As a district, we endorse the study, knowledge and protection of cultural heritage of each ethnic group representated in our classroom. Such endorsement fosters mutual interaction and is conducive to mutual understanding among us as a people. Many American educators and scholars have long discussed the relevance of culture to education. Culture is not, however, simply a compilation of ethnic heroes and holidays, nor is it only the awareness of other people's music and dance. Technically, culture is the vast structure of behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, habits, beliefs, customs, language, rituals, ceremonies and practices peculiar to a certain group of people providing them with a general design for living and patterns for interpreting reality.
Culture gives meaning to reality.
Culture is the invisible medium through which all human functioning occurs. It is important to note, inn fact, that all human behavior happens through the influence of one's culture. All of our training and education are bound by customs. These customs are nothing more than cultural traits or rituals. We as educators often think that all we have to do is make people culturally sensitive to the fact that some people like to dance or than some people like singing.