Macalester Reflection

When I first visited Macalester and took in the Community during the Fall Preview Sampler, I could tell that the community was diverse, awake, and educated. I felt like this was a place where dedicated and devoted people came to learn. Growing up in an unconventional family, my background helped me to learn at a young age the value of diversity. As I was bi- racial and born to a white American mother and a Nigerian Father, I associated with three different cultural groups in Minnesota. I had an African Community that I found ancestry within, an American Community in which I found culture and practices , and an African American Community in where I found a subculture of American culture. I learned sensitivity and open-mindedness from these communities …show more content…
As people know more of one thing, their knowledge of other things also increases. Growing up, these experiences gave me a look into only a few different cultures. As I grew older I learned of more cultures, religions thereafter, and found myself traveling to different countries in North Africa, Europe, and even within North America. During my traveling experiences I saw how different experiences helped to shape others and how different cultures had similarities and differences in their fundamentals. I think at Macalester I would find only more people with open minded views, trying to learn more of different peoples and to understand the world around them. Fellow classmates would help each other to develop their worldviews and broaden their horizons. If more people were to have similar experiences, academics would also increase as they would have a new incentive or reason to learn. I would personally be more inclined to study the world and to do something more substantial with my life as I would be aware of all the other opportunities available around the world, only waiting to be sought after. I would define my personal outlook to be more optimistic and