This week on the concepts of culture had me reflecting on my own beliefs produced a series of thoughts around how I view the “human experience”. Culture is defined as an “expression of five basic components of human experience that include human nature, human activity, relations with the physical (natural) world, relationship with the self, and relationship with others”. The Human Experience questionnaire really raised my cultural awareness about my values and beliefs. According to it, I align with the mainstream North American culture. It seems about right, having learned since young that I am the creator of my own life. I do think that we have both an internal and external locus of control. I a responsible for my own actions, however I
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If not all members of one community is at its highest potential, how can an individual rise up? Once all individuals are at their best, then the whole community can rise up. I had never thought about this idea up until this lecture. The video “Me or We” had me reflecting on which side I favored. I grew up learning about individualism through implicit learning. When I was younger I was taught that I should think about others before I take action. Then I grew up and learning that some people take advantage of others and use it for their gain. Now I have the mentality to think about myself before others, as long as I am not hurting them or myself. I have changed to more of an individualistic …show more content…
She came here with no money, no friends, and no understanding of the English language. To her, coming to the United States was a choice that made her life so much better for her and her family in Honduras. Now 26 years has passed and she does not fluently speak English. She has tried, I remember seeing the “Ingles Sin Barreras”, similar to Rosetta Stone, cassettes and videos, but learning another language as an adult is hard, but not impossible. She can speak English somewhat but to some people her English is incomprehensible, to others they can pick up some words and have a decent conversation with her. I bring this up because now that all of my sisters have moved out of the house, my mom does not have that “translator” anymore. Ever since we were young, we had to interpret for our mom and translate things that sometimes we wouldnt understand. Now she is 56, living alone and she even said that she was going to transfer doctors because the primary doctor that she visits speaks English only, and while translators are a possibility, they take time to get them. If you call, for example the Department of Human Assistance, your call wait times can range from 5-10 minutes if you ask in English, but if you ask for Spanish, the wait time is even longer, and sometimes your call gets dropped, due to the transfer to a Spanish speaking representative. My mom would rather go to a doctor who is lousy, but speaks
If not all members of one community is at its highest potential, how can an individual rise up? Once all individuals are at their best, then the whole community can rise up. I had never thought about this idea up until this lecture. The video “Me or We” had me reflecting on which side I favored. I grew up learning about individualism through implicit learning. When I was younger I was taught that I should think about others before I take action. Then I grew up and learning that some people take advantage of others and use it for their gain. Now I have the mentality to think about myself before others, as long as I am not hurting them or myself. I have changed to more of an individualistic …show more content…
She came here with no money, no friends, and no understanding of the English language. To her, coming to the United States was a choice that made her life so much better for her and her family in Honduras. Now 26 years has passed and she does not fluently speak English. She has tried, I remember seeing the “Ingles Sin Barreras”, similar to Rosetta Stone, cassettes and videos, but learning another language as an adult is hard, but not impossible. She can speak English somewhat but to some people her English is incomprehensible, to others they can pick up some words and have a decent conversation with her. I bring this up because now that all of my sisters have moved out of the house, my mom does not have that “translator” anymore. Ever since we were young, we had to interpret for our mom and translate things that sometimes we wouldnt understand. Now she is 56, living alone and she even said that she was going to transfer doctors because the primary doctor that she visits speaks English only, and while translators are a possibility, they take time to get them. If you call, for example the Department of Human Assistance, your call wait times can range from 5-10 minutes if you ask in English, but if you ask for Spanish, the wait time is even longer, and sometimes your call gets dropped, due to the transfer to a Spanish speaking representative. My mom would rather go to a doctor who is lousy, but speaks