIND THE INFORMATION MAY PROVE TO BE MORE CHALLENGING. GOING BACK
TO SCHOOL IS ALWAYS A GREAT PLACE TO START! HERE AT KAISERSLAUTNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE
ARE GAINING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
LAURIE CLARK WE’RE RECOGNIZING THE WONDERFUL INFLUENCES
AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN AMERICANS IN OUR SOCIETY.
DIVERSITY IS THE KEY AND IN ORDER TO LEARN FROM THINGS AND PEOPLE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THEIR CULTURES MORE. WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THAT. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO
DO, IS OPEN UP THESE KID AND THESE ADULTS EYES TO THE ASIAN INFLUENCES AROUND US.
SARAH LIN TODAY I’M DISPLAYING CHINESE ART CRAFT,
LIKE PAPERCUTTING OR LANTERN, DRAGON MASK. ALL THE SYMBOLIC THINGS THAT REPRESENT CHINESE
CULTURE
I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY I’M A MILITARY SPOUSE SO WHEN I HAD TO BE AWAY FROM HOME
AND IT’S JUST GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT US FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES YOU
KNOW INTERNATIONAL. AND THIS IS THE DAY THAT WE KNOW TO RECOGNIZE OUR DIFFERENCES AND TO
CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCE SO THIS IS A GREAT DAY.
REPORTING FROM KAISERSLAUTERN GERMANY, I’M SPECIALIST NAOMI RICHMOND.