SDLC 105 - Learning Journal #4

[Vivian Lee]

I learned a lot from the cultural presentations and really enjoyed them. There were a lot of topics presented on Korean culture, and although many of the topics were familiar to me because I grew up in a Korean family, there were still many things I didn't know in terms of Korean history. Although I did know that King SeJong created Hangul, I didn't know much of the history or the reasons behind it until my classmate's presentation. Also, I do keep up with Korean trends regarding skin care and its "pop-culture," but I just know the surface level of these trends. The presentations were very detailed and it was really interesting to find out more about these cultural trends. I personally found the folk tales from Pakistan (Urdu) really interesting because the story lines seemed to have a similar pattern, but it was really fun to hear these stories from different cultures.