ASSIGNMENTS DUE on SEPT 22nd

Interview

Criteria

·         Interview is complete, includes student reflection

·         Timely completion

·         Provides a good sense of the student’s strengths/challenges coming into the class

·         DUE DATE: September 22, 2014

I asked to my friends and my sister about how they think I am and my strengths and weakness. One friend describes me with the Korean idiom, Wae Yu Nae Gang, which means being gentle to others and in appearance, but sturdy in spirit. People said I have a kind mind, and know how precious the people around me are. I am social and have a good relationship with people. I am a good listener, and I am confident and I have a high esteem. I’m strong and don’t give up easily. I am passionate about what I want to do and learn, and I am independent so that I could come to US alone, and go school. I am sincere and responsible. I’m good at self care and treatment, and do exercise regularly and take vitamins. I’m good at music and playing the instruments. I do a proper invest in myself and buy good things for me sometimes. I am mature than other people in my age. People also told me about my weakness. I am delicate and hesitate to act and behave get out of rules. I think too much to make a decision, and worry about something before it happens. I try to do everything by myself, so I need to ask to others to get help. I need to be more punctual, and I’m not good at dancing.

Interviewing about myself was really great opportunity to know about who I am. After I could hear my strengths and weakness from close people, I could find my strengths and weakness which I didn’t aware of by myself. I feel like I became a better person after I heard my strengths, I became more confident and I feel happy that people acknowledge my strengths. I also thought I should keep try hard to keep my strengths with me. Also, I thought I should be careful to not people feel uncomfortable because of my weakness. I should try to correct my weakness.

Cultural Assessment

The purpose of this assignment is to identify your “collective me” that has shaped your social identity. Choose 5 items that represent your social identities (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, social class, nationality, age, size) that have influenced your worldview or behavior. These items might include photographs, pieces of art, jewelry, piece of clothing, or anything you believe has significant influence on how you perceive and behave in the world.  

- Bible: Bible shows my religion. I am a Christian, and grown up with Christian family.

- Korean ornament: shows my nationality

- Folding fan with traditional pattern: This shows my race and ethnicity because several Asian countries have a similar pattern.

- Jewelry: I like jewelry, and it shows my gender and age.

- Piano, guitar: I like music and I like to play the instruments.

Criteria for evaluation

·    Write brief paragraph to explain your cultural self-assessment

·    Share with the class (based on your personal comfort level) items and aspects of your cultural self-assessment

·    Thoughtful reflection and sharing

·    Completion of reflective blog post on activity

·    DUE DATE: September 22, 2014

I was born and raised in Korea which is one of the countries in Asia. Politeness is really important in my culture, so I try to be polite to strangers and elders. In Korea, I use the honorific word to elders and bow instead of waving hands. Making a direct eye contact considered impolite behavior, which is opposite from US. When I am about to having a dinner together with my grandparents or my parents, I wait for them to start eating because it is impolite to start eating before the elder starts to eat. Also, my culture values the community like family, company, school and so on. I consider my family first in my life. There is a MT culture in my countries college. MT is short for membership training. When I was a freshman in Korea, every grade in the same major gathered together and went on a trip before the semester started. Students eat BBQ, drink a lot and play the games together to know each other and tighten the bonds. There are also several MT’s during the semester.