Beliefs, Values and Attitudes.

How we behave culturally reflects one’s belief. The thing I have learned the most is that having values, you have the right to make decisions which makes us who we are. I have to be aware on how not to let my own beliefs make me bias on how I will interact with students, who have different views or beliefs from me. The other thing with beliefs, values, and attitudes sometimes limit one from personal freedom. They are characters that are learned in the home from our parents, or culture, and can be easily altered. What some of us have learned in the home about beliefs and values are instill in us from birth and those beliefs are considered as our core beliefs, which we accept, and make those beliefs our reality. Can we change our core beliefs? Well, yes I believe so. For example, if our parents or cultures lead us to believe that some events will occur if we do them or not. We won’t know if they are true or not, until we have lived and experience it for ourselves. An example of this is “a great job is only with a college education”. Is this true or not? Well there are great deals of people who have great jobs and never step foot on a college campus. The question is what is really considered a “great” job. A great job could merely also be anything that subject to our happiness. We have to be careful of erroneous core beliefs; Beliefs that can limit us from doing well for ourselves. Take a step back and ask yourself, if these core beliefs are working for you. In some cultures attitudes can define how a person perceive and think about others and also behavior towards one can be through social learning. We are condition to behave in manner that might not be intentional, meaning that these actions are acquired by our parents, or peers. Like beliefs; values are learned and determined by culture. With values, we compared feelings and ideas and hold them to what our reality is and make decisions about what is good or unacceptable behavior. We judge others if behaviors are not the norm from how we were raised. As a teacher, I know that there will be some changes in my beliefs, values, and attitudes. This is based on the fact that I will be around a diverse group of students, which will make me multicultural aware on their beliefs, values, and attitudes. The great thing is I have freedom that allows me to be open-minded and accepts anything that will come my way.