Secondary Culture
MLO 3.1 Students describe concepts of culture and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with the second culture.
MLO 3.2 Students will analyze and make connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
MLO 3.2 Students will analyze and make connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
Courses Taken:
SPAN 308 Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US
SPAN 308 Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US
Reflective Narrative
Taking SPAN 308 I was able to study about a culture that is a little bit more personal to myself than Japanese is. I learned about the history and culture of Mexican Americans in the United States. While I did not grow up in California, the California that I do know is dominantly Mexican American. To learn the history and how this culture has been shaped in the past years was fascinating. We did research projects on the people that helped build modern Mexican American culture. One such project I did was on Luis Anza. He was an early governor of New Mexico and set the path for trade and colonization of the Comanche. We also were tasked with interacting on an online forum discussing our views on the required readings. Through these discussions we were able to see many different opinions on what we had read. I was shocked to see how many different interpretations there were on history. Many of these students were born and raised in Mexican Culture, while I have only partially lived in this culture. It was important to me to see how these students viewed Mexican American culture in a more direct way. There were also students who were not personally connected to Mexican American culture who were able to give a perspective that is from the outside. These opinions were meaningful to learn from because I could see how someone viewed this culture from an outside perspective who were able to give opinions that were more based on facts and not emotions. Taking in all of the perspectives were detrimental for me to learn how complex many issues are even when we think these issues are simple.
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