Cross country running is a team or individuals running sport which may consist on running through grass, wooded uphill and downhill areas and sometimes gravel roads. This is a sport men or women of all ages can participate in year round. Many cross runners become involved in the sport during their high school years and continue doing it as a way to stay fit over the years. Cross county running has been around since the beginning of time it was referred to as “hare and hound” or “the paper…
Interpretive research strategies cover the diverse elements of research studies is based upon how “human beings experience, define, organize, and appropriate reality (Van Zoonen 131)”. Ethnography enables the globalization of information based upon tradition, culture, geographical location, and a variety of communication meaning and interpretations from cultures and subcultures. The way in which a gender role can be defined varies when viewing the research at an ethnographic standpoint. The key…
Geert Hofstedes is well known for his research on cross cultural groups and organizations. He developed cultural dimensions theory where he describes national cultures along different dimensions. Each person has their own individual personality, history, and interests. But all people share common human nature which is very social. We use language with collaboration and group competition. There are unwritten rules of how things work from human group to another human group. This is called…
Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing of “Interpreter of Maladies” seeks to illustrate both the difficulty of communication and the differences between cultures. In her short story, Lahiri uses her characters to illustrate these themes using motifs of language, interpretation, and understanding. In her story, Lahiri follows the travels of the Indian-American Das Family on their vacation to India where they meet the taxi driver Mr. Kapasi. As their vacation progresses, readers discover that there are various…
anything in life. My parents have always pushed me to be involved in activities and put forth effort in all that I do. As I have grown up, there have been several lessons I’ve learned from cross country that influenced my choices today. My work ethic in all that I do can relate back to the experiences and values that cross country has taught me. In the hope that I would be a star volleyball player, I urged to play in middle school; however, volleyball is a word that should not be in my category…
Tonight's discussion Chapter 1: Discuss what is meant by the tripartite framework and what is the importance of it? The tripartite framework is a model that is meant to help someone to better understanding how a person’s identity is formed at different levels. The importance of the tripartite framework is, it helps in communication, and in understanding why a person does some certain actions that we might think is not normal, but in their culture, it is. The tripartite framework has three…
We are talking about the film called "Dances with wolves". To understand the plot and context of this film clearly we should mention that it is important to see the film by own. According to Blake (1998), "Dances with Wolves has been called a "revisionist western" - a movie that reversed the traditional roles of Cowboys and Indians. In fact, it is nothing of the sort. However, it is said, "Dances with wolves" is a historical drama about the relationship between a Civil War soldier and a band of…
My story is going to be about my first Cross Country race. I know it’s not that exciting, but it was for me. I met lots of people that day and I made some friends with the other team. Before the race I wallked from the High School to the Elementary. I walked with with Spencer and we talked a little bit. Once I got there I went to the bathrooms close to the concession stand. I changed there, left my stuff at the concessions stand, brought a water bottle with me, and I jogged to the course. Once…
At eleven years old, I stood in the stands with the rest of family, watching my dad cross the finish line of his first marathon. With pain and exhaustion clearly shown on his face, I was absolutely positive that he was insane. How could he have spent the last few months training for this? However, he wasn’t the only one who was crazy, I had seen people crawl, on their hands and knees, just to make through that race. I didn’t understand why all of these people were willing to do this to…
My feet bounce off the terrain as pure adrenaline pounds through my entire body. My ponytail tugs on my scalp as it swings from side to side. Sweat is beading all over my face and every once and awhile a salty bead of sweat rolls down my face. In this moment my head is completely clear and I am completely focused. To many people running is a punishment, but to me it is the complete opposite. To me running is an escape from the world, something that saves me from drowning in the hectic world in…