I’m Over This
Anthropology
As anthropology goes, culture can be expanded in multiple ways. It can be considered linguistic, ethnology and archaeology but also material and non-material culture. Material culture consists of things that you can touch and are given significance in society. On the other hand, there is a non-material culture which consists of behaviours, values and beliefs, ideas language, myths, family patterns and political systems shared within a society. both are influenced by past and present cultures; the present being formed by the past. I grew up in the Western world where society was fully developed and had plenty of resources to go around. Things such as attitudes, values, and resources have affects the way I behave in …show more content…
A debate can be in fact when I feel strongly about certain things I share my knowledge of the situation and I act on it. For example when someone is being hypocritical, such as a parent telling their child not to smoke when they do, I tend to rebuttal and ask them why I should when they are usually their first response is do what I say not what I do in which I tell them why they are wrong, that actions speak louder than words. Similar to this, values can affect the way I react and interact with other people. If they don 't believe in the same values as I do, then I feel an underlying discomfort and judgement of that other person. For example, if they don 't believe in equal rights as strongly as I do, I feel as though I have to convince them otherwise and share how I feel about the situation. I also find that material things such as food, dress and shelter, necessary resources, can effect how I am when I 'm around different people. If someone is from a country in which they are new to the lavish luxuries we have in Canada, I tend to not shove it down their throat when I buy a new piece of clothing or not spend a lot of money on myself. I tend to want to buy them things to show …show more content…
I personally have been influenced by school and peers. School has taught me to conform to societies standards and provided a door to a new social world. It shows the importance that society places on gender and race which in turn exposes inequality, gives information about individuals to understand themselves and others which gives them their first experience of economics and social status. It also reduces opportunities for control and makes children feel less competent. I have encountered a lot of inequality within gender and felt as though I had no control over my life because of school. The school environment had shown me at a young age that it was easier to be a male. Boys were always chosen first for sports and playground games and boys were let off with a simple “don’t do it again” or “boys will be boys” whereas I would get a stern talking to and a call home. This influenced me later in life to question things more and if anything, feel a little resentful of how well boys have it compared to girls. School has always focused more on the social aspect rather than the learning aspect for me – that was the part that effected me most. It has a negetive effect of having social anxiety, being anxious around people. School had a negetive effect because the people around me were horrible; bullying me into depression and anxiety. School and peers has developed and structured my social life
Anthropology
As anthropology goes, culture can be expanded in multiple ways. It can be considered linguistic, ethnology and archaeology but also material and non-material culture. Material culture consists of things that you can touch and are given significance in society. On the other hand, there is a non-material culture which consists of behaviours, values and beliefs, ideas language, myths, family patterns and political systems shared within a society. both are influenced by past and present cultures; the present being formed by the past. I grew up in the Western world where society was fully developed and had plenty of resources to go around. Things such as attitudes, values, and resources have affects the way I behave in …show more content…
A debate can be in fact when I feel strongly about certain things I share my knowledge of the situation and I act on it. For example when someone is being hypocritical, such as a parent telling their child not to smoke when they do, I tend to rebuttal and ask them why I should when they are usually their first response is do what I say not what I do in which I tell them why they are wrong, that actions speak louder than words. Similar to this, values can affect the way I react and interact with other people. If they don 't believe in the same values as I do, then I feel an underlying discomfort and judgement of that other person. For example, if they don 't believe in equal rights as strongly as I do, I feel as though I have to convince them otherwise and share how I feel about the situation. I also find that material things such as food, dress and shelter, necessary resources, can effect how I am when I 'm around different people. If someone is from a country in which they are new to the lavish luxuries we have in Canada, I tend to not shove it down their throat when I buy a new piece of clothing or not spend a lot of money on myself. I tend to want to buy them things to show …show more content…
I personally have been influenced by school and peers. School has taught me to conform to societies standards and provided a door to a new social world. It shows the importance that society places on gender and race which in turn exposes inequality, gives information about individuals to understand themselves and others which gives them their first experience of economics and social status. It also reduces opportunities for control and makes children feel less competent. I have encountered a lot of inequality within gender and felt as though I had no control over my life because of school. The school environment had shown me at a young age that it was easier to be a male. Boys were always chosen first for sports and playground games and boys were let off with a simple “don’t do it again” or “boys will be boys” whereas I would get a stern talking to and a call home. This influenced me later in life to question things more and if anything, feel a little resentful of how well boys have it compared to girls. School has always focused more on the social aspect rather than the learning aspect for me – that was the part that effected me most. It has a negetive effect of having social anxiety, being anxious around people. School had a negetive effect because the people around me were horrible; bullying me into depression and anxiety. School and peers has developed and structured my social life