Everyone has a culture that influences them, whether they believe so or not. The extent to how much culture can influence you is infinite. From the types of food you eat, to the clothes you wear, or to the way your personality is formed. Culture always has at least a little bit to do with the formation of who you are. It comes in different sizes, ethnicities, and religion. There is no limit to what culture can make in you or the others around you. There was a short text in our SpringBoard books called “By Any Other Name” by Santha Rama Rau. It’s about two little Indian children who go to a public educational system for the first time, and on their first day, the headmistress gave Santha and Premila different names; Cynthia and Pamela (35).
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It’s about Alice and her sister Dee, who comes to visit them at their home and tries to take something of value to the family for herself. Dee “made it big” a while back, getting her out of the old farm, a living with her mother and sisters (59). Dee had come home to try and collect an old family quilt to go back to her new home and hang it up on her wall. Alice almost considered when she said that she had promised to give the quilts to Maggie for when she gets married (64) Dee becomes appalled at the news complaining about how she won’t appreciate them and just wear them out, even though that’s the point (64). There is always someone who will object of what is written, maybe saying, “if she had given the quilts to Dee, a lot more people would probably recognize their culture.” The truth is, with the way Dee acts, she would probably add some strange sob story or some crazy and wild adventure behind the quilts. Dee is so overdramatic and acts like everything revolves around her, so she would obviously try to make the quilts all about her in some way. It is kind of disgusting and depressing to think about. Sure, Dee left home and got to live her dream, but she only came back to take something of theirs and try to make it hers. She stays for an excessive amount of time trying to convince her family to let her take the quilts with her, saying that using them for decoration is better …show more content…
This is a letter sent by a Native American father to an American teacher that his Native American son attends to, about his son’s learning capabilities. Lake’s son’s name is Wind Wolf, and he had learned his beginning education back in his reservation with his parents. They taught him how many feathers are on the tail of a perfectly balanced eagle, the migration of more than forty birds, and that there are thirteen full moons in a year (77). The teacher’s have begun to believe that Wind Wolf was a slow learner, when in reality, he just needed to adapt to their way of teaching. It is not that Wind Wolf isn’t smart, it is just that he doesn’t understand quite yet. A lot of people don’t really understand the transition and the effect it could have on the child at first. It was hard on him. Wind Wolf had mentioned how he wanted to cut off his hair because, “he doesn’t have any friends at school because they make fun of his long hair (78).” He hated school so going through this whole new system was probably the most difficult thing he’s ever had to face. A lot of people are too blind to see it though. Some people might say something like, “It shouldn’t be that hard, he’s practically learning the same things as before.” I hate to break it to you, but if you think that, you’re wrong. Wind Wolf had come from a completely different culture, with different learning aspects, and reasoning. Of course it is going to be
It’s about Alice and her sister Dee, who comes to visit them at their home and tries to take something of value to the family for herself. Dee “made it big” a while back, getting her out of the old farm, a living with her mother and sisters (59). Dee had come home to try and collect an old family quilt to go back to her new home and hang it up on her wall. Alice almost considered when she said that she had promised to give the quilts to Maggie for when she gets married (64) Dee becomes appalled at the news complaining about how she won’t appreciate them and just wear them out, even though that’s the point (64). There is always someone who will object of what is written, maybe saying, “if she had given the quilts to Dee, a lot more people would probably recognize their culture.” The truth is, with the way Dee acts, she would probably add some strange sob story or some crazy and wild adventure behind the quilts. Dee is so overdramatic and acts like everything revolves around her, so she would obviously try to make the quilts all about her in some way. It is kind of disgusting and depressing to think about. Sure, Dee left home and got to live her dream, but she only came back to take something of theirs and try to make it hers. She stays for an excessive amount of time trying to convince her family to let her take the quilts with her, saying that using them for decoration is better …show more content…
This is a letter sent by a Native American father to an American teacher that his Native American son attends to, about his son’s learning capabilities. Lake’s son’s name is Wind Wolf, and he had learned his beginning education back in his reservation with his parents. They taught him how many feathers are on the tail of a perfectly balanced eagle, the migration of more than forty birds, and that there are thirteen full moons in a year (77). The teacher’s have begun to believe that Wind Wolf was a slow learner, when in reality, he just needed to adapt to their way of teaching. It is not that Wind Wolf isn’t smart, it is just that he doesn’t understand quite yet. A lot of people don’t really understand the transition and the effect it could have on the child at first. It was hard on him. Wind Wolf had mentioned how he wanted to cut off his hair because, “he doesn’t have any friends at school because they make fun of his long hair (78).” He hated school so going through this whole new system was probably the most difficult thing he’s ever had to face. A lot of people are too blind to see it though. Some people might say something like, “It shouldn’t be that hard, he’s practically learning the same things as before.” I hate to break it to you, but if you think that, you’re wrong. Wind Wolf had come from a completely different culture, with different learning aspects, and reasoning. Of course it is going to be