Representation of a Childhood and Adolescence through Cultural Institution

In an effort to understand childhood and adulthood, or even other aspects of man’s life, a lot of aspects, tools and methods can be used. Amongst these are cultural institutions which form core aspects throughout someone’s life either consciously or unconsciously. These are usually elements within a culture which are supposed to be imperative or are customarily valued by the members as their identity (Cicchetti & Cohen, 1995).

In an exhibition about my childhood, a photo of my first day would inhibit varying cultural institutions. The most pre-dominant though would be education and family, and how others view would also be an influence. In regards to family, it would be notable that on the first day, my parents would both be present to take me to school. This is a clear indication that parents are a vital role in a child’s education and want to be there on their first day in school. The family would also appear in all phases of the first day in school. They will tend to accompany the child to all the parts of the school and make them feel comfortable with their new surroundings.

The photo would also reflect education, another cultural institution. Education is an important aspect as it assists the person to add knowledge in a more diverse way than when without it. The photo would be an indication that education starts from a tender age and parents are more than happy to introduce their children to an education system from a very tender age. The emphasis of education is based on the fact that man was to be identified with their level of intelligence which is perceived to be attained and enhanced through education.

On the minority representation would be the government. The photo would be a representation of the government to in...

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...till high school for me to be among the personalities of attention at the ball.

The ball is also an indication that the society had a virtue for unmarried young ladies. This is because the ball was meant to be an avenue for presenting the unmarried ladies who had completed high school to the other members of their polite society.

It is thus not in contention as to the significance of religion, the government, the family, education and economic system to determining cultural institutions. As such the same should be preserved so as to remain the key highlights of ones development in the society.

References

Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. J. (1995). Perspective on developmental psychopathology. In D.

Ciccehetti & Donald J Cohens (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology Vol1 Theory and methods (Vol. 1 pp. 3-20). Wiley.

Mulholland, E. T. (2008). Surviving high society.