I talked to a visiting professor of our school, a student who is from
U.S., and a local Chinese language teacher.
They all talked about that their present culture is much different from
where they were born. And they struggled a lot to fit themselves in. Their
family and the community they live in request differently to them.
The student said several teachers are the fans of celebrating birthdays
and holidays but some teachers ignore those a lot. This makes him confused a
lot.
Culture is much more complex than I thought and you may see an Asian face
but with very American thinking styles. I must be very careful and do not
sterotype anyone.
Xia,
ReplyDeleteMany times when we are small we are taught a culture that when we grow up we feel like we don't fit in it because the people around us didn't make the effort to keep our culture alive. I say this because one of my friends who speaks fluent Spanish has allowed her children to not speak one word of Spanish. They speak in English and she responds in Spanish. This is not allowing them to have a full view of the culture they have at home and this is dangerous! You are right we need to be careful of not stereotyping anyone I am glad that you are in this class because I can see some issues from your perspective!