I eat with bare hands, so what?
This makes me start picking my own brain. I learned about this news yesterday in one of my friend’s house and today another friend sent me the whole article. I am somewhat baffled because here I am pursuing the issue of raising my own child in two different cultures. And reading that article just gives you a “knock on your head!”
What if…?
But then, I have to stop and tap my own shoulders and self-tell: “this won’t happen to David.”
Because for one, much as he uses spoon and fork, we do use other utensils according to what’s on the plate. We even have chopsticks at home and we sometimes eat “kamayan-style” (bare-hands). I feel sorry for the kid and his family and well, it was tactless on the part of the principal.
Education starts at home. And my hubby wisely put my uneasiness to rest:
“… but it is also true that a kid raised in dual culture needs to know when to act as a “white” and when to be a filipino. The fact that the kid cannot differentiate home and outside shows that the parents need to explain to him that he has the chance to belong to two cultures; this has a tremendous advantage but also requires an effort to adapt one’s behavior to different environments…”
