Intercultural Experience Paper
Intercultural Experience
Abstract
I collaborated with the Reclamation Project to tutor young Burmese children in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to complete my cultural immersion project. Throughout this paper, I will explain where my tutoring took place and my reasoning for selecting this activity. I also will describe in detail my outlook on the Burmese population in Fort Wayne before this activity and how it changed following the completion of this activity. Finally, I will illustrate how this activity relates to my everyday life
Intercultural Experience Assignment
Have you ever felt alone or excluded because you were considered a minority? Have you ever felt anxious or uncertain about the future? Have you ever felt out of place because you have been judged by others? I felt alone, excluded, anxious, uncertain, and out of place during my collaboration with The Reclamation Project when I tutored young Burmese children. However, this experience and these emotions …show more content…
She had been encouraging me to help with one of their missions, where I would tutor young Burmese children and assist with their homework assignments. After some consideration, I agreed to participate, and I attended my first tutoring session on October, 2012 in a small apartment complex in Southeast Fort Wayne. I helped tutor with the Reclamation Project for a total of three hours, though I found it best to divide my three hours into two 1.5 hour increments to accommodate my demanding work and school schedule. The two 1.5 hour tutoring sessions occurred on separate days. All children were between the ages of six to nine years, and I tutored them in understanding simple math concepts like addition and subtraction and in foundational English concepts like syntax, semantics, and
Abstract
I collaborated with the Reclamation Project to tutor young Burmese children in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to complete my cultural immersion project. Throughout this paper, I will explain where my tutoring took place and my reasoning for selecting this activity. I also will describe in detail my outlook on the Burmese population in Fort Wayne before this activity and how it changed following the completion of this activity. Finally, I will illustrate how this activity relates to my everyday life
Intercultural Experience Assignment
Have you ever felt alone or excluded because you were considered a minority? Have you ever felt anxious or uncertain about the future? Have you ever felt out of place because you have been judged by others? I felt alone, excluded, anxious, uncertain, and out of place during my collaboration with The Reclamation Project when I tutored young Burmese children. However, this experience and these emotions …show more content…
She had been encouraging me to help with one of their missions, where I would tutor young Burmese children and assist with their homework assignments. After some consideration, I agreed to participate, and I attended my first tutoring session on October, 2012 in a small apartment complex in Southeast Fort Wayne. I helped tutor with the Reclamation Project for a total of three hours, though I found it best to divide my three hours into two 1.5 hour increments to accommodate my demanding work and school schedule. The two 1.5 hour tutoring sessions occurred on separate days. All children were between the ages of six to nine years, and I tutored them in understanding simple math concepts like addition and subtraction and in foundational English concepts like syntax, semantics, and