90% of culture is considered “below the surface”, or, not immediately visible to human eyes. This includes thing, such as the importance of time, work ethic, and concepts of fairness. Other “below the surface” elements are listed here:
• Concept of Leadership
• Importance of time
• Religious beliefs
• Work ethic
• Nature of friendship
• Concept of personal space
• Manners/etiquette
• Facial expressions
• Gestures (meaning of facial expressions & gestures vary)
• Values
• Concept of beauty
• Eating Habits
• Concept of fairness
Choose one element of culture listed above and write a response paper based on the following prompts:
1) How does your home culture practice this cultural element? What do they believe about it? How has this cultural element been “programmed” in your own life?
2) How have you experienced his cultural element at LCC? How has it been the same? How has it been different?
Paragraph Structure:
- Paragraph 1: Introduce the cultural element you would like to talk about, i.e. eating habits, fairness, etc.
- Paragraph 2: How does your home culture practice this cultural element? What do they believe about this cultural element?
- Paragraph 3: How has this cultural element been “programmed” into your own life? Give an example.
- Paragraph 4: How have you experienced different versions of this cultural element at LCC? Give an example.
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