assingment 4 c.

Culture is what I want my daughter to be apart of and exposed to.

CUL-TURE:
The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty.
These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture.
The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization.
Development of the intellect through training or education.
Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.
The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.
Intellectual and artistic activity and the works produced by it.
Development of the intellect through training or education.
Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.
The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.
A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors.
The cultivation of soil; tillage.
The breeding of animals or growing of plants, especially to produce improved stock.
Biology
The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
b. Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture
There are many ways in which you can refer to the term culture. As I began my search for knowledge I ran into the history of the word, culture comes from the Latin word cultura, meaning to cultivate. Which made me smile, that is what I was talking about. I want to cultivate the young mind of little McAllister, I can’t wait. As my sleuthing took me deeper into the word culture I noticed that like most words, it can have many meanings. Culture as a study or in a anthropological sense is a broad meaning of the term. There are subcultures, popular culture, high culture, low culture…and on and on. I think that the word has been over worked and like to original; to cultivate. But enough about me!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
The topic fit perfectly into that definition, this is about cultivation. Or in the case of The topics covered in 4, the decultivation of the region that we are studying. This class is exposing us to new and different perspectives and cultures every week.
Catie Says: She viewed the video of Chichen Itza. That Mayans are considered one of the great civilizations of Mesoamerica. She was interested in the practice of human sacrifice the epees the god of rain. She Also pointed out that the Mayans were responsible for the colander and some of the first hieroglyphic writings. To Freire knowledge is power. Cultural strength is what should be shared a taught. The Mayans did all of these thing very well, until the Spanish arrived. The quick and sudden arrested development was devastating to the Mayan culture. The reason it applies to this region is because the Mayans were the beginning of an amazing history of an amazing people, although they were eliminated the culture resonates in the region today.
Isaac Says:At first I thought that I should pick a different classmate to review because Isaac and I chose that same topic: La Malinche! I’m glad that I kept with him, he was very thurough. Isaac explained the difference between conquest and colonialization wonderfully by saying the Spanish were, “there to exploit not to develop”. He also found more information on Marina la Malinche than I was able to. Possibly is Spanish???? He added to my knowledge of the topic with several interesting facts. The one that was impressive to me was that eventually she was given independent authority. WOW! I liked the way that Isaac tied in the past to present with talking about his biracial marriage. Because he is married to an American woman, he is considered to be: Malinchismo, the male form of malinchista, or traitor. Again, Freire would say that this was a great exercise in understanding. This not only relates to the region that we are studying but in Isaacs case, and millions of others this relates to us now. That a word, stemming from a person hundreds of years ago sets a feeling/climate that directly affects us today. Amazing.

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