Diversity in the Classroom

In my classroom that I have done my observations in, there is a bit of diversity. The students in the class come from similar lifestyles, but their backgrounds are different from each other. From what I have been able to see, without knowing too much information, there are students who have some sort of learning disability. I have been able to tell because the way that they do their assignments is a little different than the other students- namely, they are allowed more time to complete assignments.


There are also students who have living conditions, one in particular is in the foster system, so he has a hard time staying focused because he has more to worry about home than most of the other students. In this students case, sometimes his guardian comes into the classroom to make sure that he is getting the work he needs and so it can get finished and he can stay caught up in the class.


In addition, there are also a couple of students, from what I can tell, whose parents may not live together, so they move from house to house on occasion, which can make keeping track of homework more difficult and also getting it finished in a timely manner.


Overall, the diversity of the students isn't terribly broad, but there are small but important things that I have seen in the classroom that make a large impact.