Nao Kao Research Paper

On January 13, 1999, a girl named Hae Min Lee disappeared. She was a senior at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County in Maryland. Born in South Korea, Hae Min Lee migrated to the United States along with her mother and brother to live with her grandparents. She played field hockey and lacrosse. At age 18, Hae Min Lee was reported missing by her family after she was supposed to pick up her little cousin from kindergarten around 3:15 PM and drop her home, but she never showed up. Weeks later on February 1, an anonymous call was made to the Baltimore County Police suggesting that Adnan Syed, Hae’s ex-boyfriend was responsible for her death. The investigation showed that although Lee had been dating Syed for the past year, they had recently broken up. Furthering

Ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of one’s own group. It’s a universal habit that ethnocentric individuals tend to compare and judge other cultural practices to be inferior. Ethnocentrism encourages the solidarity in groups; it creates the feeling of belonging and drives the individuals to build pride in the group. However, ethnocentrism hinders the understanding of the cooperation with other groups. With the sense of superiority, there is little incentive to interact with the inferior groups. While making generalization about the culture and customs of others, ethnocentric individuals aren’t being aware that they tend to make false assumptions regarding the cultural differences. Furthermore, extreme ethnocentrism is likely to

The doctors assuming the Lee were giving their daughter her medications, were surprised to not see levels of the medications in her blood. Dan Murphy who was one of Lia’s doctor questioned the parents and he learned that due to their cultural beliefs, Lia’s parents have not been administering her with the proper medicine. Where Lia’s mother believes she is doing the right thing for her daughter, Murphy has sympathy for the mother and told Fadiman “I remember having a little bit of awe of how differently we looked at the world”. A key feature of the Hmong is that they have no interest in being rule, do not like to be told what to do, and are rarely persuaded by the customs of other culture. The mistrust and open hostility between the medical staff and the Lee family seemed to overshadow Lia’s disease. Both side obviously loves Lia and wants her healthy but neither was willing to compromised and meet half way.

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It has been 60 years since we have last record the events in the Nacirema culture and now researches today are baffled by the culture of the young Nacirema children. For example these young are spending day and night with their noses in these light boxes. Day after day, night after night these children love to stare at these hand size light boxes. We don’t exactly know what’s so entertaining about the light or the box, but we see them laugh, smile, cry, and get angry while looking into the light boxes. The older generation of the Nacirema indicates a great display of disapproval of them, but hypocritically many of them spend almost just as much time viewing into the light boxes as well.

There are many mysterious and unknowns in the death of Hae Min Lee. There are many different people who could be looked at as a suspect. However the jury decided that one kid by the name of Adnan Syed, the ex boyfriend of Hae, was responsible for her death. I am going to explain why I think the Jury was incorrect, and did not have enough evidence to convict Adnan for the death of Hae Min Lee.

During my lifetime I encountered many amazing people. One man who I admire most is my friend, Billy Selingo. Billy is twenty-seven years old and currently attending Manhattanville College to receive his master’s degree. Billy always been a very talented hockey player, as a freshman he began at the Holderness School then attended a post grad year at the Selects Academy at South Kent, which totals five years at the competitive prep school level. Next up for him was a scholarship to continue his hockey career at Manhattanville College, where the team competed at the division three hockey level. Billy had more skill than most of the team, he thought by playing at the division three level he would receive more playing time than he was actually getting. Halfway through the season he grew very upset, this

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Lia Lee was born into a Hmong refugee family with very bad epilepsy. Her parents Foua and Nao Kao, where stubborn but caring, and gave up everything for Lia 's life. At the Merced Community Medical Center both doctors and nurses gave almost all of their time to Lia. Just as oil and water doesn’t mix, the Hmong system of beliefs and Western medical system did not combine well either.

The two separate cultures had different approaches to diagnosing and treating Lia’s medical condition, according to their own beliefs. Upon the occurrence of Lia’s seizure at three months old, “The Lees had little doubt what had happened... the noise of the door had been so profoundly frightening that her soul had fled her body and become lost. They recognized the resulting symptoms as qaug dab peg, which [directly translates as] ‘the spirit catches you and you fall down.’” (pg 20). However, “In

Uluru is located in the middle of Uluru National Park, and is about 335 Kilometres Southwest of Alice Springs, however many people travel by road, which is about 463 Kilometres from Alice Springs.

Miner (1956) discussed the body rituals among the Nacirema. The Nacirema are human beings, just like all other humans. They bleed, they love, they are born, and they die. However, for some reason, the Nacirema consider themselves a special breed of humans. This belief is so ingrained in their traditions and cultures that some have taken it to the extreme. Scholars have argued that the Nacirema’s inflated sense of pride stems from the greatness of their ancestors. They descended from a great group of warriors who came together and agreed on the future of their descendants. This essay will examine the Nacirema’s obsession with oil and how this informs their aggressive behavior.

Eventually, they utilized traditional healing methods and they had appointed a Shaman to call back her soul. Even though her parents constantly took her for treatment to the Merced Community Medical Center (MCMC), her family was not completely convinced that US medicines could cure Lia’s health condition. Lia’s doctors were always attending and providing excellent care in the best of their knowledge and abilities. However, the Lees were worried that too much prescribed medication was harmful to Lia’s health and it could limit the effectiveness of the spiritual healing. Clearly, Lia 's parents and her doctors both wanted nothing, but the best possible way in order to ease her pain and improve her health condition. However, the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy, mainly because of cultural displacement.

Once discovering that the Lees are illiterate, it should be obvious that they would not know how to follow directions; yet even if there is some understanding, there is no guarantee that Lia’s parents will agree to follow the Western doctor’s prescriptions. Throughout the novel, the Lees often make decisions of prescription based on how the medicine affects Lia’s spirit and if the treatment conflicts with Hmong spiritual belief. The inconsistency by which Lia’s parents follow or disregard medical instructions both angers and frustrates the Western medical doctors by slowing down their ability to heal Lia with Western medicine. Being asked to follow Western practices to heal their daughter, the Lees abide by Hmong culture in the refusal of orders

The book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” is an interesting book that explores the distinctions in the perception of human conditions. An explanatory model of illness provides an opportunity to understand how people view their medical conditions (“Explanatory Illness,” n.d.). The explanatory model of illness provides a vantage point for healthcare professionals to understand an individual’s perception of his/her illness (“Explanatory Illness,” n.d.). The model seeks to explore the complex relationship between the physiological condition of an individual and the individual’s social and cultural background.