Learning Journal 4

[Maddie Philips]

It was interesting to see the presentations of my classmates and learn about cultural aspects of different countries and cultures that I hadn't before known about. I liked the Korean blood-type presentation, and found it particularly pertinent because of the blood drive that had been visiting the school over the same week. I also really appreciated the presentation on Turkish coffee. I am a huge coffee drinker, coming from Seattle, so learning about how another culture has a completely different way to prepare it was very interesting to me. I also really enjoyed the presentation on how some Koreans broadcast their eating of food. I found the presentation really funny, and also really interesting because it reflects on our own culture of social media, but brings it into a whole new sphere that I hadn't thought about before. I also liked the presentation on Diwali, because it was something that I had already heard of, but didn't understand, so it was nice to get a better understanding of where it came from and how it's celebrated. The presentations on alcohol drinking and the veterans memorial in Korea were also very informative, because I had never really considered the way other cultures treated the same things that American culture does in a different way.