Date: 5 February 2009 (05.02.2009)
Day: Thursday
Time: 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Today we were asked to write on a piece of paper about the culture in our families and also religions. In today's class we really had a lot of opportunities to learn about each others' culture and differences. The main point is some of those cultures are really funny and make no sense to some of us. Some cultures even make us laugh. In some ways, we were also able to broaden our knowledge about the different cultures.
In this class, Miss Cheryl mentioned that culture doesn't equal to nationality or race. It's kind of true because we found out that some cultures are not just practiced by certain races or in certain religions. For example, in some Indians family washing hair is not allowed on Thursday and also the day when they were born. This not-allowed-to-wash-hair culture is also practiced by the Chinese. The only difference is that Chinese are not allowed to wash their hair during menstruation and also the first day of Chinese New Year.
An example for a funny culture was shared by Winnie who says her grandmother won't allow little boys to eat bean sprouts. This is because her grandmother believed that the black covering will cover the little boy's private part and cause problem in urinating. The whole class laughed although she did asked us not to laugh. :p
Miss Cheryl pushed us really hard to think about the meaning behind those weird and funny cultures. The purpose was for us to know what is behind all those culture and also to understand the purpose of doing it instead of just following it blindly. She wants us to understand that everything exists for a reason. For our understanding, culture also come as a type of communication.
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