Growing Up In Biomedical Arts

The information that I have learned about diversity in the United States of America has helped me better understand and relate to others in many ways. The United States of America is a giant melting pot of several different races, ethnicities, and cultures. What I have learned is that each group has their differences and similarities. With these differences in culture they have taught me how to be tolerant and accepting of them no matter how different from me they appear. By accepting the differences in our diverse society I have learned new thoughts and ideas of living, different perspectives of thinking, and have been introduced to a variety of foods that I have never tried before. All in all, it seems in

A cultural influence that has really been eye opening for me, especially in the past 4 years, is the quality of education I have been lucky enough to receive. My understanding of the educational system in the United States compared to Mexico has been a jarring experience.

In my eighteen years of existence, I've experienced many things, ethnically, and socially. I was born overseas, to an Air Force man, and his wife. I spent several years amongst a different culture. As soon as my father was retired from the Air Force, we moved from Japan, the land of the rising sun, to a small town in the west. I was faced with something unlike anything I had been exposed to. I was exposed to an extremely diverse set of cultures. There were so many different things that I had to experience, and they scared me. I was introduced to a new classroom, and the students in it. With that, I was introduced to a new language, spanish. I was surrounded by so many ethnically diverse cultures, and places. I grew up knowing so many different

The privilege to move to California has exposed me to many different cultures. This has allowed me to grow in many ways. The opportunity to listen and learn was there for the taking and I indulged. I now live in a neighborhood filled with people much different from myself My children's classrooms are filled with people from around the globe.  I also have a diverse group of friends that I very much enjoy and spend time with.

I am the product of a military upbringing, which allowed me to live in different parts of the world. This allowed me and my family to explore what other cultures are like as well as realize that Americans and our way of life is not the only culture that exists on the entire planet. I realized that the negative perceptions that other Americans had of people of German and Asian descent was directly related to lack of exposure and an unwillingness to educate ourselves about other cultures.

I believe that my background has given me the tools to appreciate the diversity in people and be more accepting and inquisitive of different cultures. I'm trilingual and working on learning my fourth language, (never thought French was so

What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past?

What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past?

Being born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, I was exposed to many different cultures. A few of which were Hispanics and German. They both had different languages and customs. My mom would take us to a festival in San Antonio yearly that was called the “Texas Folklife Festival”. There, our family would experience many different cultures with singing, dancing, food, art, and language. Our family enjoyed learning about the different places others came from and how they celebrated their heritage. Learning to appreciate where others came from and their back ground, gave me a better appreciation for differences.

A major change in my life was leaving my home to go to college. I lost have and gained a support system. I have moved away from my support system by going to college, but I have gained friends in college that have become my new support system. One strength that I have gained by going to college is independence. I have also gained time management balancing my classes, social life, and student athlete. America's culture has left an important imprint on my life. Living in America I can experience all different cultures. America is known as the melting pot because of how diverse it is. The dominant white culture in America has made choose comfort and makes me not want to get involved in issues because it could, "rock the boat". On the list on page

Culture may seem trivial to some but to me it made all the difference. Culture expounds upon the arts, music, foods, and family traditions. However, in Jersey City the norm/culture was drugs, violence, and poverty, which I hated. Growing up within my home we didn’t have traditions/culture that we followed. My family was distant and my dad wasn’t in my life. It made it hard at school to relate with my peers and that was intimidating. This forced me to broaden my horizons of the world and I began to change in many ways. I started reading more, and became more interested in nature, music, anatomy, and the arts, producing a tangible, positive impact in my life.

When I decided I was going to enroll at Temple University after I graduated high school, I was so excited to be in a completely new environment in the city—one which I was not used to at all. The city is comprised of people from many different cultures and countries all over the world, and I have been fortunate enough to work with a good variety of different people. Many of these experiences were brought on through the strengths that I possess, mainly including perspective, social intelligence, and kindness. Though I have worked with and been exposed to people from various cultures, I do not necessarily know much about the different cultures—something I would like to change, as I would really like to know more about various cultures and the different things people in these cultures

I was born in Japan and spent my life there until seventh grade. Even though my environment was very fulfilling, my community had little diversity. Everyone was from the same area, we all have same culture, and same race. Individual could had variety of thought but our basic mind was very similar since we all grow up in the same environment. I can say that I had little more diversity in my life than other people around me since my mother was Korean, I had some Korean people around me. Korea is a country located right next to Japan, but they do have different culture, language, and people. It gave me a little push to become diverse person. However, there was a big change when I moved to America as an international student in seventh grade. For the first time in my life, I was surrounded by people who were not "my people". When I walked into the class, everyone had different race, culture,

Growing up I always had the opportunity to interact with diverse groups. My father is a retired master sergeant of the United States Army. He is African-American and was born and raised Baptist in Kentucky. He married my mother who is South Korean and Buddhist. I spent the first three years of my life living in South Korea where my father was stationed. We

The three things that have made the biggest impact on and have influenced my life that shaped me into the person I am today are family background, experiences from my school year, and religious beliefs. Our culture provides a lens through which we view the world and interpret our everyday experiences. In order to know who I am today, I must look at who you’ve been. Many educators around the country are interested in developing a multicultural approach in their teaching. They find themselves in classrooms with 25 children of varying racial and cultural backgrounds, and are looking for ways to connect what they do in the classroom to the cultures represented by their students. Before we can begin to understand others, however, we need to understand ourselves and what we bring to our interactions with others.