A Cultural Biography Within The First Week I

Mary Romero's essay "Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey" illustrates C. Wright Mill's concept of the Sociological Imagination in three aspects. First Romero is observing the girl in a detached fashion and not letting the personal aspects cloud the Sociological Imagination. Then Romero connects personal problems to societal forces because Juanita's problem was that she was not being treated fairly as the other kids in the household. She was the only one working with all the household chores while other kids were enjoying their life and giving her orders instead. One day Romero observed that the employer's younger son was giving orders to Juanita and Juanita just stood there shocked and humiliated. Since she was a servant, she could not express her feelings because no one really cared. She was just a servant for them. Romero deals really well in this situation. She reallocates the chores to everyone in the household and divides the workload.

The culture bag assignment evoked feelings of nostalgia and pride for me. While creating my bag I reflected on my grandparents and their influence on my beliefs and customs. I now recognize how being first generation Irish, affects my traditions and values more than persons from later cohorts. The assignment led to my discovery that culture is unique and unpredictable as the individual. For example, my culture directly correlates to my ethnicity, but it does not for everyone.

Charles F. Glassman once said, “In a few seconds, we judge another person and think we know them. When, the person we’ve lived with the longest, we still don’t know very well- ourselves.” Writing about my values has gave me a better understanding of who I am. I now understand the several ways my culture has shaped me to become who I am. My cultural autobiography will allow me to reveal who I truly am by understanding my cultural identity. My cultural identity is the combination of my worldview and values as well as my position in the eight microcultures.

As I entered the home to conduct my interview, I was immediately greeted by very soft spoken female. She’s a 42 yrs old African American female, who’s married with two children. She migrated from the south 30 years ago along with her mother and sister. She’s currently working for the Department of Education as a substitute teacher with aspiration of becoming a child psychologist. The subject was eager to be interviewed. She thought it would be great to sure her views and perspectives of her culture. Culture is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as , the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action. To me culture is rich and fascinating filled with family, traditions, memories, and many dialects.

In this week’s lecture notes and text, the topic of discussion is culture, namely the significance of culture and its implications to students today. Culture acts as a pair of goggles and it defines, not only what we see, but the way that we interpret what we see. When working with students, it is important to practice tolerance, appreciation, and acceptance for individual cultural differences. Furthermore, it is important to recognize that some students may have only experienced exposure to their own family’s culture and may be a little close-minded to the way others think and live.

Culture is a way of life, such as daily rituals and habits that make people who they are. For every culture, there is a different kind of history. Some cultures are developing others are slowly vanishing. But what are these things that affect this change? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a book about one Indian teenager who is trying to change his life. Junior moves to a new school to have a better opportunity for his future life. The book shows many aspect of Indian culture. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Sherman Alexi uses the topic of culture in order to show how every culture is different and how people can be affected by their culture. Also, it shows how some cultures are in danger because of what people do and how others treat them.

With two national languages and a pride in being an accommodating place for people of all histories, the ability that one has to learn a new language or more thoroughly develop their knowledge of how life is in other countries. In Canada, immigrants often keep up their native language at home or in groups within their community. While languages other than French or English, aren’t frequently engaged in outside of the home, the odds of being able to either learn another language other than those recognized by the government are much higher in Canada than they are in Scotland. There are also lower amounts of ethnic diversity within the European country, minimizing how much exposure other cultural celebrations, foods, and traditions get to the public. Canada, on the other hand, supports the sharing of different cultures, and the expression of different identities. While the rate of immigration to Scotland is roughly the same as Canada, the number of people who move to Scotland from other locations in the world is much smaller, reflecting the small population of the country. For Canadians, there is a better chance to experience and learn about cultures different than one’s own. While Scotland may allow you to have similar reaches, the extent to which knowledge can be gained is more limited than it would be in

In this course, I have learned from important aspects of multicultural relationship and it has reinforced some knowledge that I already have practice. Though this course I learn that it’s important to appreciate and respect different culture and understand there are differences within culture, and a lot of similarities these differences are only practices that they were established by society and what makes unique. Learning about inter cultural habits and beliefs are extremely important because we encounter people from different background on a daily basis breaking the barriers that exist within culture is necessary to for our personal and professional life.

I am well, thank you. I hope things are well with you as well. My application for the Cultural Studies program is almost complete. I made a few drafts of my personal statement and now I am in the process of finalizing it. Originally I intended to apply for the Spring 2017 semester, but I am now applying for the Fall 2017 semester.

My paper was based on the first topic about how someone’s life history can tell you about their cultural identity. The person I interviewed was a second generation 32 year old immigrant from Mexico. She is a very kind person, with such an adventurous personality. My plan was to ask several questions about her life, as well as what she has faced. This is so I can learn more from her and her culture. I asked a couple of questions about her life and practices to figure out how family and changes helped her adapt to what culture she identifies with growing up. My first heading will consist of her childhood growing up, the culture she grew up with and how her family plays the important part of her culture. My second will consist on her adult changes and her identity she has formed. I will then explain how her experiences have helped shaped her through her life and what she talks about during the interview as well as any other stories she would like to contribute.

As I recently wrote my autobiography, I was able to reflect upon and gain a better understanding of my life and the influences that shaped my character and beliefs. I then composed a biography of an individual from the Chinese culture named Faith. Writing her story has given me the opportunity to gain a great deal of insight into the influences her different culture has had on her development. There are kindred attributes and stark differences when comparing our two extremely diverse cultures. Nonetheless, I am convinced it is within the differences that subsist between any cultures that the greatest value and benefit to society will be realized. A comparison of our ethnicity, culture, gender, and socioeconomic status is listed below along with an explanation of the benefits that are achieved when our cultures interact, learn, and work together.

The occidental and oriental historical backgrounds are the result of the interaction between different cultures. Culture allows human beings to learn how to think by themselves. Culture gives the answers of three questions: Who am I? (E.g. Personnal and collective identity), where do I come from? (E.g. My roots, personnal/family legacy) and Where am I going? (E.g. Future is a mix between what I am now and what I’ve been through). Popular belief does not understand how much people depend on culture as a core of their lives.

How human behavior is a cultural theory and how it scrutinizes the relationship between personal identity and social locations. I also found it interesting how professors would add multicultural references to their syllabi but never actually teach or assign these in fear of bad student evaluations.

Throughout part 4 of the course, we have learned about cultures or groups of people and their place in society. We have seen how they are identified, categorized based on their race or ethnicity, as well as other factors, and how that has affected them and the negative things that have resulted from that.

Reflecting back on my upbringing and the impact culture had on it was a disjointed journey. My growing up was insulated at times from other cultures and ethnicities, and heavily involved with other cultures at others. We went on missions trips as a family, served with my mom helping at risk kids in an after-school program she ran, and my dad even legally adopted my youngest brother’s best friend who was African American. I also attended heavily caucasian private schools from the time I got into Middle School until I graduated. Nevertheless, the significance of race and culture was never something I fully awoke to until after I got out of Middle School. One would think with all of my family’s interactions with different cultures there