The basic objectives of this course: American Cultural Experience was to basically understand American culture better‚ at least that is what I am getting from it. I don’t believe that you can understand another countries culture‚ unless you understand your own‚ so this class is helping me understand my own culture. I believe that the course has addressed questions like “what does it mean to be an American” very well‚ and through that I feel that I am understanding my country’s culture better. One
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Although we may have a low number of citizens averaging the third smallest state population wise we still had several different cultural differences within the community’s. For instance my town we have a steady population of Caucasian people and Hispanic people with a minority of Native American‚ Asian and African American within. The state alone has many more cultural ethnics within but we still maintain a steady bias of Caucasian and Hispanic. The big issue at the time is that in the past Hispanics
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What is a cultural ritual that conveys something about the culture? The culture of the United States of America is essentially Western‚ yet is affected by African‚ Native American‚ Asian‚ Polynesian‚ and Latin American societies. A strand of what might be portrayed as American society began its development once again 10‚000 years back with the movement of Paleo-Indians from Asia‚ Oceania‚ and Europe‚ into the district that is today the mainland United States. The United States of America has its
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Chinese and American Cultural Differences There are many differences in eastern and western culture. Eastern and western cultures have different views on the way an individual views him or herself. The types of friendships and relationships individuals have with others. Family life including how many children each culture has. How each culture views oneself and differ will be examined. Americans are taught from a young age to be individualists. American individuals are often
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2/24/11 Essay 3 Draft 1 Influences of Dominant Cultures There are many historical stories and daily events where we can see influences of dominant cultures. When a dominant power controls a minority power‚ there can have some positive effects; however‚ most of the influences are negative. The memoir‚ When I Was Puerto Rican‚ by Esmeralda Santiago‚ is a great example of how the majority can have a variety of influences on the minority. The influences of a dominant culture on others can cause some limitations
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Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect
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In the first activity‚ we came to conclusion that one arm in fact was stronger than the other. Everyone’s dominant arm took more time to fatigue‚ which means it‚ stronger. I believe this was the case because the dominant arm is used more. More tension and pressures is put on this arm and it becomes stronger. However‚ according to the maximum clench force‚ the non-dominant arm is the stronger one. This proves the hypothesis wrong. The procedure might have been done wrong and that is why this is he
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Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance What pattern will inheritance follow? Why is it important? Always follow patterns? Rule of Probability In tossing a coin the odds of either a head or tail is always 50%. The outcome is unaffected by the previous attempt. If 2 coins are tossed‚ each will be dependent of the other HH‚ HT‚ TH‚ TT (Probability is 25% or ¼) The rules also hold true for genetics due to the law of independent assortment. Each alternative type of outcome in a gene acts independently
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rid of to-be verb) Nobody would believe that Kevin Wu could be the dominant epic hero over Odysseus‚ but while Kevin and Odysseus share certain traits‚ Kevin’s superiority in epic heroism (changed from heroicness to heroism) controls over that of Odysseus. A hero isn’t self-serving‚ never boasts and never needs help. Odysseus fits all those categories. (Tried to avoid asking a question) Although Odysseus seems to be a dominant epic hero‚ Kevin Wu is more prominent as the hero because of his characteristics
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English‚ which is spoken by 1.9 billon of the world’s population as their first language (Redman‚ 2004)‚ has been spreading rapidly in the world since the British Industrial Revolution and colonialism in many continents such as Asia‚ Africa and North America during the 18th century (Lavot‚ 2000). As the influence of English is increasing‚ some linguists think that it is a natural process of successful international communication. However‚ many other languages are also dying out at an accelerating
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