the Ropes Course

I can describe that experience to be one of my favorite’s activities in ESL 360; I learned how to be self-reliance and how to communicate will with my partners. We, as a class, became friendlier with each other and after the course we discovered many undeclared features among us. “Can-Do spirit” is one of my best sentences from chapter 4, during our time in the ropes course we discovered that every problem has it solution which make that statement more applicable. Finally, I believe that this activity could be applied in my culture as well as the American.

Homecoming

If someone of my friends asks me about homecoming, I would describe it as follow:
Homecoming is the time when old and new UWEC generations are meeting together. During that time, a lot of activities are being conducted; for instant, Ceremonial March and Football Games.

However, people of Eau Claire developed their own way of celebrating in such a way it become a traditions or ritual; for example, drinking beer in public and wearing weird kind of clothes.So, homecoming is a great time to clear the mind from school related issues, and GET SOME FUN!

Immigrant’s Story

Each individual inside the U.S has its own Immigrant’s story. “In my case, my ancestors came from Germany” Albert said, who is a resident of Eau Claire. When I interviewed him at downtown, he didn’t know the exact date that his ancestors chose when they decided to come to America. However, he estimated the date somewhere between 1850 and 1890 to. “Danke” Albert said, “It is how we say (thank) in Germany” and he said “Even though I am originally from Germany, I know just some words in my old native language”. As a global issue, people when they start using another language, will start gradually to forget their primary language.

On the other hand, some of Albert’s relatives still live in Germany. Unfortunately, Albert’s family did lose contact with them several years ago. ”It might be not an ethical thing to do” Albert said, “but sometime, adults face challenges in their lives and they must decide what is good for them”. Even though Albert originally is from Germany, he didn’t know anything about his ancestor’s customs and traditions.

Finally, Albert raised an issue regarding how a person saves his/her origins. “My ancestors didn’t notice the important of keeping track of our origins” Albert said “As a result, we couldn’t know our origins , so we couldn’t pass this precious information to next generations”.