Growing up has helped me understand that not everyone is like I am. Every person in this world has their own set of beliefs and ideals. I have never had a problem when it comes to meeting strangers; I mean at a certain point your best friend was a stranger once. I believe that meeting and interacting with new people is very important for our development in life. Culture does not make a difference for me when it comes to meeting people.
However, they tend to interfere with school, are highly routinized, have no room for personal growth, creativity, initiative, and no entrepreneurship opportunities. Which is something people definitely need to learn at a young age. He also states that they tend to accustom teens to pursue stuff that pays off instantly as opposed to teaching them to making long-term goals and working to achieve such goals. “McDonald’s is bad for your kids.” This short, but impacting sentence opens up Etzioni’s essay, and describes as a whole what he is trying to say throughout the whole piece. He isn’t speaking about the food affecting children’s health, however.
When first arriving to college, students don’t have the mandatory push that parents and teachers used to give. We are now on our own and for those that lack survival skills, it can be detrimental. For example, there are a lot of things that students don’t know how to do their selves. This can include washing clothes, cooking food, handling money and even time management skills. Without these skills, students can become overwhelmed and retain poor grades in their classes.
I’ve learnt that these children do not have patience or respect, while I was trying to teach they a story they were squirming round like pigs. I’ve also learnt to not prejudice about the different type of people in this town, and that some folks can’t afford to even have any lunch! Students in my class such as Scout show courage though, I know I must have been intimidating just after I told her off and yet she still came and told me about how I shouldn’t mess with Walter cause he was a Cunningham. My day has been full of experiences Prue, that I’m sure I won’t forget anytime soon. First of all, I had
Our coach would always tell us we were a “cut from a different bread”, we were not just your average joe high schooler, we were model students as well top athletes. The beautiful part of being in such a tight-knit community is that although your environment might change, your friends and support system do not. Balancing school and athletics was difficult, us athletes did not have the luxury of having ample free time to study or go to tutoring. Instead, we dealt with it the only way we knew how, we helped each other. It was common for players to hold study groups after practice, and usually, I was involved in some way or form.
I had a hard time adjusting to a new environment, so I became extremely shy when before I was more at outgoing. I felt invisible. One of my friends who was also in the Esol program also got placed in the regular classroom. We had different classes but shared the same lunch period. So I didn’t feel so alone.
Culture The term norm means the standard of behavior. In the television show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air there is a family that lives in a very wealthy upscale community. They’re expected to be overly polite for example when sitting at a dinner table you are to never have elbows on the table while eating. Most of the time this family is always wearing nice clothing and sometimes are even overly dressed to eat just dinner with same people that they live with it. This type of norm is slightly different from my norm; such as the neighborhood for one.
With all the technology found in common households, people can do just about anything from their home. As a result, people become lazy and don’t even feel the need to leave their homes to find entertainment and fun things that used to be fun, such as playing sports at the park, meeting friends at a restaurant or coffee shop, or even getting together to play board games. People no longer need to go out to shop for clothes or appliances when they can simply go online and buy whatever they want. This is not always a bad thing, but most people take it too far because they find it to be more convenient than going to the store. Even technology in cars makes people lazy.
One of my mentees told me that he would skip school because the other students would pick on him. I’m glad that he can learn without fear out being bullied. Uniforms have brought forth an opportunity for all students to work together without being judged by other students about what clothes are being worn. The only thing that matters is knowledge. Instead of students focusing on what the next student has on, they are paying more attention to their studies.
Community service is something every person should experience in there lives. People see community service as boring and pointless. I have done community service many times and I agree that it is very boring but not pointless. Kids in junior high and in high school do not see the full picture. Community service affects many people around you.