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The course objectives outline goals that we should be able to achieve by the end of the semester. This course’s lessons will help me in that I will be able to utilize what I’ve learned while engaging and interacting with people from other cultures. Every day, we will interact with people from all backgrounds because we live in a huge melting pot. As a result, it is critical to be interculturally competent in order to demonstrate respect and inclusiveness. I aim to get a greater understanding of various cultures as a result of this course, as well as abilities that will help me to communicate and engage with individuals who are different from myself. To guarantee my success in this course, I will keep track of my notes and study each chapter completely. In addition, I will strive to incorporate the knowledge I acquire from this class into my daily life so that I may gradually improve those abilities. Most importantly I will make sure that I stay ahead of and on track with the schedule.

I choose this cartoon because it represents different cultures but also highlights how similar we are as humans in so many ways. I felt that this cartoon relates a lot to the intercultural sensitivity model reading. I loved the fact I believe that the children show Elmo is perfect for representing diversity. In this representation, it is easy for any individual to see how similar we are. While we may have different cultures we are the same.

Blog 2:

Being prosperous means you have a life worth living. It means your internal and external worlds are congruent. It means you have deep and loving relationships. It means you’re making the world a better place and helping others prosper as well. Being optimistic is good for you. It improves your emotional well-being, fosters better relationships, and provides protection against adverse events. It can, in many circumstances, lead to better health.
People who are optimistic generally have a higher level of self-esteem and confidence than people who are pessimistic. Because they tend to focus on positive aspects of things, optimists are happier, have higher rates of life and career satisfaction, and have lower rates of depression than pessimists. Through recognition, I will be able identity of someone or something or person from previous encounters or knowledge. the act of recognizing or fact of being recognized. The definition of compassion is having a sympathetic concern for the suffering of others. Compassion is a positive emotion that has a lot to do with being thoughtful and decent toward other people in our lives. It is responding to others with understanding, patience and kindness. Compassion means temporarily suspending judgment so that you can appreciate others’ perspectives or situations when they are different from your own. Kindness is being friendly, generous, and considerate to others and yourself. Being kind often requires courage and strength, as it involves the willingness to celebrate and give attention to someone else. It is also about giving honest feedback when doing so is helpful to the other person.Even small acts of kindness create feelings of self-worth and belonging. Acts of kindness increase energy and give a wonderful feeling of optimism. Increased Feelings of Gratitude – Children learn to appreciate what they have when helping those less fortunate.Wisdom is the virtue of good judgement. … Wise values begin by recognizing the interrelatedness of all things and follow these mutual influences to great length. This leads to openness to experience, widening of personal concerns, and a desire to increase the well-being of all. Honesty is demonstrated by what we say and by what we do. … It impacts our entire life; our jobs, our relationships, our own feelings about ourselves and the actions we take.It can move us forward and allow us to feel good about what we do.Value freedom refers to the ability of researchers to keep their own personal biases and opinions out of the research which they are conducting.Self-respect It means knowing what you stand for and what your values are, and being accepting of both your strengths and weaknesses. Self-respect is an inner quality that each individual must take time to develop. Self-worth is the internal sense of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging from others. Self-worth is often confused with self-esteem, which relies on external factors such as successes and achievements to define worth and can often be inconsistent leading to someone struggling with feeling worthy. Value learning is a complicated process of acquiring personal values as motivational goals and principles that guide behavior (Schwartz 1992). Values are gained in the process of socialization and represent more or less stable personal characteristics. Learning new things gives us a feeling of accomplishment which, in turn, boosts our confidence in our own capabilities; you’ll also feel more ready to take on challenges and explore new business ventures. Acquiring new skills will unveil new opportunities and help you find innovative solutions to problems.