Welcome to the DC public website, with posts on internships and doings in the U.S. capital, circa Fall 2016. Our program has a theme song: Washington DC, by The Magnetic Fields.
Post-London
Follow my post-study trip here! – http://mypreciousinterwebz.wordpress.com/
London and Beyond
Ahh! Look, I’m doing it! Another pooost! The end of the program and packing and moving made life very busy. I have been on the road in the UK (England specifically) for almost two weeks! I’m traveling by train, bus, and foot and I aim to hit a variety of significant places and build on […]
Culture Shock Essay from January
The Worldwide Classroom website defines culture shock as the “the anxiety that results from losing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse.” Common symptoms include bewilderment, loneliness, disproportionate irritation and frustration, insecurity, homesickness, and a desire to spend time with people from home. I’m definitely in the irritability stage of culture shock. I’m not […]
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism Eassy
Dictionary.com defines ethnocentrism as the belief in the intrinsic superiority of the nation, culture, or group to which one belongs, often accompanied by feelings of dislike for other groups, and cultural relativism as the view that ethical and moral standards are relative to what a particular society or culture believes to be good/bad, right/wrong. Personally, […]