Blog post 29
This semester opened my eyes to the world and how it really is. I learned that the world is a lot worse than I thought it was. This class helped me realize that humans need to step up their game and improve the world for those less fortunate. My favorite topic was the population unit. I liked learning about population because it gave me perspective on the size of the earth. There is no memorable or stand out class, because all of them were great.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Blog 28
1. What have you learned about Dinka culture?
1. What have you learned about Dinka culture?
I have learned that Dinka culture is a very different from any culture I have seen before. It is very different.
2. What markers from the film are representative of Dinka culture?
Markers include music, dance, food, clothing, and language.
3. Of American culture?
American culture includes music, fashion, food, partying, and language lingos/different pronunciations of words and phrases
4. What values do the Lost Boys hold?
3. Of American culture?
American culture includes music, fashion, food, partying, and language lingos/different pronunciations of words and phrases
4. What values do the Lost Boys hold?
They value education, community, family, faith, and hard work.
5. How do those values compare with your own?
I have the exact same values
6. What questions and fears do the Lost Boys have about life in the U.S.?
5. How do those values compare with your own?
I have the exact same values
6. What questions and fears do the Lost Boys have about life in the U.S.?
They have questions and fears related to technology, cultural practices, and food.
7. What questions and fears would you have if you were moving to a new place?
I would wonder if I would be able to fit in to the culture
8. What differences do you see between Dinka culture and American culture?
The Dinka and American cultures are very different. Dinka has more wholesome and important values than Americans
9. What are some of the challenges the Lost Boys encounter?
7. What questions and fears would you have if you were moving to a new place?
I would wonder if I would be able to fit in to the culture
8. What differences do you see between Dinka culture and American culture?
The Dinka and American cultures are very different. Dinka has more wholesome and important values than Americans
9. What are some of the challenges the Lost Boys encounter?
Challenges include learning a new culture, figuring out how to get around in the U.S., finding jobs, pursuing education, and making friends.
10. How do they adapt to life in the United States (think in terms of both assimilation and acculturation?
10. How do they adapt to life in the United States (think in terms of both assimilation and acculturation?
Assimilation: clothing, improvising English/adopting American slang, not holding hands in public or traveling in groups. Acculturation: eating traditional food, song, dance, attending reunions.
11. How do you think you would adapt to life in a new country?
I think that it would be very hard to adapt to a new country and try to make a new life
12. A benefit of this documentary lies in the opportunity to view our own (American) culture through the eyes of the Dinka. What aspects of our culture, which we may or may not take for granted, could potentially make immigrants feel marginalized or not a part of the American culture?
We take our freedom and economic largess for granted, while the Dinka have very little of both.
13. What scene(s) or ideas presented in the film stood out to you? Why
The scene that stood out to me was when the tall guy (I think his name is John) used his money to get his family across the ocean to the U.S.A.
14. Was there anything that surprised you as you watched the film? Detail one thing that you took away from the film study.
The one time the guy got arrested for running away and going insane. I thought that the law would be more leniant.
11. How do you think you would adapt to life in a new country?
I think that it would be very hard to adapt to a new country and try to make a new life
12. A benefit of this documentary lies in the opportunity to view our own (American) culture through the eyes of the Dinka. What aspects of our culture, which we may or may not take for granted, could potentially make immigrants feel marginalized or not a part of the American culture?
We take our freedom and economic largess for granted, while the Dinka have very little of both.
13. What scene(s) or ideas presented in the film stood out to you? Why
The scene that stood out to me was when the tall guy (I think his name is John) used his money to get his family across the ocean to the U.S.A.
14. Was there anything that surprised you as you watched the film? Detail one thing that you took away from the film study.
The one time the guy got arrested for running away and going insane. I thought that the law would be more leniant.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Blog 27
1. In what ways to the boys eat differently than average Americans?
They eat weird and unnatural foods, they eat with there hands
2. What was John’s job at the age of 13?
He buried dead bodies
3. How does sleeping in America compare to sleeping at the refugee camp?
They get to sleep in comfortable mattresses instead of the ground
4. How many months of assistance does the government provide? What happens after that time?
3 months
5. What holiday traditions do the boys want to know the meaning of?
They don't understand Christmas and Santa and Christmas Trees.
6. What is John scared of doing? Why?
He was scared of ice skating because the force of gravity would act on his lanky body.
7. What are John’s jobs?
He is packing gaskets and he is working at McDonalds
8. What is Daniel’s job?
He processes checks at a bank
9. Why does Daniel think life in America is tough?
Because everyone and everything is different and you have to adapt.
10. What do the boys think of Americans?
They think that Americans are not kind people
11. Why do merchants file a complain with the police?
They feel intimidated by the boys traveling in groups
12. How are the lost boys feeling 1 year in America?
They feel lonely
1. In what ways to the boys eat differently than average Americans?
They eat weird and unnatural foods, they eat with there hands
2. What was John’s job at the age of 13?
He buried dead bodies
3. How does sleeping in America compare to sleeping at the refugee camp?
They get to sleep in comfortable mattresses instead of the ground
4. How many months of assistance does the government provide? What happens after that time?
3 months
5. What holiday traditions do the boys want to know the meaning of?
They don't understand Christmas and Santa and Christmas Trees.
6. What is John scared of doing? Why?
He was scared of ice skating because the force of gravity would act on his lanky body.
7. What are John’s jobs?
He is packing gaskets and he is working at McDonalds
8. What is Daniel’s job?
He processes checks at a bank
9. Why does Daniel think life in America is tough?
Because everyone and everything is different and you have to adapt.
10. What do the boys think of Americans?
They think that Americans are not kind people
11. Why do merchants file a complain with the police?
They feel intimidated by the boys traveling in groups
12. How are the lost boys feeling 1 year in America?
They feel lonely
Monday, January 13, 2020
Blog 26
1. How many people lost their lives from the civil war in Sudan?
2 million2. Who are the Lost Boys?
Young boys who walked thousand of miles to escape the war.3. What two things started the civil war in Sudan?
Religion and oil started the war.
4. Who was fighting in the war?
Arabs in the north and black christians in the south.
5. What hardships did the boys face on their journey to Ethiopia?
The boys faced starvation, lack of water, hyenas, lion attacks, and bombings
6.What happened to the refugee camp at Ethiopia?
The government failed and they had to escape again.
7. How many years did the Lost Boys walk total after the attacks on the villages?
The boys walked for five years.
1. How many people lost their lives from the civil war in Sudan?
2 million2. Who are the Lost Boys?
Young boys who walked thousand of miles to escape the war.3. What two things started the civil war in Sudan?
Religion and oil started the war.
4. Who was fighting in the war?
Arabs in the north and black christians in the south.
5. What hardships did the boys face on their journey to Ethiopia?
The boys faced starvation, lack of water, hyenas, lion attacks, and bombings
6.What happened to the refugee camp at Ethiopia?
The government failed and they had to escape again.
7. How many years did the Lost Boys walk total after the attacks on the villages?
The boys walked for five years.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Blog post 25
LO1: Define Migration, immigrant, emigrant, push/pull factors
Migration- Movement of an object/animal/person from one place to another
immigrant- A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
emigrant- A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
push/pull factor- Factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them
LO2: Evaluate the combination of reasons as to why groups of people migrate
The reasons that cause individuals/groups of people to migration are lack of work, wars inside or outside a country that affects said country, insufficient government, discrimination, and to reconnect with family
LO3: Establish migratory trends around the world
- Migration can be divided into two categories
- Internal migration - a permanent move from on county to another
- Voluntary- moving at your own will
- Forced- moving against your own will
- Internal migration- happens in the same country
- Interregional
- Intraregional
- Approximately 9 percent of the worlds people are international migrants
- Global pattern reflects migration tendencies from developing countries to developed countries
- Net-out migration
- Asia, Latin America, and Africa
- Net-in migration
- North America, Europe, Oceania
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