Cultural Home Visit

When reading the list on what place I should do my cultural experience paper on, I came around Olvera Street, in Los Angeles. Living here in California, I have never visited Olvera Street or as other people like to call it, “Placita Olvera.” Placita Olvera is a beautiful place that aroused about 140 years ago. It is a place full of culture that I believe to be simply amazing. Culture by definition means, the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. Upon visiting this place, one learns so much about the Mexican culture portrayed throughout the streets. Olvera Street is a place in which one can enjoy almost every

As I walked in everyone was very kind, each person had a smile and I was helped to be directed to Victoria. This made me feel confident about observing the therapists. There were other students observing as well, we had to sit on the second floor and observe from up there. Its understandable to be seated upstairs because the therapy for each patient is very delicate and it would have been

Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings, wide roads, newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA, it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my classes at the elementary level since all they spoke was English. Los Angeles is a city of great diversity, therefore it is believed to be the perfect place for any person arriving from another country to not feel like a foreign, such believe

The life experience during the kid’s time is one of most important time in the life. I have learned this by the hard way. When people looking for how should their kids to learn, I think people should pay more attention to what are their kids learning. Times are changing, the old thought of teaching might not fit in today anymore. I am always hoping one day today’s student could teach kids， because today’s student knows more about what kids like, what should kids know at this time of the day. SEU’s CCU class’s Cultural Engagement Assignment have given me a chance to see my childhood dream in life. I have decided to go one of the activity on Saturday. I have gone three times, first time I want is because I have to; the second time I want is because I like it and I want to do something I can to help the kids, also I want to know about the kids grow up in the family that not so good. Before I want the activity, my understanding of “Cultural Engagement,” is the connection between the people and the cultural, but after I want the activity, my understanding of “Cultural Engagement” has changed, it became what kind of culture for the kids have been growing up have affected to their dream and behavior. I will never forget a point that so many pastors have mentioned - Christians should never need to tell others that they are Christian but people should able to tell that we are Christian. As being Christian, we need to show the love to others and share the God’s words and

Skeptical yet freezing we headed over. It was a family of 6, the mother told us she was a stay at home mom, the dad, a fireman and then their 3 children. I was confused because i only saw 2 boys standing by the fire. But kept to myself. An hour or so had past and i heard the mother say “Time for Katies shots”. She went into their tent and brought their third child out. The father continued talking to us as the mom took the toddler and started injecting around 15 shots into her like it was a average thing. I couldn't help but wonder and stare what could be wrong with this little girl. Then the mom started explaining to me that she has a several severe endocrine diseases that affect almost everything in her body. Her adrenal, pituitary and thyroid cannot function on their own without the help of hormone injection, almost 50 a day. I didn't fully understand the issues until she started explaining the body's endocrine system is responsible for nearly everything we do. Then she began telling us how they have almost lost her 4 times because no one knows how to help and her body is slowly not responding to the injected hormones. I didn't tell you this story for no

the purpose of this paper is to describe the author’s second encounter with cultural immersion within the community of older homeless individuals. This reflection paper outlines what occurred, the experience, challenges faced, and emotions and thoughts of what transpired. As this project coming to an end, the student expresses a deep level of understanding of the population presented.

Immigrants are defined as, “a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence” (Immigrant, 2017). Some immigrants move here for the purposes of better education, higher employment opportunities, or a greater quality of life. For many migrant farmworkers (MFW) that immigrate to the United States, they are seeking the same outcome as other immigrants. The focus of this paper is to reflect upon what I have learned about MFW, biases about the group, social workers’ roles, therapeutic approaches, ethical and legal issues, and working with the group in the future. Despite other immigrant groups, I decided to focus on the MFW population because of the disparities they face as a result of entering the United States illegally.

I went to the Kennebunk Veterinary Hospital on March 8, 2016. This was my fourth week of clinicals but my first day at this site. I went there around ten minutes early and they took me right back. Everyone was very nice and welcoming towards me. My supervisor was not there but she should be next week. When I got to the back room I met all of their doctors, Dr. Shively, Dr. Odrzywolski, and Dr. Porell. I shook hands with them and introduced myself. They then brought me over to one of their veterinary technician, Kathy. She was very nice and gave me a tour of the place. She introduced me to the other technicians and the office staff then showed me the patient rooms. Kathy also showed me their back room where they keep the pets that are staying overnight and their cat that lives there. She was also showing me how

The patient was a white female, about 25 years old. She came from one of the doctor’s office in the clinic to pick up a prescription that was sent to the pharmacy by e-script. I started introduce myself as an intern to her, asked for her name and entered it in the computer to make sure her prescription has been ready. As I went to get her prescription

After my first cultural immersion experience interviewing Rabbi Tepper, I resolved to experience my second cultural immersion activity with the Jewish community. Ultimately, I wanted both of my encounters to be with one culture. I desired to achieve a deeper understanding of one culture, rather than gaining superficial understanding of two dissimilar cultures. Furthermore, I wanted my second immersion experience to consist of several activities. Rabbi Tepper was kind enough to invite me to attend Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath) and Torah study. These comprised a large portion of my overall experience. My hope was to include an activity that was more intimate as well, such as social time spent in the home or a shared meal. As luck would have it, I was able to share a meal with the congregation after Shabbat. This meal was a celebratory meal of the conversion of two individuals to Judaism. I was rather nervous leading up to attending the Shabbat service (my first activity), but I was also excited. The nervousness partially stemmed from not knowing what the proper etiquette for attending a Shabbat service and part of it was just a general anxiety about experiencing something new and different.

On the first day of my internship, I was introduced to the staff that I would be working with, and I also received a tour of the clinic. I was informed that there were four forensic interviewers on staff, as well as four practitioners, a program coordinator, a child life specialist and a host of family and child services advocates. Since we work mostly with children, the clinic itself is very child friendly. We have a playroom that houses everything from iPads, to dollhouses. If a child is coming to our clinic, it is usually is because they are a victim of some kind of abuse. As you can imagine, this is a very traumatic time for them and we try to make it as comfortable as possible given the circumstances. The clinic also has an

I was not sure what to expect coming into this particular meeting because every family is different and you never know how they are going to react about having an intern present. I also felt that I wish I had been given more time to look over the documents and the clients file before having to review them with the parents. I enjoyed that the client’s mother and father came prepared with questions and information to provide us with. I also enjoyed how eager they were to get the meeting going as well as the services

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We rang the doorbell at my grandpa’s house and my uncle answers the door, “Hi Kata!!!!” he says. “Hi Mayonnaise”,I say. I call him that because of how white his skin is. As we were walking into the house I noticed a light switch behind the kitchen wall that I had never noticed before . “Mayonnaise, what is this” I asked. Before he could say another word, I flipped the switch and spanish music started blasting throughout the house. It was a pretty small average house, but it had a giant garden instead of a backyard with a variety of different fruits and vegetables. I was shocked, I jumped,I definitely was not expecting that to happen in any possible way. I flipped the switch and the music turned off. I asked my grandfather, “What is that!? “You like Spanish music?” After that whole thing, I played monopoly with my brother and my uncle as my dad quickly fell asleep on the couch. Once we had gotten a bit further into the game, my Uncle dared my brother to put a clothespin on my dad’s nose. As usually my dad snored like it was nobody’s business, and the bad part was that it didn’t stop until he woke the next morning. So, of course my brother took the challenge and grabbed a clothespin from the line and put in on my father’s nose. My father stopped breathing for a second, then quickly woke up looking like a dork with a clothespin on his nose.

Investing in me specifically for this program is important, because I am passionate about pursuing cultural knowledge and obtaining a global state of mind. While involved in the program, I will make the most of the experience and all it has to offer. After completing the program, I will continue to passionately pursue expanding my cultural knowledge and linguistic skills. Becoming fluent in Korean and becoming familiar with the culture are key aspects in my career plans. Once I complete my bachelor's degree, my goal is to move to South Korea and complete my master's degree at an university there. I will complete my master's, remain living there, and then work for a police station. The goal is to live and work in Seoul, but these aspects will