I like to think of myself as quite a diverse person at least until I completed the survey assessing my life experiences. As I was going through completing the survey I had one 10, some 7’s, but mostly 1, 2, 3, and 4’s. After this I realized my life is more monocultural then I ever realized. I’ve been to New Orleans, twice, to help rebuild houses and was exposed to an entirely different culture, I’ve had an African American and Hispanic roommates, I’ve been in classes with students with disabilities. These are all things that I was exposed for a short period of time and have never surrounded my self by these experiences long term. I know evaluate myself and how I live and hope to surround myself by more diversity in my everyday life.
Reading the “Could You Survive in Poverty?” survey, my thought was I totally have this. I am such a bargain shopper and hate to spend money. However, that means that I already have the money and am not fighting to survive without it. I was only able to circle two options: I know how to live without a checking account, and I am very good at trading and bartering and can get by with out a car. In the end, I would never be able to survive being in poverty and have a respect for people that are able to fight through it every day to live on.
Melissa Lochner
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about the "Could you survive in poverty" assessment. My thought process was about the same as your going in. I thought on I will get this, but found out that there is a lot out there that I have not been exposed too. The only other one that I could circle was I know how to use a knife as scissors (and that is only because my dad taught me one day). Its crazy the things that our students might experience and we have no idea.
Stacey