Cultural Identity Project Reflection
What did I learn about myself in each part of the project? In the Funds of Knowledge section of the project, I learned quite a bit about how I grew up compared to what I believe now. My household growing up had a slightly different set of rules that what I believe my current household has as norms. One major change is who is in my household. Growing up it was my parents and sister who were considered part of my household family. Now, it is just me and my husband. Since we were raised in two different countries that has somewhat affected our norms. I learned that when I was growing up gender roles were pretty much fixed. I am a girl so I was expected to behave like one. I grew up taking dance classes, …show more content…
Both of my parents were always on time, and that means being ten to fifteen minutes early everywhere. Now, I am always on time wherever I go. I have always hated if I am late or even just right on time. I also inherited my feelings towards holidays from my parents. The major holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter are all meant for spending time with your family. I definitely still feel this way now and even more so as I get older. In the Identity Development section of the project I learned about what stage of development I am in for different models. I learned in the Civic Development Identity Model that this is a new stage for me. The empowered stage really resonated with my feelings of Civic Development. I believe I have newly entered in to this stage after being in a school and understanding more of the politics. I am learning more about civic rights and want to fight for my future students. In the Biases section of the project I discovered biases I hold but did not realize. After taking the Implicit biases tests, I realized I need to be more progressive about women and men’s roles in career versus family. I would not have thought that I have a strong association of men with career and females with family. Especially, since I have always been very much involved with making a career for myself and have held off with starting a …show more content…
I believe that I inherited many of the characteristics, beliefs, and ideas from my parents. Even though some have been changed by different experiences many still hold true from childhood. One major life event that changed some of my ideas about family was my parents’ divorce. That was a point in which I realized just how much women can do without men in their life. I am married but still know that I can do anything I set my mind to with or without help from my husband. My identity development was shaped by life experiences especially in college. After reading through Helm’s White Racial Identity Development Model, I realized that I have been in this stage since I went to college. After being immersed with so many diverse people, I recognized that I want to be more of an activist and confront my own biases that I grew up
What did I learn about myself in each part of the project? In the Funds of Knowledge section of the project, I learned quite a bit about how I grew up compared to what I believe now. My household growing up had a slightly different set of rules that what I believe my current household has as norms. One major change is who is in my household. Growing up it was my parents and sister who were considered part of my household family. Now, it is just me and my husband. Since we were raised in two different countries that has somewhat affected our norms. I learned that when I was growing up gender roles were pretty much fixed. I am a girl so I was expected to behave like one. I grew up taking dance classes, …show more content…
Both of my parents were always on time, and that means being ten to fifteen minutes early everywhere. Now, I am always on time wherever I go. I have always hated if I am late or even just right on time. I also inherited my feelings towards holidays from my parents. The major holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter are all meant for spending time with your family. I definitely still feel this way now and even more so as I get older. In the Identity Development section of the project I learned about what stage of development I am in for different models. I learned in the Civic Development Identity Model that this is a new stage for me. The empowered stage really resonated with my feelings of Civic Development. I believe I have newly entered in to this stage after being in a school and understanding more of the politics. I am learning more about civic rights and want to fight for my future students. In the Biases section of the project I discovered biases I hold but did not realize. After taking the Implicit biases tests, I realized I need to be more progressive about women and men’s roles in career versus family. I would not have thought that I have a strong association of men with career and females with family. Especially, since I have always been very much involved with making a career for myself and have held off with starting a …show more content…
I believe that I inherited many of the characteristics, beliefs, and ideas from my parents. Even though some have been changed by different experiences many still hold true from childhood. One major life event that changed some of my ideas about family was my parents’ divorce. That was a point in which I realized just how much women can do without men in their life. I am married but still know that I can do anything I set my mind to with or without help from my husband. My identity development was shaped by life experiences especially in college. After reading through Helm’s White Racial Identity Development Model, I realized that I have been in this stage since I went to college. After being immersed with so many diverse people, I recognized that I want to be more of an activist and confront my own biases that I grew up