I enjoyed Dr. Leib's research and presentation on how culture is connected to learning and obtaining information. It was also interesting how culture is effecting student's success in the classroom, especially in "foreign" places where there is major cultural differences. I personally think that this presentation that offered data and analysis made me more aware as a teacher, but also as a person on how we should be more patient and understanding when someone is from another place in the world. That we cannot expect them to grasp onto our ways of our own culture and then also expect them succeed right when we assign certain assignments they are not familiar with. This was a very eye opening presentation and I am sure I will use her data and research in the classroom and in the future to make schools more viable to all students in America.

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