Personal Experience on Microcultures

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Most of my feelings I have towards microcultures are all based of personal experiences. I think everyone always has some sort of feelings that come to mind when they see or interact with a certain microculture and I am no exception. When it comes to rich people, I feel annoyed, envy, and optimistic. I sometimes wish I had a lot of money and that feeling makes me optimistic about my future. I think rich people are greedy because even though they have a lot of money already, all they want is more. I also think rich people often believe they are superior to others because of their money. They think because they are rich that they are above everyone else. These feelings and opinions come from personal experiences I have dealt with before. I once had a rich friend who drove to school with a Mercedes, wore $500 shoes, and gold watches but when I asked him for 50 cents for lunch he always said no. Like I always felt from then on that rich people are so stingy when it comes to their money. Also I had a student who sat next to me who was also rich and when I asked for help, he just ignored me. I did not understand why and the only reason I could think of was because he thought I was not worth talking to or helping.
Since I spoke about rich people, I should talk about poor people. I feel compassion, admiration, and generous when it comes to poor people. I feel they have a rough life but always tend to put on a smile and look happy. I always want to be kind and friendly to poor people and make them feel like they have a friend who will help and support them if needed. I think poor people are kind and generous. I previously said that rich people are stingy about their money, but poor people are the exact opposite. Even though they lack mone...

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...m to yourself and that is something I can easily do. I honestly think I do not need to change anything about my cultural lens to be an effective teacher. Just because a rich friend did not lend me money does not mean that’s how I see every rich person. The feelings I get from a microculture are feelings that brings back memories. These feelings and opinions I have do not stop me from interacting with different microcultures. I may have negative opinions about a microculture but until I actually get to know the person it has no effect on me. I had personal experiences that affect how I think but hose experiences will never affect my teaching abilities. Especially when I know how important it is to respect and care for each student in your classroom. I can control my personal feeling very well and as a teacher if I must hide these feelings for my students sake, I will.

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