One of the things that I noticed was there were many of the same ideas of cross-cultural research, the subject matter was the same, however, the idea’s and direction of research was very different in nature… This was a fun read for me… This was eye opening on how many humanistic type researches these young adults wanted to … reading this discussion board was eye-opening to the new research ideas that could help society as a whole… one thing I do like is a new way of making things better…

The fellowship between men and young adults is looking for the fellowship of “friendly loving people”. Working with juveniles who are in legal trouble or just being released for prison means so much to what career I want to pursue is why fellowship is vital for juveniles. My hearts go out to juveniles not only most juveniles come from broken homes. They include a lack of resources to provide adequate juvenile defense, a patchwork of disparate juvenile justice systems and local laws throughout the United States, and, in many courtrooms, a rushed, assembly-line style “like the auto lines’ of juvenile justice. The main reason for the career choice is, I was a victim of 2 juveniles in 2009. I will never forget my thinking during the sentencing period. These young men of the ages of 14 and 16, never had the opportunity of having a productive life, no one was there to prevent them from making bad choices in life. “The idea that a kid can be in front of a judge and could be locked up with no lawyer there to defend him. I think most people are shocked by that notion,” and this was exactly my thinking. These kids need more fellowship with men who are willing to spend time with the ones, who we all know need it. One of the main reason of earning a degree is to show our youth, you can overcome all obstacles is possible, you do not have to commit crimes to earn money. My parents are very supportive of going to school and my career choice, even at a “beautiful” age of 48. Just the encouragement of saying you can do this, especially in an embarrassing time of re-evaluating your life.  

I truly look forward to any class that would improve my critical thinking. Looking through the course outline I noticed one key thing that really caught my eye besides, “if there is a power outage on a given day/time, I need to make sure I take the exam earlier and you will not extend any time for the exam” hopefully I will not have this problem… Lol . Under the heading “Course Objectives” it stated to have an understanding of cultural diversity and the impact of culture on human life. I expect to learn some new ways of looking at culture and to educate me more on diversity, which I feel is a key element needed in today’s society. I plan to get very familiar with the definitions of the topics, sometimes we tend to assume we know the meaning of the topics and it is not the case. It was very interesting on how the book compared 1904 to our current time, I must have read that several times. This truly showed us how the world has changed and will continue to change. The 1st Chapter tells us about the difference between “Society” and“Culture” this was a very interesting portion of the 1st Chapter. I look forward to putting a great effort to learn and have fun on my very first online class…