My Worldview: The Core Program

The Core Program has challenged my worldviews in many ways. Not only has the Core Program make me question what I believe, but it has also helped me really think about the reasons behind my worldview and the beliefs that I hold close. One of the very first things that I have learned in core is the value of family. How important it is to stay grounded to your roots and always protect the ones you love. We went on and learned about society how it impacts the level of success that me might one day achieve. Core one was designed to make us think about us as individuals. It made us question the idea of who we thought we were and what we were wanting to. Core one was all about us. Core two is where I learned about the western civilization. This …show more content…
Core five and six were not the only cores that exposed us to the outside world. Core seven and eight did a nice job of introducing new cultures. Core seven focused on India and their culture. Core seven is where my worldview began to expand. Learning about the different religions that India had was such an eye opening experience because I was able to learn new material rather than hearing the same catholic teachings. In Core we always go back and reference the terms, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Before the Core program I had never heard of these terms. I would say that coming into college I had an ethnocentrism mentality. It was not that I thought that my culture was better but I was very naïve of the world outside of what I was comfortable with. I would find myself learning about the different cultures but never really thought to consider them from their point of view. I would judge the different culture from my own point of view and the customs of my own culture. I knew that there were different cultures and every country had different customs. I had the mentality of not asking why these countries held certain beliefs or customs. Before Core seven and eight I just figured it was just the way it was …show more content…
Family has always been important to me and always will be. Coming from a Hispanic background I grew up around a big family. I saw how important it was to help one another out. I remember living with my cousins and there is not a moment where we did not have two families living together. As we learned in core seven having your extended family close was common in the Latin community. We cherish the value of family. This definitely played a huge role in the value of family. Family to me means being able to provide for you and your family. Family has been a common theme in the core program. One of the best examples that I always like to go back to is the very first book we read, The Glass Castle. This book was full of family values that I relate too. One of them was no matter what happens you must always stand by your family. In the core nine book, Night, we came across this reoccurring theme of family. The book follows Elie and his father as they go through the concentration camps. Elie does everything he can to stick by his fathers side. I personally believe that my family is always together. We all help one another out in life. One of the things that I love is that we all make sure that each one has everything we need. In important part of family for me is being able to work together to achieve something greater in life. This is something that I have always lived by. Having been raised in a Hispanic family you start to