In the US we speak English almost every where we go, but what happens when we go outside the US? Do we still speak English?
I have been to Canada a couple of times because my aunt is from there, but my aunt speaks English. So, when i went to Canada my first time i learned that not everyone there speaks the same language as me. I began to hear French from many places. I became very confused because it was something i have never heard before and it was odd to me.
Although they speak a different language i was able to communicate with them because the symbols and body language we use here in the US is very much the same.
After a couple days in Canada I came to realize that the norm there was different than my norm but all in all, we were all people just getting by with life.
Each day we see many different symbols that mean different things to us and we interpret them in different ways. This is symbolic interactionism.
For many of us when we see the big blue "W" during the spring time, or baseball time, we can take a guess that the Cubs just won a game. This one letter can shape people to become who they are and how they live. This may just be a letter but it is also a sign of winning or success to Chicago baseball fans. As baseball season moves along the more big "W" flags we see the happier we get, but then there are some people that don't like the Cubs and see the "W" as something negative.
In this generation, symbolic interactionism can mean almost anything. We are all different and unique and see things through different eyes..
This past week we played a game called Life Boat. There were originally about 15ish people on the boat and we had to break it down to only 9 people by kicking people off. Like this post title says, i was kicked off the boat. My character had epilepsy, but no medicine. Playing that character made it really difficult for me to stand up for my self and try and stay in. Immediately everyone was attacking me telling me i was going to die anyways. There were some people that stayed really quiet so they lasted a while, but then there were some who took charge or were really loud. I think that goes to show just what happens when you are in a situation like that with many people trying to collaborate and make one decision.
Also this past week we heard "Goodnight iPad" and created a mindset list that really opened up my eyes because it was all painfully true. I had never really thought before how much technology was a part of our lives and that we couldnt really live with out it. The mindset list was funny to create because we our living in a totally different generation and type of society than our parents.
happy weekend :)
