Culture

Taking engagement pictures is part of my culture. For some reason we take pictures to "show how in love we are". This is a social norm. If you don't take engagement pictures, lots of people get angry. 

In my culture, if two girls are seen wearing dresses or skirts together, people ask if they are sister missionaries.

A cultural event: going to a pumpkin patch during the month of October.

Language: puns. 

Food: Mexican food is a large part of my personal culture. I will eat tacos every single day.

Organization: In my culture, each day is scheduled whether or not I follow that schedule is a different story.

It is very common to have multiple tabs and programs open because my culture thrives on the false idea of "multitasking". 

Holiday: Valentine's Day is not complete without passing out Valentine's day cards to everyone you know with a cheesy poem on it.

My culture celebrates the "promotion" from 8th grade/middle school to 9th grade/high school. Education is valued in my culture.

My culture involves men and women working together in the home, especially taking the turkey out of the oven during Thanksgiving (another cultural event).

My culture believes in God and that families can be together forever. This belief is reflected in temples. 

My culture places high value on marriage. 

One of the cultural norms is to take selfies, but not just any selfie but one with the dog filter on Snapchat.

In my culture, technology is valued, children learn at a young age how to use different devices.

Language: My culture includes English and Spanish. You also can see the use of the thumbs up which is a gesture used often in my culture.

My culture believes in the idea of "don't worry, be happy."

From looking at my artifacts, my culture is very interesting. There is a lot of emphasis on the family unit. Holidays are a very important part of my culture as well. Humor is also a factor in the creation of this culture. I think that the organizational part of my culture will be helpful in the classroom because things will be organized and hopefully confusion will be avoided. Students will know when things are due and what is on the agenda for the day. My culture's passion for holidays may serve as a hinderance in the classroom because it would distract from classroom learning. Overall, the language of my culture will help in the classroom. There will be humor which creates a fun learning environment and it will not be an English-only atmosphere. Granted, it will not be a bilingual school so there will be some hinderance because assignments and books will not be in a different language but students could come up after class and ask questions. This has been a fun assignment because I looked through many of my pictures and could easily see how culturally-based my life is.