TA5

After completing module 5 assignment to seek out discrepancies between parental values and my own values I found that I held a lot of their values. I still had some values that I held on my own and that my parents did not instill that in myself. However, there were a few statements that I nor my parents held to be true such as “People should be evaluated by what they achieved and no by who they are”. My parents always told my brother and I growing up they would rather have kind and respectful e children than A+ student. While working in the schools I found myself instilling the same idea to my kids. Of course, work hard and always try your best, but first and foremost be kind. People won’t remember you got an A in algebra in 7^th grade, but they will remember how you treated them. I find that as I have gotten older I hold more of the same values my parents do.

TA4

I consider my personality traits to be warm and positive. My major traits are agreeableness and openness. Recently I had a hemiplegic migraine (which gives you stroke like symptoms). The migraine subsided, but I found myself still with pain for over a week. Multiple doctor’s trips and several medications later and the migraine is gone. However, it left me feeling weak and tired. No matter how much sleep or rest I had throughout this week I still felt completely exhausted. My anger was intensified, my anxiety increased, and I felt extremely vulnerable. They let me know it would take time getting back to normal, but the waiting got to me. If the pain wouldn’t have gone away I knew it would be an easy slip from my normal happy self to somewhat depressed.

TA3

Every culture struggles with different psychological disorders. In our culture in the United States depression is on the rise and many adults as well as young adults struggle with how to cope. Our generation has become more understanding to this psychological disorder compared to generations past. More teens are willing to share their stories of depression and how they are dealing with it in a positive light. We must not look as these disorders as something that is bad, but understand that everyone struggles with something different. To understand it we must know more about it and talk about it frequently.

TA2

I interviewed my fiancé for this portion because I know he has a background in women’s studies and I wanted to see how our answers compared. When asking him he wasn’t able to roll it off his tongue. I found that his was using his past experiences when considering the roles. For example, when thinking about chef he almost said female because he’s had female superiors. When asked about school teacher he said male because he stated he went to school for teaching and considered it to be more of a male role even though there are more females that teach in our area. For the most part, we both chose more “male” roles than we originally thought we would. He did surprise me when he chose makeup artist to be male when I am a makeup artist.

TA1

It’s hard to capture culture. However, I feel as if this picture represents it best. It accurately displays diversify and how each and every one of us are unique. I felt immediately drawn to this particular picture not only for the different languages displayed but also a ratio of men and women. We should should always strive to be more culturally aware. It is one of the key takeaways from this course.