
I grew up in a wealthy suburb full of Indians and Chinese but like bourgeoise ones. And our town was only 52% white. There were people from so many different countries. One year weโd have a new kid from Korea, and other times weโd have multiple people from other countries like Hungary and Chile. There were still a few people that had never left the country though. Then I went to college and found out that most Americans donโt have as much exposure to other cultures.
Things like Korean age vs international age (a classmate explained that to me in 3rd grade), numerals besides Western Arabic Numerals and Roman Numerals, etc, were things which most Americans have never heard of. When I was in 3rd grade my teacher asked a Bangladeshi student to write 10 on the whiteboard in Bengali, เงงเงฆ. I also learned about Chinese numerals in second grade.