ENC 1101
For essay #3 you have been asked to explore a new community, or sub culture within your university community, so that you may learn new things and then share that information with an audience of peers. The sub cultures on campus are just one of the thousands of different types of communities that exist through out the world, and more often than not, people in general do not expose themselves to other communities out of fear, lack of comfort, unfamiliarity, inability to open up and discover, or experience, a set mind frame of what is right and wrong or acceptable and inacceptable, and many other reasons.
National Geographic airs a show called "Taboo", where different cultures and customs are explored and aired to the world to view. Watch the following clips and write a reaction on your blog. However, you are not to allow your emotions to drive your reaction. Stay away from "Oh my gosh, what the heck was that, that is sooooo gross, I can't believe people do that, that's crazy, what's wrong with them?" Etc, Etc, Etc. I want you to step outside your comfort zone and what YOU have been raised to find acceptable, morally correct, religiously correct, etc. and open up your mind. Allow yourself to learn to appreciate other cultures, other customs, and react to the video using logic and reason as well as a level of maturity. You audience for this entry is the entire Blogger.com world. Anyone could be reading your entry, therefore you must adjust your voice and style so that you may establish credibility for yourself as you engage in a discussion about cultures and communities. You may also use the experiences that you are gaining with the clubs/organizations you are working with, or any other prior experiences you have had in the past, or perhaps encounters you have had with people "from another world" other than yours. What can you learn? What did you learn? Did you allow yourself to learn anything?
For essay #3 you have been asked to explore a new community, or sub culture within your university community, so that you may learn new things and then share that information with an audience of peers. The sub cultures on campus are just one of the thousands of different types of communities that exist through out the world, and more often than not, people in general do not expose themselves to other communities out of fear, lack of comfort, unfamiliarity, inability to open up and discover, or experience, a set mind frame of what is right and wrong or acceptable and inacceptable, and many other reasons.
National Geographic airs a show called "Taboo", where different cultures and customs are explored and aired to the world to view. Watch the following clips and write a reaction on your blog. However, you are not to allow your emotions to drive your reaction. Stay away from "Oh my gosh, what the heck was that, that is sooooo gross, I can't believe people do that, that's crazy, what's wrong with them?" Etc, Etc, Etc. I want you to step outside your comfort zone and what YOU have been raised to find acceptable, morally correct, religiously correct, etc. and open up your mind. Allow yourself to learn to appreciate other cultures, other customs, and react to the video using logic and reason as well as a level of maturity. You audience for this entry is the entire Blogger.com world. Anyone could be reading your entry, therefore you must adjust your voice and style so that you may establish credibility for yourself as you engage in a discussion about cultures and communities. You may also use the experiences that you are gaining with the clubs/organizations you are working with, or any other prior experiences you have had in the past, or perhaps encounters you have had with people "from another world" other than yours. What can you learn? What did you learn? Did you allow yourself to learn anything?
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i dont know if its my computer but i cant view the videos
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