Cultural Immersion

Choosing an unfamiliar place within the small town of Athens, OH was a difficult task for someone with a diverse list of interests to do. Personally, I had to think about where I wanted to spend my time ‘culture watching’. There are many places that I have spent much of my time, like coffee shops, multiple basketball and football games freshman year, and three well known dining halls across campus. I had to think to myself where have I not spent time in Athens, and then it came to me, church. For the cultural immersion project, I spent three Sundays observing the Athens First United Methodist Church, each service being one hour long focusing on different areas each time. The location of the church is extremely familiar to me being that I live

College is a time for new opportunities, memorable experiences, and a time to explore things you’ve never encountered before. As a young adult, I realize the importance of studying abroad and how it will help me grow as a person. What could be better than traveling to Spain for ten days and learning a new culture, history, and a new perspective of how the business world is outside of America?

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

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.

While reflecting on what culture to choose for my cultural immersion project, I thought about the many different areas we have reviewed in this course. There were several groups/areas that would not apply to me simply because of my own family and my gender. I thought about my own cultural background and belief system and which area I was the least culturally knowledgeable. I wanted to learn something new and grow during the immersion process. During the course of this paper, I will be looking at some stereotypes (both negative and positive) about this particular culture, language differences between homosexual populations and heterosexual populations, my observations of the group and my thoughts on the cultural immersion experience. I chose the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) community because, to the best of my knowledge, I do not have any family members of friends who identify with any of these categories. I have had coworkers or classmates that identify in this way, so I feel like I have always been tolerant, but I have never been close with anyone who is LGBTQ.

The grand size of the city draws us in the most as it gives us the most intimacy. Intimacy, in being able to keep to ourselves and play a larger role in our own lives, makes the city worthwhile. However, it is exceedingly easy to lose touch with the historical aspects of the city. We love New York for the aesthetics, but continue to take the historical culture for granted. In the past three weeks, I learned to take a step back and keep note that each building, bridge, and infrastructure I encounter has been built and seen by someone before me. Perhaps the monumental building I pass everyday was built or seen by a classmate’s immigrant great ancestor. I have a deeper appreciation for the landmarks surrounding me. In summation, I take the opprotunity to recognize the same Ellis Island I pass on my way to St. John’s University is the same landmark, “an approximate twelve million immigrants,” (Staff) experienced as they made their way towards the mysterious yet promising land of the United States of America.

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.

Describe how land, law and language influence Indigenous identity and culture as discussed during the Indigenous cultural immersion program. Describe how the loss of these features through government policy and vested interests has contributed to the current health and equality gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Growing up in the small suburban city of Lewisville, I have always fantasized about living in a big city with tall skyscrapers, extremely diverse cultures, beautiful sights, and to be frank, heavy traffic accompanied with blaring horns and shouting from drivers with road rage. New York is where I want to live and attend school, not only for its great adventures in the city but, because it is a cradle for the arts in America. At the age of three, I was exposed to the arts

Many people can pinpoint the exact moment that influenced them to follow a certain life path. For me, becoming a photographer has been an innate part of my life. I have always been drawn to the camera. Capturing a moment that could otherwise be forgotten captivates me. I entered my first photography competition in the third grade and have been lusting over the big city longer than anyone can remember. Although I am unsure where this plan stemmed from, everything in my life has been geared towards this goal. I have been extremely honored to be chosen to enter the New York University community, and in addition to taking advantage of the multiple opportunities New York City has to offer, I plan to become one of NYU’s global citizens by studying abroad and learning more about the world through hands-on experiences.

Imagine living in a small town of 813, which I’m sure we can all visualize very well. Imagine, one day getting the opportunity to fly 3,247 miles south to a city called Quito, in Ecuador. Excitingly, this is the exact contingency my fellow spanish classmates and I have for next summer on June 13th thru June 14th. I know as a student in high school, that sitting in a classroom for six hours a day isn’t very hands on. Sometimes high school education can be less than exciting. But next summer I get the privilege to take my education to whole new country for 13 days. Not only on this trip will I participate in meaningful service, be immersed into a whole new culture and develop leadership skills, but I will also be impacted personally and transformed.

Amazingly my grandmother and namesake landed in America on July 4, 1906 and I will land in Italy on July 4, 2016. As an older student and parent I know studying abroad is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. It will be one of the best and most important aspects of my learning journey. The prospect of learning in a foreign country from instructors with different teaching skills as well as different curricula excites me. Being a non-traditional student allows me to fully understand the opportunity that lies ahead. It will allow me to learn about a different place and culture. I believe a person can never stop learning and improving herself, and this will give me an amazing opportunity to do

For my cultural experience assignment, I interviewed my good friend Chanell. Chanell is originally from Lanzhou, China, which is located in Northwest China. She came to the states around twelve years ago when we were both eight. Before moving to the states Chanell’s primary form of communication was her native tongue, Mandarin Chinese.

Cultural Assimilation is a procedure by which a person’s culture is transformed by another culture. Throughout the world, many cultures are being assimilated into the Western way of life. The cultures of ethnic groups in the United States and other countries are constantly influenced by the Western culture through movies, singers, clothing brands, food companies, and new technology inventions. Immigrants are expected to resemble the dominant culture in terms of norms, behavior and values. The three factors that contribute to cultural assimilation are: people throughout the world are influenced by the western fashion and can buy the same products distributed by multinational companies globally. The growing number of intra-racial and intra-cultural marriages advocates cultural assimilation.

There are numerous diverse cultures that reside on this planet, each display their own uniqueness, and significance to this world we live in. The Philippines are a great illustration of how many individuals of different cultures work together to create an astounding community. Much like the United States we are comprised of all varieties of ethnicities, and this essay will describe what it is like to live in the Philippines, but also what it is like for them to come to America, from personal research. It is vital that we have contrastive cultures on this earth, there are various ideas, discoveries, and resourceful, sharp citizens, which come from each one of these cultures. It is important to be different, and every person, no matter what culture, brings something exceptional to nature 's table.