Kate's English Blog

 Response- A food that I can't stand from my culture is casserole. Very rarely my mom makes a casserole around the holidays but specifically a green bean casserole one time and I hated it. I felt nauseous after one bite it just wasn't for me. Other people from my family eat it but I refuse to consume it. I dont think it has anything to do with culture but just preference, you like what you like. Some people have different taste buds and green bean casserole just isn't for me. Summary- In class everyone presented for their culture presentations. Reflection- I learned about everyone elses culture and what kind of foods they eat and enjoy.

 response- I wasn't able to make it to present my slides, but I did see my friend's presentation and I learned about some of her foods. A lot of her slides involved her family and them cooking together. I learned more about Venezuelan dishes as well because two of my classmates are Venezuelan I realized that a lot of food comes from different cultures from family members and brings communities together/closer. Summary- In class everyone presented their presentations Reflection- I learned about other peoples culture. 

 Response- A particular memory that stuck with me was my best friends birthday party. It was mostly family, they made lots of food and I ate empanadas and cake. It stuck with me because it was a special moment of us together with her family and the food was really good. It wasnt food from my culture but I enjoyed the food a lot and appreciated being close like family, Summary- In class we finished working on our presentations to present to the class. Reflection- I learned about some of the traditional food and recipes from my family.

 Response- I dish I would share would be Monkey Bread. Its a family recipe from my dad's side that my parents have always made for me. It's a dish that you eat for breakfast or brunch. I would introduce that dish to them because I feel like it's something you dont see everyday and it's a traditional dish from my family. Summary- In class we started working on a my food my culture presentation. Reflection- I learned about some of my classmates food traditions.

 Response- As a kid I used to think that only women and girls were supposed to eat salad. It sounds random and I dont know where I got the idea from but I had only seen girls eating salad and guys would usually eat other things like burgers. I cant remember when but eventually I figured out on my own that guys eat salads to but I still had the idea that healthier food was more feminine. Obviously now I know that anyone can eat salad and food doesn't have an assigned gender it's supposed to be consumed by.  Summary- In class we worked on a paper with questions about a Netflix documentary. Reflection- I learned about a New Orleans story about a girl that brought her community together through food.

Response- In my culture my parents are big on using manners and eating together every night. I grew up putting my napkin in my lap and finishing my plate. It may seem like common manners but that is how I was raised to eat. My parents are also big on finishing the portions they give me, if I didn't eat all the food they gave me it was seen as disrespectful/ ungrateful. My family taught me to be polite and have manners because if I were to eat at someone else's house I would wanna come off as respectful.  Summary- In class we worked on writable and watched a short film.  Reflection- I learned about other peoples food customs they grew up on.

 Response- A dish from my culture is cornbread. It's something my mom always makes during the holidays for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Whenever I think of meals from Thanksgiving or family parties I always expect cornbread to be included because my family makes it often. I did some research and cornbread originated from Native Americans and was later on taught to African and European cultures. Since then cornbread has been seen as an american dish, and it's important because it's linked between different cultures. Summary- I wasn't in class on Monday so I dont know what we did but I'll just say I worked over my fall break. Reflection- Each dish is from a different background from different cultures.

 Response- I felt discarded because when I was writing about my story, I imagined my loved ones being the ones offensive to me. But mainly I was just getting flashbacks because my friends call me a bitch as a joke. It's mainly just girl talk but if someone were to say that to me in a bad way or if I didn't know them I would have been mad. Summary- I wasn't in class but I was told we wrote two paragraphs on how to respond to something offensive. Reflection-  I learned that violence isn't the answer and that your consequences have actions, especially as an adult, you can get charges.

 Response- I conversation that changed me was in freshmen year with my friend. I would always complain about the same toxic situation and I always went to my friend for advice. One day she straight out went off on me, called me stupid and told me if I wasn't going to follow her advice I needed to stop coming to her about it. It was harsh and at the time I took it to heart and just stopped telling her about it. For a while what she said stayed with me, I kind of took offense with the way she said it but she definitely got her point across. She opened my eyes and eventually I got over it and dropped the situation. Summary- In class Mr Rease read our responses and I was embarrassed because that response was not for real, I was joking like he didn't have to read it word for word. Reflection- I learned that violence isn't the answer if someone offends you.

 Response- I used to believe that Santa was real. My parents always taught me that for Christmas Santa would bring presents. But around 7 years old I figured out on my own it wasn't true because my dad stopped giving me gifts because he was low-key broke. If he did put gifts under the tree and say it was from Santa, I would hear him put them there at night when he thought I was sleeping but I never said anything because I felt bad. Summary- In class We did an assignment on offensive terms. Reflection- I learned that most offensive words are constructed by how other people take it.