http://www.funderstanding.com/content/multiculturalism Education, Training, and Product Design Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.funderstanding.com/content/multiculturalism/comment-page-1#comment-2887 Norma Terrigno Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:01:58 +0000 http://h174870wp.setupmyblog.com/?p=142#comment-2887 Multiculturalism does not hinder assimilation/adaptation into the American society. Those that hold this type of view simply do not understand the important role family upbringing, language, religion, and culture in general play in the formation of the thought processes of the human mind. It has been said that to be bilingual is to be two persons. An individual who has experienced two different worlds simply draws from past memories in either to explain the occurences of daily life. The brain will figure out a way to best cope with certain circumstances depending on what is appropriate according to the standards of separate information. The brain has a remarkable capacity to figure things out and make intelligent decisions and bilingualism/biculturalism is an asset---not a liability. Multiculturalism does not hinder assimilation/adaptation into the American society. Those that hold this type of view simply do not understand the important role family upbringing, language, religion, and culture in general play in the formation of the thought processes of the human mind. It has been said that to be bilingual is to be two persons. An individual who has experienced two different worlds simply draws from past memories in either to explain the occurences of daily life. The brain will figure out a way to best cope with certain circumstances depending on what is appropriate according to the standards of separate information. The brain has a remarkable capacity to figure things out and make intelligent decisions and bilingualism/biculturalism is an asset—not a liability.

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