It is also up to me to feel more included in my neighborhood, community and in American society in general. I've been in this country for only three years. As a new immigrant "I dropped out of my ship" in 2011, without any family connection and no real knowledge of American society except a few "stereotypes" (I am being very honest) and very little factual knowledge. I've since then tried t carve my way through the American dream. It is dream that I treasure to this day, and I know that my motivation and belief in agency could be an asset for my diversity class.
I've just started my American journey through secondary education and the lectures I have had so far taught me a lot about the necessity in US education to rapidly find strategies to gain practical and pragmatic knowledge. "How to" is a central concept. US society, in comparison to the old Europe is moving forward at full throttle. I am thus far behind in the use of technology and as a future math teacher there is a lot to improve on that particular field. It was a challenge for example for me to design this website or work on a PowerPoint presentation. But once started I must say that I've develop a taste for it. The importance of technology in our modern world is an encouragement for me to learn more and pass this fresh knowledge along to my students. On another hand, as an objective media, if equally accessible to all, technology does not discriminate and opportunity for inclusion are very large.
I intend to read more about standardization in education and particularly in math. I want my students to succeed and motivate them to meet requirements but I hope to develop a non-standardized curriculum that would let me creativity come forward and foster the creativity of my students.
I intend to read more about the various traditions of teaching math in the USA, even those which considered outdated. It would help understand better where teaching methods which are favored today actually come from.