QUESTIONS

#1 What is one aspect you enjoy about your ethnicity?
#2 What is something you get ridiculed about being your ethnicity?

How has techomology changed the way you live life today compared to the past?

Which poems did you have the most connections with and why?

What kinds of hardships did your family have to go through?

Culture and Foods!

What is your favorite part about your culture/ethnicity?
What is one thing you dislike about your culture/ethnicity?
What is one thing people give you a hard time because of your culture/ethnicity?

question

Stereotypes are frequently used in comedy, however, at what point do/can they become offensive?

Question

Are you the first generation of your family born and/or raised in America? If so, When did your family arrive here and what did they have to do come here?

questions

1)Why do different religions/cultures/races have so many different types of superstitions? Tell me some of what you believe or have heard of?


2)We grow up with different perspective of things in life, who here has ever visited and tasted the life your parents have lived in and how they strived to provide a better life for you? basically who has lived and experienced their roots?

Telling Your Story!!

Everyones story was special because it was their own personal experience or something that makes them who they are... Not saying one was better than another but, which telling your story part 2 presentation was your favorite and why? Did it affect you in any way? How can you compare it to your own story?

My story part 3

I am writing this to share something with each of you.. To me education is a much needed tool to have. Not just classroom education but things we can't learn solely in a classroom. Education and knowledge we gain from each other. For those of you who listened to my stories or the stuff I have shared in class there is another side of me known of you don't know. What you don't know is that for my first 1yr and 6months of going to school I was homeless living in parks, under freeways, on the beach and in a homeless shelter waiting for a spot in student housing to open up. The above picture is where i slept for most of the time. It got extremely cold and I showered on the beach or use baby wipes to try and keep clean. The sad part was I had a job but didn't make enough for the 1st, last, and deposit for a place, nor could I come up with money for a place on craigslist. Most nights I spent freezing cold, sitting doing homework at the nearest Internet cafe' simply trying to stay warm and dreading going on the beach. This part of my life is very significant because I would not let my situation dictate what happened, I was going to continue school no matter what obstacles came in my way. Why am I sharing this with all of you? Simply because this is a part of my story that I didn't get time to share. I am not ashamed to admit I have been homeless, nor does it effect me in a negative way. I stuck it out and I finally got a spot in student housing and was able to move from the beach.

While living on the beach I had maintained a 4.0 and never missed a day of school. I also worked at the school and became a R.A. (resident assistant) in charge of making sure new students got moved into student housing and the transition into student life went well for them. I also counseled many students and have shared my story with many who will listen. The moral of this story is simple. Never give up hope and just like our ancestors who came here looking for a better life for themselves and the future generations of our family I strive to do the same.

I hope to keep in contact with as many of my classmates as I can. Feel free to email me at joshua.vasquez01@gmail.com or text me at 408 - 963 - 8305

Thank you,

Joshua

After the class

As the class is winding down extremely fast I want to say thank you to all that I have worked with and to those that have shared their stories in class. Each and everyone of us has participated and I have learned so much from each of you. I hope that all who read this keep in contact and we can continue to build our friendships and not just be people that had a class together.

My question is this..

What will each of you try to do to keep in contact with classmates that have become friends, and what would you say is the memorable part of class for you?

Questions About this class

So the final is coming up and after that, we won't be able to meet as a class anymore, so I guess I should ask, what topic(s) did you guys enjoy the most in this class? What did you learn from taking this class?

Optional questions:
-Memorable days?
-Let's be friends? Haha just kidding, No one would want to be my friend XD

Question: Taking off your shoes?

For those who are unfamiliar with Asian culture, it is disrespectful to walk around someone's house with your shoes off. Since I was taught that growing up, it's a habit for me to take off my shoes before entering a house regardless if the family is Asian or not. For those who are Asian, do you also do this when entering a house regardless if the family is Asian or not? For those who aren't Asian and or do not practice this, what are your opinions?

What is something that you did not know about the Asian American culture before taking this class? Has this new information you learned effected your daily life in anyway?

What kind of image do Asian Youtubers give off for Asians? Does this change anything about how others may view the Asian culture?

What are your opinions on gay marriage in California?

Do you think hatred toward a certain race is right or wrong?

What do you think about race and class in America?

Something to think about...

In this class we have learned many things about not only our culture by many others. How will you take what you have learned and build from that knowledge, and how has this experience from class effected you in a positive way? More importantly then that how will you pass this experience on to someone else?

Questions

How important is knowing how to speak your ethnic language to you?


Do you think people generally look down on people who don't know how to speak their ethnic language? Why?