Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities
Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
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Cultural Diversity
I think that last week's discussion was really interesting. During the discussion, each of us shared our own cultures which are distinctive and unique. I think this is the best representation of diversity championed at Bryn Mawr College. I am glad to study with students who are of different cultural backgrounds. Based on our discussion, it is quite clear that there is a diversity of culture and different cultures have their similarities and uniqueness. I am quite clear with the fact that cultures are shaped by different historical events, physical location of the population and thus there are cultures are so diverse on earth.
During the conversion, Carolina talked about some of the traditional Mexican cultures which I found quite interesting. It is because that Chinese also give their children luck charms ( called Hu'shen'fu in Chinese).These divinity amulets are believed to ward off evil, harm, illness or to bring good fortune. Hushenfu is actually originated from Taoism. Taoist priests designed the Hushenfu for their new disciples, who were required to wear this amulet all the times. However, I just wonder that China and Mexico are located far away from each other. Moreover, during the old times, Mexicans and Chinese seldom interact with each other. In addition to the different geographical location, Mexicans and Chinese have different cultures and beliefs. Why do they have similar cultural practices? Does it imply that even though different groups of Human Beings evolved to adapt to their own environment, the brains of Human Beings would function in the same way irrespective of the cultural and language differences?