Reflection 1/21-23

Although I missed class on Tuesday, what I got from the weekly readings was about how we as a nation has developed with cultural diversity. We as a whole are need to and should start learning how to communicate better with other cultures and not feel that they should learn how to speak English so that they can communicate with us. I feel that is very true because we need them before they need us. Also, the main thing that I learned is that we as nation over time started to become more individualism based as time progressed. This happened as more free souls started to have a voice with the public. I feel that, that is a good thing that our country started to progressive towards a individualistic mindset. However, this is all good but I feel this is where the government felt it was ok for them to control us more because we all are individuals in our right. Its almost like a teacher in a classroom, if her class does what she says she's happy and doesn't stress but when she gets a class with a personality it becomes stressful and needs to place more rules in place to keep her class in line.

Family Tree

Within my family we usually consult with one another if we have a problem or want to know something. There is no real elder in my family that most families have. Everyone usually goes to my mother if they have something to talk about. So its fair to say that most of what I know comes from my mother. Most of my morals and the way that I view certain things in life has been influenced by my mother. She has taught me and my siblings pretty much everything that we know. I would say that she got what she knows from her grandmother who is no longer here with us she left us in 1999 and she helped raise my mom. I really cant go any further back than my great grandmother. However, I learned a lot from my mother which has really helped me in my development in becoming a man.

Goals

My goals for this Intercultural Communication class are fairly simple in my eyes. I feel that I want to broaden my view of other cultures. I feel that it is important to understand much more than what life initially gives us. I think I'll have a better appreciation for another culture, sex, and or ethnicity once I have completed this class. Another goal I have for this class to become a better individual. I feel that when any one person is going through a new experience they should want to become a better individual. This class WILL be a new experience, a class where no subject is off limits? This class will be interesting I can say that for sure. I believe I will leave with a new perspective on life.