tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68004740663013376302024-03-20T17:39:24.979-07:00Social PhenomenaThis blog is a space for students to discuss society and social issues. Please enjoy with space with respect and open-mindedness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-64699070433797211162011-11-29T07:55:00.001-08:002011-11-29T07:55:31.466-08:00Blog 12 Critical ViewingAfter watching your choice of film from our Blackboard collection, answer the following items: <br />
1. Share the title and topic of your film. <br />
2. Why your chose that film. <br />
3. 5 points one should take away from the film. <br />
4. One thing that surprised you about the film. <br />
5. One thing from the film that made your think differently and why? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-47577178834574663032011-11-22T09:47:00.000-08:002011-11-22T09:47:53.998-08:00A little less talk and a lot more ACTION!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/CQdQjXz6sPo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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As the holiday season is upon us- it is a great time to think about giving back. In the context of this course, we have examined areas of need and importance all around the world and also in our local communities. The time has come to think about what YOU will do about the areas of need in your world. Choose something - big or small (One Peace at a Time will give you plenty of ideas) something that your will do to make a positive difference in your world. Write about it and share it with your classmates on our blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-57178759719239510082011-11-07T19:26:00.000-08:002011-11-07T19:26:31.483-08:00Blog 10 $$ Cha-Ching $$<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
Need some comic relief? Check out this comedy bit from Jim Clue on debt... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHAgVEGIEQkLZmqCkoD1vt8kbGcC8_V93lCL8fQtQ2zwryeIig3UZgMxgPZdWHsLZyJbuRzS-TMMGpVjQw4blGck4XidS1pvBAlId0ApIU6YbTliWy-2o5G__iUSW-dqSICB-8w4bZ0I/s1600/Cartoon-money-sign-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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After your classroom presentation on debt and viewing the film: Capitalism: A Love Story, please respond to the following prompts and respond to a least 2 classmates with a question. Try to answer the questions asked of you by your classmates. <br />
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What is my role as a consumer and responsible citizen in a global economy?<br />
How do my actions affect complex, global consequences, as well as personal consequences?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-18355680996477527292011-11-01T07:52:00.000-07:002011-11-01T07:52:05.192-07:00Blog 9 You are what you eat!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/5eKYyD14d_0/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5eKYyD14d_0&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5eKYyD14d_0&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">After you have watched the film, Food Inc. answer the following four questions on our blog: </span><br />
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<span style="color: green;">1. When deciding what to eat, how much should we consider the workers who pick, process, and transport it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: green;">2. What individual and/or collective actions are you willing to take to improve our food system, and what would be their impact?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">3. What are your values/commitments/goals regarding the food you eat on a daily basis? Have you been influenced by anything you have seen in the film? </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">4. How are the issues you see in Food Inc. related to other global issues you have read about or talked about in this course? Make at least one connection... </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">Food Inc. connections: </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">http://www.takepart.com/foodinc</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">http://www.monsanto.com/food-inc/Pages/default.aspx</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green;">http://www.texasgrassfedbeef.com/food_inc_review.htm</span></span></b></span><br />
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</div>After viewing the Blood Diamond Videos and the Cameroon videos, please respond to the prompts below:<br />
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<b>1. Thoughts, questions, reactions to Blood Diamond Videos ... </b><br />
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<b>2. Choose 4 questions for the Cameroon video: </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">a. Why wouldn't the World Bank object to the implementation of the Pipeline? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">b. Who benefits from the pipeline? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">b. Who are being undervalued? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">c. What can we do to improve this situation? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">d. How can a company/organization/person understand the reality of a foreign location? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">e. What other examples can you think of that relate to this type of undervalued compensation? </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">3. Discussion Continued from Oil Presentation: </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Respond to 2 of these questions and 2 of your classmates: </span><br />
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<ol><li> Does the world revolve around oil?</li>
<li> When did oil become a commodity?</li>
<li> Are Americans dependent on oil? is the world? </li>
<li>What’s in a barrel of oil?</li>
<li>Do you think we need to put a high priority on reforms for offshore drilling?</li>
<li>How can you do your part to help give aide to the Gulf regions most effected by the Oil Spill in April? Will this effect those local businesses? Tourism? </li>
<li>What about the billion dollar fishing, shrimping, boating communities? </li>
<li>What are your thoughts on renewable, clean energy? What can you do to participate in the movement?</li>
<li>Would you in the future purchase a hydrogen fueled vehicle?</li>
<li> What are your thoughts on oil prices? is there a link between oil prices and war?</li>
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After watching the Story of Stuff episodes, reflect on the following prompts. Please comment on other people's posts as well.<br />
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Story of Stuff<br />
http://www.storyofstuff.com/<br />
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1. What makes a healthy consumer vs. a not-so-healthy consumer?<br />
2. Are you willing to pay more for products that are manufactured in a more responsible way? What is the flip-side of your perspective?<br />
3. Whose responsibility is it to ensure/regulate the way that stuff is produced/used/disposed?<br />
4. Are you aware of a local economy functioning here in the San Antonio area? (farmers markets/locally produced items) Include a link and comment...<br />
5. In what ways do you feel empowered to change for the better? <br />
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After viewing the WalMart documentary, read "Why the Bosses Need Wal-Mart" from your <i>Globalization</i> book (pp. 92-96). Incorporate a quote or a point of interest from that reading in your response to the film. Additionally, add a link that your find relevant to your perspective. Engage in a dialogue with your classmates. <br />
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Other relevant connections to WalMart that may be of interest:<br />
http://www.ufcw.org/makingchange/<br />
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http://www.epi.org/publication/ib223/<br />
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http://www.independent.org/events/transcript.asp?eventID=125 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-1822868435214763222011-09-22T08:52:00.000-07:002011-09-22T08:52:43.444-07:00Thinking Ahead for the Second World PresentationHere is a question from group 2!<br />
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Please respond before Tuesday... (you do not have to post this on your wiki page)<br />
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<div>"What does a 'second world' country mean to you?"</div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvvXrjk9uOWq4lYxMh_DKDZNq8JRgixs9JnzULNji7DO5IS_vxv-jnefY4xOtU_R5pxk08ct78FPYM7lHOJdY2-dFC-OR1hBqRGLtl3DISlY85MCBMiwP89bXtEQ61d3hYuWstKIKmR0/s1600/third_world_map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvvXrjk9uOWq4lYxMh_DKDZNq8JRgixs9JnzULNji7DO5IS_vxv-jnefY4xOtU_R5pxk08ct78FPYM7lHOJdY2-dFC-OR1hBqRGLtl3DISlY85MCBMiwP89bXtEQ61d3hYuWstKIKmR0/s320/third_world_map.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>Group 2's Definition: </div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"Countries that are not stuck in third world poverty or arrived in first world modernity, but are both at the same time--not half-way, but both--these are second world countries."</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-675902876170829322011-09-22T08:36:00.000-07:002011-09-22T08:41:13.687-07:00Blog 4 Society - Privilege - What's it to me?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4a0O-9Aj10mF9W6hWhyphenhyphenEIq9l4sFXH5d4VGag1zydsq-EO5WSgmzuLwf1EOXyE4DXeNO8RPVsGD5eaMqEPVNTvb_f_LGIYMnn5L-gvbil7cn3bTKpqAomc36x46ubgg6FwVbL_3oVdek/s1600/got-privilege.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4a0O-9Aj10mF9W6hWhyphenhyphenEIq9l4sFXH5d4VGag1zydsq-EO5WSgmzuLwf1EOXyE4DXeNO8RPVsGD5eaMqEPVNTvb_f_LGIYMnn5L-gvbil7cn3bTKpqAomc36x46ubgg6FwVbL_3oVdek/s1600/got-privilege.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Please respond to 2 or more of the following questions: </span><br />
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<ol><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>How does society connote a notion of differences among people to bestow or limit privilege?</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>How do my decisions reflect my willingness to accept responsibility as a global citizen?</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Why do responses of denial maintain the status quo in society?</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>How can I use critical inquiry help to dismantle the institutional constructs used to subjugate people?</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What methods of engagement circumvent perceived empathy?</i></span></li>
</ol><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Please comment on your classmates and engage in conversation. </i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-70339408769087231252011-09-12T22:33:00.000-07:002011-09-12T22:33:49.288-07:00Blog 3 Explore with Purpose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XvjY7jaRE_Se39VxHVg8Io7dDdfRQuanoN1iS0vO-gDog9ZWp66t24GUp8pohEiBbc5JNTrlHk5tCYGEyjhMbERh3b5dZ6Y5o7tY8YhSnJGaTqps9ojYQ1Rvcb4V_daf39cbUfd57h0/s1600/explore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XvjY7jaRE_Se39VxHVg8Io7dDdfRQuanoN1iS0vO-gDog9ZWp66t24GUp8pohEiBbc5JNTrlHk5tCYGEyjhMbERh3b5dZ6Y5o7tY8YhSnJGaTqps9ojYQ1Rvcb4V_daf39cbUfd57h0/s1600/explore.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Explore the following links...</b></span></div><br />
<a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/pubs/gesgrid.asp?mysearch=social+indicators">United Nations Statistics Division</a><br />
<a href="http://www.un.org/en/rights/index.shtml">United Nations Human Rights </a><br />
<a href="http://2010.census.gov/2010census/">US Census 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://www.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CIPhnLi8masCFQtb7Aod10azpA">UNICEF </a><br />
<a href="http://liveunited.org/">United Way</a><br />
<a href="http://www.prb.org/">Population Reference Bureau</a><br />
<a href="http://www.globalpolicy.org/">Global Policy Forum </a><br />
<a href="http://www.globalization101.org/">Globalization 101 </a><br />
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<div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Find and briefly explain, include links when appropriate. </span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">1. One thing that makes you angry/sad</span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">2. One thing that makes you happy </span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">3. One thing that surprises you </span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">4. One thing that makes you thankful </span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">5. One thing that makes you think about change </span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">6. One thing that makes your think about politics</span></b></div><div style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">7. One thing you think others should check out (include the link) </span></b></div><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Post your response in the comments box and on your wiki page. </span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Respond to at least 2 other people with questions or comments.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Try to answer the questions asked of you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">image from http://www.channels.com/genres/government_ngos?page=2&slug=government_ngos</span><br />
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</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-77892164275074480552011-09-08T21:39:00.000-07:002011-09-08T21:39:00.850-07:00Blog 2 Reflection on Globalization<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBxKZdR4-10_qb1RwRqzzhEZ_2tW2cmAKbKCf5vuwYO7tnxnIn7S-LXmhV7iov5mePMujEoCMKf0KnBcUW11f_g3TMXGiLDvJXxqVDyk-VWdtjdUw5LdNsTosRRdkCkIVzrMhNsMJWdc/s1600/empathy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBxKZdR4-10_qb1RwRqzzhEZ_2tW2cmAKbKCf5vuwYO7tnxnIn7S-LXmhV7iov5mePMujEoCMKf0KnBcUW11f_g3TMXGiLDvJXxqVDyk-VWdtjdUw5LdNsTosRRdkCkIVzrMhNsMJWdc/s320/empathy.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After viewing the film </span><i style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Globalization</i><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, reflect on the terms below as they pertain to issues or ideas that stood out to you in the film. Respond to at least one person. See if you can initiate or participate in a dialogue. </span></b><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Empathy</span></b></div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy</a><br />
<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/empathy">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/empathy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.diffen.com/difference/Empathy_vs_Sympathy">http://www.diffen.com/difference/Empathy_vs_Sympathy</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Denial </span></span></b><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial</a><br />
<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/denial">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/denial</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6800474066301337630.post-20614420625018082862011-08-20T13:09:00.000-07:002011-09-12T22:08:03.811-07:00Blog 1 Getting to Know You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n_HDvPsizVCUk4_Wms_B6nbDPvZiV9sx2wmSi7WfmWV9GjHUvBaNbCqTC5KaXvuad8yYUVjRNqQtbsAOUcvRSDpEkJ07s7N231yr76Ew4p-M6YjCgBmBC8dZrwVzMPpgY-lot-8pUfQ/s1600/Flags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n_HDvPsizVCUk4_Wms_B6nbDPvZiV9sx2wmSi7WfmWV9GjHUvBaNbCqTC5KaXvuad8yYUVjRNqQtbsAOUcvRSDpEkJ07s7N231yr76Ew4p-M6YjCgBmBC8dZrwVzMPpgY-lot-8pUfQ/s1600/Flags.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n_HDvPsizVCUk4_Wms_B6nbDPvZiV9sx2wmSi7WfmWV9GjHUvBaNbCqTC5KaXvuad8yYUVjRNqQtbsAOUcvRSDpEkJ07s7N231yr76Ew4p-M6YjCgBmBC8dZrwVzMPpgY-lot-8pUfQ/s1600/Flags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Please respond to one or more of these questions, and then respond to one other person's entry... <br />
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<ol style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>What determines my cultural identity?</i></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>How do my experiences influence my understanding of the world?</i></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>What forms of communication effectively express my understanding of my identity?</i></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>How do I understand others different from myself?</i></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>How does context affect identity?</i></span></b></li>
</ol>Please indicate which question you are answering, also copy the text of your entry to your wiki page under the blog one heading. <br />
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