Comparing America And His Island: The Culture Of America

Shaquan Lewis comes from the Virgin Islands the culture of his Island is a hard working but festive. The culture of the island is based off the working class which is basically the whole is land, they work hard all year as an Island to uplift the islands economy and at the end of every cycle they have festivity called carnival, for one week out of the year. This festivity is for the island; the whole island shuts down so they can celebrate another year of hard work. During the week of festivity the people of the Island doesn’t try to make money off of each other mostly everything is free. Shaq culture is different from America culture because America has lost the meaning of freedom, Good Vibes, and relaxation. The culture of America is more

America has a lot more schools, the VI only have two public high schools and One University. The fact that the school system is so small in the VI they do not face the same problem in America, for example no child left behind. Students in the Vi look forward to going to school there are no laws that say all students have to go to school, In America it’s a law that all students have to go to school, and you often find students that doesn’t want to be in the school system that disrupt the programs. American students have better opportunities because in the Virgin Islands there are no academic scholarship so if your family doesn’t have money; you normally start working right after high

To do this assignment examiners have to be open- minded and understanding to the person that they are interviewing. To do this assignment you must listen to the speaker, drawing connection to the statements that are being made. As a listener you are trying to comprehend and understand things from their point of view without being judgmental. When receiving this information the person should feel comfortable to the point that when talking it almost seems like they are envisioning what they are saying. When comparing my prior experiences with other minorities to the interview it is very much the same as giving the interview, you don’t want to offend the person; you want the person to know that you are trying to have a better understanding of their culture. Showing the person that you are truly trying to understand them will help cancel out any negative thoughts of interviewer being ignorant to their culture. When coming in contact with other culture you have to have a educated understanding that every culture is not the same, and every culture have something different that gives them their own identification. Lisa Delpit goes more in depth on understanding cultures she describes how different culture have different learning