Cultural Diversity

I thought the lecture was really good.  I had never thought about some of the things that Denise had brought up.  I didn’t think about how cultural diversity isn’t just people from different cultures.  He pointed out that cultural diversity can also be people from different backgrounds and different home lives.  Everyone has a different story on why they are the way they are now and that is what makes us all culturally diverse.  It changed how I look at people now because all of us are considered culturally diverse from each other because we all come from different places and have been through different experiences to get to where we are today.  That makes this world seem even larger than it is considering how all of us are different/unique in some shape or form.

Cultural Diversity never really meant anything to me before when I was in high school. I come from a school that had 35 students in my graduating class from rural Iowa where everyone was the normal white student that has grown up with each other since kindergarten. Coming to college was a big experience. I have met so many people that come from different cultures and different backgrounds. It has changed me so much by just meeting so many different people from different places. It has made me appreciate more the difference in every person.

Diversity is important to our culture. We are able to grow as people by learning from others. Every one of us has grown as human beings by learning about others and learning to respect others. It has also helped us incorporate different types of other cultures to help our societies grow.  If the Europeans did not trade spice and other things with countries such as China, the foods and technology might not have grown at all or as fast as it did.  Our societies have improved by sharing resources and other materials with each other.  Our ideals have also grown as we share our beliefs and values with each other.  This is how religions and governmental ideas such as capitalism has spread around the world.  We have been able to educate ourselves on more ideals around the world by embracing the idea that we are all diverse.  We are able to mentally grow by realizing that it is important to acknowledge each other’s different values and ideas.  It has helped us grow as a country as well as we work towards foreign policies by knowing how different cultures and societies work.  It is important all around us to know all about other cultures.  It has really made a difference in our lives by how we interact with people and how we learn with others.  Diversity has become a major part in our lives.

Social Media

For social media week, I proceeded to make a Linkedin profile. I learned that there are a lot of different companies and professions out there on Linkedin that share their experiences and ideas with people. It was amazing how easy it was to create an account. I perfected my account to make it look professional and to make the information on it accurate and current.

I felt like it was easy to engage with the website. The website was self-explanatory on how to operate it.  That alone made me feel extremely comfortable.  I really enjoyed how it entered the data from my resume onto my profile.  It made it easier than spending hours upon hours filling all of that out.  I believe that this will help me come into contact with many businesses and business professionals in the future when I start looking for a job in my field of study.

I found all of the articles extremely interesting.  Everyone has always told us that people can find out what type of person you are on the internet and it may affect your chance of getting a job.  It surprised me how right those people are when I read the article over twitter evaluation.  I didn’t realize how much information someone could get from just looking at my twitter page.  It made me realize how careful I have to be on putting things on the internet.  However, the articles did point out that the internet services, such as twitter, are meant for us to enjoy.  We just have to be careful as we use them.  They are used to connect with people and to take our minds off of other things.

Basically, everyone has some sort of social media account.  This is great because we can find out information extremely fast.  However, that speed can cause problems as many people find themselves creating problems in their relationships because they can reply faster than they can think of what could happen.  I wasn’t surprised by this because most of us have seen people say things on Facebook or an internet site that have ruined friendships or partnerships.  It happens every day because people don’t think before they hit send.  It has really opened my eyes to what I have put on the internet.  Thankfully, I haven’t put anything embarrassing on the internet thus far.  I believe I owe that to my mom.  Having her friended on Facebook has stopped me from posting statuses or pictures because I think about if she would approve of those.  Looking back, I can see that those could have been harmful to my professional future self and I thank her for making me friend her so she could watch my activity.  As much as I hated it at the time, I am really thankful that she did that for me.