Cultural Interview Paper

I interviewed my friend, Artina Tarokh. She is 13 years old. She goes to Portola and is in 8th grade. She came to America in 2016. She came from Cyprus, which is a country in the Eastern Mediterranean. Artina was born in Iran and left when she was 6. Artina left behind her family in Iran and moved to Cyprus. She was 11 years old when she came with her mother to San Diego. Her dad came a year before. She immigrated to America because her parents saw more opportunities here.

Joan is a first grade teacher who has been teaching for thirty-one years. After conducting my interview with Joan the main takeaway I acquired was that for her integrating and teaching social studies content and skills in the elementary school classroom was extremely important since she feels in the school she works for it in not highly important and integrated until grade three.

I moved onto the list of questions that I formulated earlier in the semester. I began by asking her what value her culture hold in high esteem. She replied that "family values are it in my opinion; we are nothing without our families". She went on to explain that all through her life that she had been taught to value family above all others.

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.

My family has always mentioned how hard they would work in order to do well in school and to make the most out of any opportunities they would get the chance to have. What I have learned from their footsteps, is that when I did well not only did I feel accomplished, but I made my parents

Similar to international students residing in the US, it seems like “first-generation” Americans also relate their mother tongues to their homes. In Beale 2017, bilingual person who has immigrated to the US from Russia when she was only five has lived in Brooklyn, New York City since then. Beale 2017 explains that New York City is a very diverse city where “a sense of communal identity” (Beale 2017: 1) is preserved in “large neighborhoods of immigrants from same cultural heritages” (Beale 2017: 1). This Russian-based bilingual individual, whose identity was profoundly shaped by her family, friends and neighborhoods in her youth, identifies herself as a Russian as opposed to Russian-American. Because of New York City’s own peculiar vibe, people would call themselves by their mother countries.

This essay will explore and compare the various policies in my culture regarding healthcare, safety and education in the past and at present. This paper required us to interview a family member or an acquaintance, hence I decided to interview my mother.

My Culture is that my Grandpa was in the military for two years. He was a Military Policemen. He served in VietNam for one Year. He Was 19 when he went in and 21 when he got honorably dischanged. He Took basic training in Ft Lewis Washington,took military police training in Fort Gordan Georgia,and went to Fort Campbell Kentucky for more training before he went to Viet Nam. Got out in July,1969.He Had lots of friends. Everybody that he met usally goes their own way and Grandpa met Grandma and got a job and worked hard to raise a family. He misses a couple of his friends , and he kinda liked the training because it built muscles and learned respect. He didnt met John F Kennedy was assassinated before grandpa went to the army,so didnt meet him because

During the interview, I told Anna of many health risks that Filipino immigrants have. Stanford University’s website says Filipino immigrants are considered at risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes at midlife and old age, and other metabolic problems. Liver cancer among Filipino males and females was second only to the Chinese and three times higher than among whites. Geographic separation or alienation from family and financial difficulties are found to be common stressors among clinically depressed Filipinos. Older Filipino men committed suicide more than women, mimicking the trend for the general population of older Americans. Compared to other Asian groups, the incidence of suicide is low among older

It seemed as though she too knew that her response would follow me throughout the duration of my life, as she took quite a while to respond to my question. After a few more minutes, she answered, “It’s because of education that I am what I am today, a hard-working and dedicated engineer. Additionally, education has made me understand the world around me better, with the newfound knowledge I discover every day.” This response amazed me in many ways, and pushed me to strive for my best in school, and never give up thinking that I am a failure.

My cultural background is American, Jewish, Israeli. My grandparents are from Austria and Romania. Times were tough for the Jews living in Europe, so fortunately my father's parents came to America in time for a safe haven, while my mother's parents had to bear the holocaust. After WW2, my grandparents would rotate between living in America and Israel, which is why I was born into a Zionistic and modern orthodox family. Years ago, an American living in Israel lived a pleasant life. I remember them telling me they once got around 100 shekels for the American dollar and now you only get maybe 4. My parents sent me to the Hebrew Academy of New City in order for me to learn American and Jewish values. Even though I was barely exposed to Austrian

One of the Cultural Studies Course International Perspectives on Bilingual & Multicultural Education taught by Kelly Ann Witkowski. Our class met on Tuesdays we were exchanged, shared, embrace and analyze an experience of bilingual and multicultural education and create a community of learners responsible for understanding the world we are committed to changing.

When I think of culture, I think of what activities people normally do, things they wear, and even the food they eat. I grew up as a military brat, meaning I grew up in a military family. I traveled a lot and I have got to see all types of cultures, and I like them all for different reasons. I was born in Germany, and I love their culture because they are happy with who they are, they have really cool traditions, and I love their food. In Germany, if a person saw a 12 year old drinking alcohol, it is perfectly normal, whereas in our culture, it is wrong if a person saw that happening. Why is that? Well for starters, their country is more developed because they understand how to keep their citizens safe. While I was there, when children had to go to school, someone could see a 5 year old walking to school by themselves. People do not think if their child is going to get kidnapped or killed while they are by themselves. In the U.S., we obviously have a lot of problems with those kinds of things. Here, if a 5 year old is by themselves on the streets, it is called neglect.When I think of culture, I think of what activities people normally do, things they wear, and even the food they eat. I grew up as a military brat, meaning I grew up in a military family. I traveled a lot and I have got to see all types of cultures, and I like them all for different reasons. I was born in Germany, and I love their culture because they are happy with who they are, they have really cool

In my culture, gender roles are very personal. Gender roles contribute to how females and males should think, speak, dress, and interact with others. There are different ways gender roles have developed over time and how people choose to interpret gender roles and what the male and female have to do. I was born and raised in San Diego California. My mom is from Acapulco, Guerrero and my dad is from Morelos, Cuernavaca. They both were raised by strict mexican parents who raised them to be responsible at a young age. Both of my parents started working at the age of 10. My dad would work at a bakery after school and then switched up to driving trucks, transporting beer. My mom didn’t get the chance to go to school, my grandparents sent my uncle instead. She would go sell food to el mercado the whole day then come back with her sister, and make food for their brothers and wash their clothes. My grandma would make my aunts and mom do things for their brothers thing that they could have done for themselves. Because my mom was always doing thing for her brothers and my dad sisters had to do things for him that weren’t always in his power to say no do not do it, but his parents. They decided to not fully continue this way of teaching and raised me and my siblings in a similar way but not as strict as their parents.

With families come the different cultures embedded into us. Growing up I never really took notice of my own culture and like most young people, I would naturally think that my culture was considered the “normal” one. I did not notice that I was experiencing culture shock throughout my whole life, basically from when I started school to this day still. Even though the majority of the populations in my school were Hispanics, there were still different races as well. I had a diverse group of friends or better yet, acquaintances and I learned a lot through my interactions with all of them. There was this time when I went to a friend’s house to study and when I was entering, I was getting ready to take off my shoes. I am Asian so taking off shoes before entering any houses was a rule for my culture. Right when I was taking it off, my friend asked me what I was doing. My friend was Hispanic and she told me it was not necessary to take off my shoes. I walked all around her house with my shoes on and it was really uncomfortable for me. To be honest, I felt like I was I was violating a norm, but in reality, my friend did not care. Midway through studying, I wanted to take off my shoes again and she insisted I leave it on because it would not feel right for her to see me in the house without shoes.