My Most Important Co-Culture

In today’s society it is almost everyone’s goal to belong to a group. Everyone on this planet belongs to not only one culture, but many co-cultures. Culture and communication are closely connected, with culture having a huge effect on communication. Culture is the shared values, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes of a particular segment of population. A dominant culture is a culture within a society whose attitudes, values, beliefs and customs hold the majority opinion. Co-cultures are groups of people that exist side by side with the dominant culture and are comprised of smaller numbers of people who have similar values, attitudes, beliefs, and mutual interests or characteristics. Individuals tend to choose a group they identify with and agree …show more content…
We gravitate to people with whom we have similar interests, and strive to be part of a group and be around other people with similar interests. I think the most important co-culture that I belong to would be my family. This is the group of people who I love to be with, who I have and still learn from, who let me become and to be me, and whom I value the most in life. My family is an extremely important co-culture in my life because we are great at displaying feelings, listening, and we trust each other. The second important co-culture that I have been a part of for the last 12 years is the group I call my barn friends; we all own horses, and ride and show together. Most of my free time is spent at the barn with this co-culture group. These are friends I am now very close with that I have good relationships with, rely on and relate to because we have a connection because of a common bond as horse owners with very similar interests. A third co-culture that I am a part of is the group of 12 individuals that are studying the same thing in school that I am, Cardiovascular Technology. We are together 8 hours a week in class, lab, and clinicals. We also study together to share information and idea