Cultural Diversity

by Bushteens

The following skit was played:

Narrator: It’s Wednesday right after break and there is a debate on cultural diversity. It’s a Life Orientation lesson and the girls at XYZ High School are on their way to class.

Learner 1: I don’t feel like this lesson today. It’s been a long week and I just feel like going home.

Learner 3: That’s very strange because you’re hardly at school anyway…settle down Mrs Rooney is on her way.

Learner 2 [aside]: You tend to think you are superior to the rest of us.

Narrator: Mrs Rooney walks in to find the girls arguing about who is right and who is wrong.

Mrs Rooney: okay girls, settle down, you had a break to talk about your issues. Today our topic is cultural diversity and I would like you to tell me what you think when you hear the term ‘cultural diversity’.

Learner 1: Well to me cultural diversity is about culture and nothing else.

Learner 3: You need your brain checked wena.

Learner 2: [laughs] Ayikho lento ayithethayo lo! Miss cultural diversity is about food
She’s not saying anything!
and clothing.

Learner 3: No, you guys don’t know what you are talking about. Cultural diversity is about music, values, food and clothing. It is what makes us different as individuals. I’m able to eat umnqushu no pensi. Some eat curry, so I feel that cultural diversity makes you who you are.

Teacher: okay, okay girls. Calm down please so I can explain to you what cultural diversity is exactly about. You girls are all correct and I was very impressed by your answers. Cultural diversity is about culture, clothing, food, music, tradition and values. It is also about embracing and respecting one another’s opinions and also experiencing other people’s cultures.

Narrator: the bell has just rung and the girls are on their way to the next lesson. On the way they discuss how interesting their lesson was.


The discussion that followed centred on culture, values and lifestyle, clothing (traditional attire versus fashionable clothing), food and of course, music.