Reading+Responses+3

My Freshman Year 67-89: In this chapter there was a lot of things that I could relate to here at Bloom and back at home. One thing that I related to was when the chapter talked about group work. When there is new people in the classroom whether international or someone who just moved into town we don't really try to include them into our groups even when we are told to. Thats what the reading said. I know that sometimes I don't really make an effort to include the new student(s) and neither do others. We go with what we are comfortable with. Something that I found interesting was when a student from Korea said after class, the whole class goes to lunch together. We don't do that here. We go our seperate ways and meet up with our friends or just grab something to eat and take it back to our rooms. I also thought in this reading, I read a lot of stereotypes of Americans, like we're not hospitable. I actually have to agree with that statement because I don't think we're the most friendly people. From personal experiences I met people from Bulgaria and even they said that we're not the most friendly people. I don't think we take the time to get to know others who are not like us. The reading talked about making friends and the way we make friends is having something in common with another person. That's how we make connections with others. I think people from other countries had a hard time adjusting to that because they weren't sure how to make friends because they didn't have a hobby. Another stereotype I found was the college life and partying. American college students are known for partying all weekend and their goal for the night is to get drunk. For the most part I think that's pretty true because when you hear people talking that's all they talk about and you get judged if your out at a party and not drinking. They don't think its normal, but there are college students who can go out and still have as much as fun as a person who is getting drunk.

Ethnography: I thought it was pretty interesting how we got read about exactly what exactly it takes to get proper data. I also thought it was interesting when the reading talked about fieldnotes and how those notes make fascinating readings. I think they would be interesting because we can see other ethnographers point of view on their fieldwork. I didn't realize how much work ethnographers have to put in to make sure their fielwork gets recorded and how they record their observations. I thought they would just keep a notebook, but there's a lot more to it.