Author Archives: Erika Roberts

27 October 2020 Week 07: Difference in Manners Have you ever done something that someone looked at you weird for? How about something that is normal as walking with your hands in your pockets? Each culture has different manners that are normal or abnormal. Working in an ESL classroom may help you to see moreContinue reading “Manners and Cultures”

27 October 2020 Week 07: Cross-Cultural Students In any room there are always different cultures that come together. These cultures can be very similar or drastically different. These differences in the dynamic of a room can be because of differences in public expression. In a classroom there is a difference in respect for their teacher.Continue reading “Cross-Cultural Students”

23 October 2020 Week 06: Attributional Tendencies We live in a world they there is always blame for out success and out failures, but within each culture there is different people that are to blame for these situations. Before we dive into who is to blame we need to know how they are categorized. InternalContinue reading “Internal vs External Attribution”

23 October 2020 Week: 06 Personal Space Differences In America, we have this thing called personal space. I think of it as an imaginary bubble that we don’t want people to invade unless we know they and have given them permission. This is not the case for all cultures though. Many other cultures are veryContinue reading “Personal Space”

22 October 2020 Week 06: Individualism and Collectivism We live in a world where each culture lives and does what they normally do, but what happens when you move or visit a new culture? Will you fit right in or will you stick out in the crowd. There are many things you learn before youContinue reading “Together but Separate”

19 October 2020 Week 6: Differences in Emotional Expressivity In a lecture by a BYUI professor, we learn that emotional expressivity is one of the most misinterpreted cultural norms. These expressions can be put on a scale from low to high emotional expressivity based on how much a country shows there emotions outwardly. Many AsianContinue reading “Expression”

16 October 2020 Week 5: Cultural Miscommunication Have you ever been somewhere and done something that seemed to be founded upon? Like saying no to seconds or greeting someone in an unfamiliar way. These inconsistencies are simple differences in Culture. I served a mission on San Jose, California. I loved it because I was alwaysContinue reading “Here but Not There”

15 October 2020 Week 5: Cultural Differences Concerning Time In an article by BYUI. I was able to dive deep into the preferences that cultures have as far as how they respect their time and others time. In some cultures their lives are not as structured as someone who works in a business. There areContinue reading “Culture and Time”

13 October 2020 Week 5: Cultural Paradigms As we grow we are taught what is normal and what is abnormal. What we need to avoid, be afraid of, walk away from, ignore, smile at, talk about, and so much more. This on its own is were we can see some of the biggest cultural differences.Continue reading “Culture Around the World”

I have been working as an para educator for the last year but have been working with children for while. I have enjoyed these aspects of my life a lot and have learned from them as well. While reading “Is the Great American Teacher Dead?” I was able to learn more about the important ofContinue reading “The Life of a Teacher”