World Cultures!

The definition for culture is: The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. my definition fro culture is short and sweet. A way of living. everyone has their own way of living and it is because of their background. what ever culture you find yourself in, the the unique way of living each day!

World culture has always interested me. There are numerous cultures around the world and no matter how close cultures can be, one little aspect makes it different. I would love to go around the world to live in the shoes of someone of a culture, to see how they live, eat sleep. I will need to add that on my bucket list!

Maybe I don’t need it travel around the world. Living here in the United States you see different cultures every day. From Arab to Chinese. Even though those are nationalities I think of them as cultures to because it’s a way of living, and you follow rules every day. Arab culture has a certain religion they look up to. Marrying young and big families is what I think of when I think of Arab culture. When I think of Chinese cultures I think of china families only allows only on daughter. Is that still true? there are so many other kinds of cultures. some are from pure religion. the Amish and Gypsy’s is another culture which is very interesting but very different!

Not only do I think nationalities are culture so can royalty. I look at culture of a way of living. Royalty is a way of living. Wouldn’t that be cool to live as a princess of a queen for a day ladies? Being respected at the highest level in that country. I don’t know if I would like it for everyday life but I bet they are used to it. This is what I mean! Living in peoples shoes for a couple of days to see what it’s like! We would learn so many things about them in such a short time. Or what about homelessness. I would consider homelessness as a culture because you can be born into it and maybe even become one in the culture. My sociology has actually lived homeless for a period of months to know what it is like to live as someone who was homeless! She didn’t talk about it much, but she said she lived homeless and look at how they interacted, and lived. meaning she ate food off the street, out of garbage cans and dumpsters  no one knew she was pretending to be homeless besides the food pantry ladies and police. she also said she would shower, change her clothes of anything! HOW COOL!!

 

Education and schooling!

     

     Education is a huge part of society in today’s world. If you want to succeed and make money these days, you need school! Education and schooling is a much needed aspect in life. Everyone should get the education they need in some way. There are so many different ways and opportunities to get your education.

     How I got my education was first from starting preschool. I was always excited to go to preschool because I always remember all the games and obstacles that I played every day. I needed my schooling and I started preschool young so went for three years when other goes for two years. Then my mom and dad decided to put me in a catholic school in the city where I lived. Kindergarten was the only grade that didn’t need to wear a uniform so that was cool. But after then I did. It was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was in catholic school up until I was starting 4^th grade. My 4^th grade was in the public schools in the new city I was living in. when we moved my parents asked me if I want to stay in the private school or move to the public school. I chose the public but my older sister decided to stay where she was. I am glad I made that decision because I had more and better opportunities in public school do meet new people and take different classes. In high school I was able to take classes that fit to my personality and interests.

     In public school you were introduced to many different cultures and races. You were able to meet people from different backgrounds and interesting to see a school like that. Sometimes I did wish we had uniforms in public schools because before I was able to get up and put the same thing on every morning where in public school, I had to get up and pick an outfit everyday and make sure I didn’t wear the same thing twice that week. Public school was also a cheaper way to get the education you need to go farther in life.

     Public and private schools are not the only ways to get and education. There are numerous students who are home schooled  It isn’t as popular today but many kids do it. Then there is also online schooling that is done mostly on the computer either at home or in a classroom. Because of all of the different ways to get schooling, no kid should be left out with any education.

 

FOOOOOOOD!

This is going to a little hard know that I am pretty hungry and my mom is making dinner right now. I’M STARVING! Right now she is making her homemade breaded chicken tenders. They are probably one of my favorite dishes she makes. Throughout the years she had always made homemade meals. There are some that I always have her make and then there is some where she doesn’t make them often, mostly because not everyone loves it. It’s hard to decide what to make for dinner when there are five mouths in the house. My mom makes all different kinds of dishes! I have pretty much all of her chicken dishes, and oh we can’t forget about the steak ones! Thank god there are no vegetarians in the house!

Enough of my family, let’s talk about food all over! There are so many types of food places. You can go a hibachi, deli, steakhouse, or the all around Applebee’s. Hibachi is an awesome experience. You have the chance to sit around a hot flat grill while you see your food being cooked right in front of you. The chefs do some crazy stuff which is pretty exciting. They food is really good and you get a ton! Sometimes you even sit with people you don’t even know. That could be a good thing to meet new people or just have that awkward moment of not saying anything. I love to go there in a big group of people because it is always a fun time to catch up and eat great food!

I love going local places to eat as well. One of my favorite places would be Melt Bar and Grilled. they are known for the burgers and there crazy amount of beers. they do not only have burgers but some crazy other sandwiches too! you can chicken of just the plain old Kindergartner which is a grilled cheese!A professional local chef for 18 years and counting, Matt planned to open his own restaurant for quite a while. His concept for Melt—a combination of “comfort food dressed up,” and beer—started from a fairly simple germ. Melt puts a new spin on the same-old bar food and the often predictable selection of brews, and it does so in a setting that provides something for everyone. Try his mantra: Don’t forget to have fun! If you have never been there.. GO! (More About Melt, 2013) http://meltbarandgrilled.com/

Those are just a few of my favorite places to eat and my list can go on and on. but you can never go wrong with mom or dads cooking! unless they really cant cook at all! if not, go to grandmas!

Gender! Class!

When I think of gender, I think of the sociology class I just had! We talked about gender and how we are different. She asked us what life would be like if we were of the opposite sex. I was thinking to myself, there would be a lot of things different. we all had to make a list, and what everyone said got me to think that we are actually very different in out own ways!

It would start with my family. If I was a boy my name would be totally different. It would have been Jack Ryan instead of Alexandra Elizabeth. My mom and dad have always wanted a boy but they got three beautiful girls! Actually we ended up naming my dog Jack! I probably would have been closer to my dad when I was little. I would have played many sports when I was little too. Because my dad played many sports when he was little and throughout school, I would want to take after him. Do not get my wrong I always father daughter time but the time spent would be just a little different.

As I was growing up I was kind of a tom-boy.  Even though I did not play many sports I still dressed kind of boyish. Didn’t we all? But then I became a girly girl. Growing up I would have had the same friends I had. Maybe my personality would have came out a little different and got me in a different clan of people. Maybe I would have ended of more girly at a young age, making me a cheerleader, or on a dance team! If you think back would you change anything? I might have changes a few of my decisions but nothing to extreme because I am truly happy to what i have become.

Now that I am in college I probably would not have chosen the same career choice and major. My major is speech pathology and most of the influence for that was because of my speech pathologist. She was a lady and I would not have thought about going to a male doctor for that. No offense to the males but I could not picture it. Also, my job would not be a tanning salon. There was a guy that worked there but he honestly did not last. In today’s society it just is not typical to walk into a tanning salon and seeing a man behind the counter. Men do tan there; actually it is a 50/50 ratio between men and women!

Well that is my life changes if i was a male, but everyone will have different thoughts. We are meant to be whatever gender we are. No matter what, we will always think some things will be easier for men or women to do depending on the situation. Both genders have their pros and cons but we live with it! We have gotten this far with being a gender type…

WE WILL SURVIVE!