Diversity by The Leaflet

The Leaflet 2.24.16 | Vol. 2 Issue 7

We are all DIVERSE.

diversity issue Our school takes pride in the 52 different countries of origin for students at SHS. This is such a diverse pool of different nationalities, religions, and cultures. The concept of diversity is about respect and acceptance. It means understanding and recognizing that each person is unique and different â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether it is by race, gender, age, beliefs, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. In this issue, we explored some of

the many different backgrounds of the students in our school. These are nowhere near all of the countries or nationalities present, but we hope that this provides a snapshot of our diversity. Please note that if a country receives more space than others, it does not mean that it is more important. This issue is about understanding each other and embracing and celebrating the diversity of each individual.

staff members

Sarah Abraham Jordan Baker Allyson Bonhaus Natalie Brinkman Caroline Bruns Emily Chien Adhiti Chundur Taylor Close William Coleman Amy Deng Meghan DiGiovanna Jake Englander

Hannah Frey Max Fritzhand Yasmine Guedira Rujula Kapoor Alex Karev Stephanie Kidd Eshika Kohi Claire Lefton Hannah Loftspring Christine Macke Anne Marsh Maddie Marsh Hannah May

Leaflet Editors-in-Chief Zoe and Orion Schlosser Executive Editor in Chief Caroline Gao Executive Managing Editor Anna Zhou Print Co-Editors Brooke Landrum, Elizabeth Rickert, Elijah Zawatsky Web Co-Editors-in-Chief Caroline Bruns, Harsimran Makkad

Hajime Minoguchi Calliope Osborn Joshua Patterson Sam Ruskin Madeline Schramm Lauren Shassere Max Torem Caroline Veraldo Kamaria Walton Sydney Weiss Abhilash Yarlagadda Nathan Zhang

Associate Editors Jenna Bao, Lauren Kurtzer Managing Editor Sydney Evans Business Manager David Wertheim Social Media Director Ben Ruskin Broadcast Editor-in-Chief Sarah Horne

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This issue p2&3: Terminology p4: Global languages p5-12: countries of origin p13: multicultural P14&15: stereotypes p18&19: ESL Students p20&21: Global citizens p22&23: flags The Leaflet, the official web newsmagazine of Sycamore High School, serves as an educational tool in the training of student journalists. We provide information and editorial leadership concerning school, national and world issues. We also provide a public forum for the exchange of ideas and viewpoints and give coverage to newsworthy events directly related to our diverse school population. These viewpoints are purely from the staff of The Leaflet, and not the administration.

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TYPES OF DIVERSITY AND WHAT THEY MEAN RACE

Race can be very similar to ethnicity, but it relates more to the appearance of a person, especially the color of one’s skin. Race is determined biologically and includes other inherited genetic traits such as hair, eye color and bone and jaw structure, among other things.

ETHNICITY

The term ethnicity is usually used to define a group of persons sharing a common cultural heritage. Groups share language, physical features, customs, and traditions. Ethnicity is the collection of cultural behaviors celebrated throughout regions around the world. The word ethnic is derived from the Greek ‘ethnos’ that literally means foreign people. In the modern world, the ethnicity of a person is related more with his racial affinities, while the culture of a particular people is a shared set of beliefs, morals, and values that are reflective of ways of life. The words Caucasian, Mediterranean, Hispanic, Asian, black, and so on are used to refer to the ethnicity of an individual though he may have been born in a different country. Thus, ethnicity has nothing to do with the place of birth and is closer to the country of origin that may be the place of birth of one’s parents or ancestors.

NATIONALITY 90 percent of the time, nationality refers to the place where a person was born and/or holds citizenship. However, often times nationality can be determined by place of residence, ethnicity, or national identity.

CULTURE

Culture is passed down from one generation to another and serves as a sense of identification. It is reflected in the art of a particular group of people. Culture consists of the shared values of knowledge, belief, thoughts, customs, ideas, habits, and many other relevant things that are common between the members of a specific society.

Culture is also used to define the complex networks of practices and accumulated knowledge and ideas that are transmitted via social interaction and exist in specific human groups or cultures. Some aspects of human behavior like language, social practices like kinship, gender and marriage, expressive forms like music, dance, ritual, religion, and technologies like cooking, shelter, clothing are called to be cultural universals, usually found in all human societies. Culture is different from community to community, region to region, or country to country.

RELIGION Religion means the organized collection of beliefs, myths, and world views that relate humans to an order of existence. Many religions have their own narratives and symbols that explain the meaning and origin of life or the universe in their own ways. Groups share common belief systems, but they are not necessarily from a single ethnic group. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, etc. are some common examples of religion.

http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-ethnicity-and-religion

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Parlez-vous Francais? Classes Offered: French I, II, III, IV, V, and AP French Teachers: Mrs. Lesley Chapman and Ms. Leah Hunt French Club meets once a month to eat French food, speak French, and play French games. So far they have had multiple parties including Mardi Gras, fondu, and petanque.

Classes Offered: Chinese 1, 2, 3, 4, AP Chinese Teacher: Mrs. Ning Zhang Most cultural activities are done in Chinese Club. This year they did a unit on Chinese New Year. During the Moon Festival each year, the students go to a Chinese art museum and then a Chinese restaurant.

Spanish Classes Offered: Spanish I, II, III, IV, AP Spanish Teachers: Ms. Meredith Blackmore, Mrs. Lisa Vanags, Mr. Michael Veraldo, Mr. Michael Vega Spanish is spoken by 500 million people, with a growing trend that is expected to reach 600 million speakers by 2050. The United States alone has almost 40 million native Spanish speakers. By 2050, it may become the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world.

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Classes Offered: Latin I, II, III, IV, and AP Latin Teacher: Mr. Mark Torlone Latin became the dominant language in Italy during the Roman Republic. Eventually, it evolved into Romance Languages such as Spanish, Italian, and French.

Countries within our school

The Sycamore school system hosts students from different countries, which helps to build the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diversity and character. On the next few pages, the more predominant countries of the student body are explained, although this is not the full extent of what Sycamore has to offer.

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Communism

Demography: China has a mono ethnic Chinese demographic, composed of mostly Han Chinese. The government of the People’s Republic of China is officially atheist.

China is located in central Asia, bordered by India to the west and Mongolia to the north.

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The National Language of China is Chinese, composed of many different dialects spoken.

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Since 1986, compulsory education in China comprises primary and junior secondary school, which together last for nine years.The Gaokao,is China’s national university entrance exam.

Economy:

Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies.

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html

India

Favorite Pastimes: Bollywood

Cricket It is the most popular sport in India and is taken very seriously.

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Many Indians spend their free time at the movie theater watching Bollywood movies.

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Favorite Foods:

Aam Papad mango fruit leather

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Top 3 Holidays: Diwali The most important holiday to the Hindus is known as the festival of lights. Indians celebrate with family gatherings, sparkling clay lamps/candles, festive fireworks, flowers, the sharing of sweets, and worship to the Goddess Lakshmi.

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/

Holi

The festival of colors celebrates early spring. The Hindus celebrate by attending public bonfires, spraying friends and family with water, and coloring each other with dry colored powder. The ritual is based upon a story with the God Krishna and Goddess Radha.

Eid Al-Fitr During the month of Ramadan, this festival celebrates the story of Abraham who was instructed by Allah to raise the foundations of Kaaba (sacred shrine in Mecca).

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Japan National Currency Location

Yen

“BAKUGAI”

Despite traditional tensions between the two countries, the number of Chinese tourists to Japan increased significantly over the past few years, and these tourists are buying hundreds of goods from Japanese stores. This phenomenon is called bakugai. Bakugai was chosen in Japan to be the word summarizing 2015, directly translating to “explosion buying.” Bakugai symbolizes economic situations in China and Japan.

Lifespan

Japan is composed of people with an average age of more than 60 years old according to a study by “The Economist” and it is famous for having the world’s highest lifeexpectancy.

Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean, and it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, China, North Korea,South Korea and Russia

Per capita income

$32,481 Education

Students in Japan often study at their schools and after seven hours they go to secondary schools called juku in Japanese

Government System constitutional monarchy

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http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/

SOUTH KOREA

Although there are many different dialects spoken around the country, they are relatively similar. Family is the center of Korean life. It is often looked at over the needs of the individual.

Capital: Seoul

Religion:

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Of the traditional festivals, the Lunar New Year is typically regarded as the most important. It is celebrated with the sharing of tteokguk or rice flake soup. This festival is also related to performing the Sebae (New Year Bow) in front of family and friends.

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PHILIPPINES

The Korean language is spoken by about 65 million Koreans on the peninsula as well as 5.5 million Koreans around the world. “No one in the Philippines is really a homebody. Everyone is always socializing and is outside or in public. The Philippines is very warm, so everyone is always dressed in summer clothing. The traditional clothing of the Philippines is called “Barong” and is worn by men and women (it comes in shirt and dress forms). It is hand woven from pineapple fibers! The Philippines is a Catholic country, so Christmas is a great ordeal for the people. Lanterns are everywhere, even far before Christmas time. The Filipinos love their food, and a couple of my favorites are Lumpia and Pansit. Lumpia is a Filipino spring roll, and Pansit is kind of like pasta. The noodles can be thin and clear, or fat and yellow. It’s mixed in with a variety of vegetables and meat! Also, Philippine mangoes are to die for!” - Samantha Fernandez

NEPAL

Ethnic Groups: There are sixty ethnic groups. The major groups are Sherpas, Kirats or Limbus, Rais, Magars, Newars, Tamangs, Gurungs, the Bahuns and Chhetries, and the Tharus, the inhabitants of the Tarai.

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/nepal.htm

Capital: Manila Life Expectancy: 70 years old

Religion:

Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist

Language:

Filipino, English, and 8 other major dialects

Capital: Kathmandu Religion: Hinduism (predominant 86%), Buddhism 8%, Tibetan Lamaism (Bon)

Languages: Nepali (official and lingua franca of the country), 60 ethnic groups, who speak 70 different dialects and 11 major languages like TibetoBurman, Lhotsamkha, Nepalbhasa, Tamang languages.

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

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RELIGION Muslim (85-90% Sunni, 10-15% Shia) Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish

Government: Monarchy Capital: Riyadh Language: Arabic Economy: Strong government control over major economic activity

SAUDI ARABIA ETHNICITIES 90% Arab 10% Afro-Asian

ETHNICITIES 92.1% Black 6.1% Mixed 0.8% East Indian 0.4% Other 0.7% Unspecified

Muhammad Ashraf, 12

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DRUZE

MUSLIM

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HISTORY

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JEWISH

Government: Parliamentary democracy Capital: Jerusalem Language: Hebrew, Arabic, English Economy: Market economy

PERCENT OF POPULATION

ISRAEL

Government: Parliamentary democracy/Commonwealth realm Capital: Kingston Language: English, English Patois Economy: Heavily dependent on services; derives most of foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina

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“My culture is not what the media makes it sound like. It’s peaceful. With all of the terrorism originating from the area, people think it’s all about the fighting when it really isn’t. It’s actually the opposite - we just want to be happy. We want peace, not fighting.”

Large numbers of Jewish people began migrating to Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in the late 19th century. This was in response to increasing persecution and antisemitism in Europe.

JAMAICA RELIGION 64.8% Protestant 2.2% Roman Catholic 1.9% Jehovah’s Witness 1.1% Rastafarian 6.5% Other 21.3% Other

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

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Melinda Looney Sophomore

More than 3.5 billion people worldwide are bilingual

http://www.journalism.org/news-organization/the-huffington-post/

I have a very international family. It is really cool when I talk to the people in my family, like my cousins who are half Peruvian and half Panamanian. There is so much culture that I have experienced.

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Cultura In 2012, Florida enacted new standards that differed per race, based on the common racial stereotypes. For instance, by 2018 they wanted 90, 88, 81, and 74 percent of Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic, and black students respectively to be at or above grade reading levels.

Social psychologists find that practically everyone possesses automatic or implicit racismunconscious biases based on what they have been exposed to.

Studies show that when teachers expect a student to be smart, they will act in such a way that student becomes smarter.

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Even stereotypes based on truth cannot be used to account for an entire population, as there are bound to be differences in all the members of a race.

There is no such thing as positive stereotypes, since they can burden or restrict whomever is on the receiving end of the stereotypes implications.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/psychological-science/

Studies show test score gaps between black and white children start off very small and grow as they spend more time in school.

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What is one part you like about attending school here? “I like that they have lots of opportunities in schools, so you can choose any courses and can think about who you want to be. In Russia, we don’t have that many opportunities. The classes are given; we can’t choose which ones. Everyone takes the same classes [in Russia].”

Kseniia Smirnova FRESHMAN

‘I’m from Russia originally...” What were some of the big things you noticed that were different? “Differences between schools, maybe. We don’t have any school buses; we have regular buses but not organized ones like here. There’s too much control of students in school; we [Russians] didn’t have that much control. Also the food is different.”

How is it making friends? “It was kind of hard actually, but not because of the [other] students. It was because of me probably since I didn’t really speak English, so when people started to talk to me, I just kind of was scared to talk to them at first. But then I just got used to it, so I’m just like I’m just going to do it [speak English]. I didn’t care if someone was going to laugh at me because I was tired of being alone.”

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FROM AROUND THE What’s the reason you came to the US? “I came by my parents; they wanted to bring me here and give me an education in English. Plus, a dollar is more expensive than money in Asia. Like if you have $1000, it’s over one million [riel]. That’s why Asians come here, and if you get a good job here, every hour you get paid; and when you get a lot of money, you can help your family or relatives who are poor in Asia, in the homeland. One thing to come here, they think that everything is better.”

WORLD Laythong Veung sophomore

‘I’m from Cambodia...” “...They call it Indochina. I moved to the US December 2, 2015. I went to Sycamore High School, and I was really scared in the first two weeks and didn’t speak much English; I couldn’t listen to everyone in English, but I tried to be better than before. Now I know that all teachers teach you and give you a good education.”

What was the hardest thing about transitioning to the US? “The food was hard. There are some foods I can’t eat like cheese or new food from Italy or something. I didn't know how to eat it. And sometimes here it’s cold. I don’t like the cold, so it makes me want to go back to a warm place. But I love summer here; it’s really pretty in the spring.”

What’s something you like more about here? “School. We can try a lot of subjects and it’s really nice. I’ve tried cheerleading and track and French Club, Chinese Club, International Club, Dance Club, and National Honor Society. At the beginning I was only staying with ESL students because we all have one thing in common, our English isn’t very good. But here I like it because students are really openminded and will talk to you and just start a conversation. You don’t really do that in France.”

Why did you come to the US? “When I was really really young the Chinese population was really great, and college is really important for you. If you go to a not so great college, you can’t get a job, so one reason I come to America is to get a better education and another is for my brother, he was born here.” Do a lot of students from China come to the US now? “I think so, more and more students want to get a better education because now jobs in China are very difficult to find. Higher grades give higher chances to get a job.”

VIVIANE CHAULVET junior

What is hard about English?

“Teachers here are more open and talk about their lives. In France if you ask, ‘oh do you have a daughter,’ they won’t even answer, but here they will and even help students during tests, which they don’t in France, so I really like it here.”

“I did three years [of English] in France and it was very helpful because here you don’t learn verb tenses but you use it and you don’t know. So in France I learned those kinds of things and I’ve been able to use it. When your English is not very good they just talk very fast. And when you ask them to repeat it every time sometimes the person will go like ‘oh my God this person is so annoying’ but you’re like ‘oh my god I don’t know what she’s saying’ so sometimes it’s difficult when you speak fast. But as the days go you just have to learn.”

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Paris, France “I’m a junior but I will graduate this year...I’m going back to France, that’s why I’m graduating this year. I still have a year of school left to go in France.” What is hard about English?

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“I was born in China and I came to America when I was 17.” “In China, there are more than 20 classes, and each one has about 60-70 students, at most 75, and we use almost the same size classrooms as here. We have three or four students sit together but with separate desks. In high school the schedule is really full and you have to go to school Monday through Friday on normal schedule and go to school Saturday mornings from morning to afternoon to about three o’clock and back to school on Sunday’s from six to ten o’clock. Normally, people stay in dormitories in high school so they can study longer.”

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

“High school is the most important schooling in China because it decides where you will go to college and what you will do in the future. Parents say if you’re in high school, you can give up all your instruments. I played the guzheng before, but now I had to give it up. First I have no time, even Saturday and Sunday I have to go to school. Also too much homework, I can’t even finish my homework for one night. Usually I worked until 1 or 2 in the morning and then went to school at 5. So, you have to give up everything.” Design by Orion Schlosser Information by Sydney Evans

“Being a global citizen to me just means having an open mind and accepting differences between people.” Katie Staffiera,10

What does it “A global citizen is a person who accepts all people no matter what and recognizes that they are a part of the world and that they have the power to contribute to the world.” Hanna Leonard ,10

“To be a global citizen, one must be accepting of different cultures and have a desire to want to learn more about them. A global citizen should be culturally educated.” Anita Pan,10

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“Global Citizens think unselfishly, they consider the world as a whole not just as one secluded area.” Ryan Tufts ,10

“Global citizens are more accepting and not as ignorant when it come to interpreting different situations.” Nikhil Sekar,10

“Being a global citizen means contributing to the world. You shouldn’t just work for yourself, you have to consider all different types of cultures.” Alex Newberg ,10

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“Global citizens have respect for all people in all circumstances no matter what. They respect all cultures and they believe that they all part of one big community.” Gabby Yun,10

“Global citizens tend to be very kind and caring, accepting people. They have exposure to multiple different cultures so they are able to understand and interpret events in different and more unique ways then others.” Maia Davidson,10

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DID YOU KNOW?

The flags that are now in the Commons were added in 2006 and 2007 to showcase the various countries of origin of students at SHS and they continue to change as our student body changes.

COMING SOON...

There will be a new flag added for Puerto Rico.

All photos courtesy of Sydney Evans

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