A 4

Appearance: Wearing a pirate outfit to work, when it is not Halloween.

Interpersonal Behavior: Walking around saying grrrrrr, to every person I met and asking them if they have seen my booty (gold).

Social Etiquette: Acting drunk in public with a fake bottle of rum.

• I have violated so many social norms that day, that I probably should have went to jail for public indecency. Typically, people don’t dress up and act like pirates unless it is Halloween or a Comicon event. Also, my fake bottle that said “Rum” on it wasn’t real, it is not a good look to be publicly intoxicated.  I have notice that depending on the type of group I encounter, I get very different reactions. I had elderly men give me sour looks, while young kids enjoyed my little stunt. Women and men that are roughly around ,my age thought it was a funny gesture and pretty cool that I would be so brave. I was honestly more surprise though at my boss. She seemed to be amused but yet, she tried to act also if I was doing something normal. Maybe it was the professional side that didn’t want to get a 30 minute explanation why I am wearing an eye-patch and a hook. Maybe she understand it is college and there isn’t much that surprises her anymore. The world may never know. What I do know, is that conformity can be a good and bad thing. we want to make decisions as a collective and make progress for the future. But at the same time, we should be able to express ourselves freely as individuals, regardless if it makes some people uncomfortable. Some of the greatest thinkers in the world were very odd individuals. but it was the free thought that allowed us to live in the world we are in today.

A3

Stereotypes, over time has changed, which inevitable in this country. I say this because, each generation become more informed about the different ethnic groups that live in this great country. I remember talking with my wife while on Old Dominion University campus. I told her this is what it is all about. White young men and women interacting inside and outside of a class room. Exchanging their own culture with each other, along with their ideals and dreams. Stereotyping comes from ignorance. It is what we lack in understanding that form these conclusions that we make up in our heads. As a black man, I have heard all the negative stereotype. They said that my ancestors was lazy, angry, violent, stupid, and so on. But as the exchange of different cultures, I can see in front of me the positive stereotypes become more prominent. I hear that we are athletic, musical, artistic, driven, and religious. I chose this “top artifact” because this really helped part of the course really help me understand where prejudice and stereotypes come from. It is easy to assume you know everything you need to know about a particular group, but you can never understand other value unless you truly try to get to know them with na open mind and open heart.

A2 (module 5)

A1 (module 3)

In this module I recruited 4 individuals that help give me a better perspective to the questions, “do similarity’s lead to attraction and does opposites attract?” The first question render a 3/1 for similarities lead to attraction. I believe this is true because, when searching for a mate, your initial attraction might be superficial. But when it comes to dating past a couple weeks, you find there needs to be more substance in order to keep it going. My wife and I seemed very different at first, which maybe in support of the second question but it was the similarities that kept us together even in the most beginning stages of our relationship. Our similar backgrounds gave us more to talk about, especially when talking about out goals and dreams. the second question had gotten a whopping 1/4 for agrreing that opposites do attract. Now my mother and father would agree totally about this. the thought that a potentially lazy man, would have the ability to attract a hard working women, is beyond my comprehension. But I see this similar situation all the time. I have seen a less then fit man, with an athletic build woman. I have seen a woman of science, be married to a man of great faith. A traditional Japanese woman, with a party craze navy sailor from California. It is quite the phenomenon  to see this, but I think at the root of these relationships, there are similar values. Also, I think that the idea of opposites attracting one another may be due to the feeling of completeness. My wife is a very smart woman, who has the ability to see the good in people. O on the other hand, because of my upbringing have a very hard time get close to people, because I understand what they are capable of. She balance my judgement when it comes to certain things, and that is truly important to be able to grow as person and a spouse.