We all have background experience in our life. We grow up and live our lives. We have a community and culture we all come from and that is ok. What we should not do is project our experiences of life onto others without really knowing why. As a teacher you may not get the whole story or get pieces of it revealed to you.
A student may dress a certain way or blurt in class and we might question it. We might call it naughty. Not everyone's background is the same and we can't assume that everyone has the same set of expectations as us.
We just scratch the surface when we teach our students and we slowly learn about them and build trust. This whole article reminds of me of this poem.
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