https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303 UGS 303 en-us 2017-01-17 22:29:00 UTC 2025-12-03 22:55:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/147699146 My name is Christian Sabillon (pronounced Sa-bee-"John"). I am an international student born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I lived in Honduras for 18 years, until I managed to graduate from a bilingual High School and got accepted into a community college in Alexandria, Virginia. I transferred to UT Austin last semester after completing an Associates Degree in Sciences and I'm currently majoring in Civil Engineering.

Some interesting things to know about me are: these past two years I've lived in three different cities and attended three different colleges. I'm a big fan of baseball, even though I was born in a country that loves soccer.  I like to play the guitar, play video games, listen to music, watch Netflix, and play pretty much any sport.

I'm really looking forward to this class and hope that my different experiences and perspectives as an international student can provide some interesting insight in future discussions.]]> 2017-01-17 22:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/147699146 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/148277810 2017-01-20 05:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/148277810 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/148280291 2017-01-20 06:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/148280291 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154207535 2017-02-16 02:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154207535 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154208603 The picture below is one of the closing scenes from the movie "The Godfather 2", in which Michael Corleone, the head of the Corleone mafia family orders the assassination of his own brother. For me, this scene in the movie shows is quite interesting to analyze for it presents signs of both particularism and universalism. Particularism is portrayed on the way the Mafia operates. They promote the abuse of power, they give special favor to whomever helps their cause, and the higher someone ranks in their hierarchy system, the more special, unique and indispensable they are. However, you can clearly see a bit of universalism when someone decides not to obey the boss. In this film, Fredo is the only brother Michael has, who is still alive, but when Michael realized Fredo was aiding a rival of the Corleone family, he does not hesitate and gave his brother the "kiss of death". Even though Fredo thought he was helping the family, felt really sorry, and was Michael's only brother he still was murdered in cold blood while fishing in the lake on the orders of his brother. Regardless of who you are, you don't go behind your boss' back in the mafia or else you sleep with the fishes.]]> 2017-02-16 02:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154208603 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154507363 In the HBO series "The Game of Thrones", Cersei Lannister is the mother of the ruling king of Kings Landing (a major city in the show). As the show progresses a fanatic religious group called "the sparrows" start taking over the city means of influence with the king. The sparrows are very strict with their rules and believe that anyone who sins must atone for their them, this is a clear example of universalism. Cersei Lannister had committed incest at the beginning of the show and to atone for it she had to do the "walk of shame", which is walk around naked throughout the city. Cersei tried by all means to avoid the walk of shame, but in the end regardless of her influence or social status, everyone is the same in the eyes "the Seven" (their religious entities), and so she walked naked while people spitted, shouted and threw food at her.]]> 2017-02-17 02:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154507363 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154509122 Currently, there are more than one thousand official sports that are played worldwide, from which soccer seems to be the most popular. However for people who live in the United States this is not the case. In the United States football is the superstar, it represents something more than just a sport for the majority of Americans. The love and passion people have towards football knows no bounds, because for them it is something very special and unique about their culture. This is a clear example of particularism since people who live in the United States like other sports too and they are pretty good them, but as mentioned before none of them is as popular as football. That is the main reason why companies pay millions and millions of dollars just to appear for one minute during the Superbowl commercials.]]> 2017-02-17 02:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154509122 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154517934 The following is a small clip from a comedy show performed by the Iranian comedian Maz Jobrani. In it you can see how he makes fun of the Middle Eastern stereotypes that North Amercans have towards any person who looks a little bit Arabic. I believe this shows particularism since recently most Americans whenever they think of the Middle East, they think of terrorists, wars, Syria, etc... This causes us to feel a little bit uncomfortable whenever we are in an airport and we see or listen to a language that sounds similar to Arabic, but not when we listen to Spanish or French. In this case the special characteristic given to people who are or look Middle Eastern carries a negative connotation.]]> 2017-02-17 05:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/154517934 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155945723 2017-02-24 02:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155945723 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155946455 David Blaine is a perfect example of individualism. As a magician he has taken his body to the extremes to learn how to perform the most dangerous magic tricks, even going against the advice of doctors and health experts. In this video, David Blaine explains how far he went to learn how to become a human aquarium through hard training and personal talent. (watch video for further explanation on what that means!)]]> 2017-02-24 02:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155946455 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956541  A good example of communitarianism is in the movie Peter Pan. There is a scene where Peter Pan and the lost boys meet a group of Indians in the forest, with whom they smoke the peace pipe, a ceremony that celebrates the unity, peace and sense of community among the people present, and later proceed to dance and play music with them.]]> 2017-02-24 05:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956541 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956719 Banksy is an English graffiti artist or vandalist (depending on your point of view) whose been known for his satirical style. He is very talented using stencils and is capable of making a large scale graffiti artwork in less than an hour. He is a good example for individualism for all of his work is original, and done solely by him since he does not want people to know his true identity]]> 2017-02-24 05:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956719 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956729 2017-02-24 05:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956729 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956941 2017-02-24 05:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956941 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956995 2017-02-24 05:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155956995 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957284 2017-02-24 05:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957284 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957610 Both videos on the bottom show an example of communitarianism in the animal kingdom. These caterpillars decide to move together as a single macro-organism to move faster and appear bigger and more intimidating at the sight of predators. It is really interesting!]]> 2017-02-24 05:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957610 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957692 2017-02-24 05:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957692 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957782 2017-02-24 05:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/155957782 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157234063 2017-03-02 05:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157234063 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157234709 Scroll down and to the right -->

]]> 2017-03-02 05:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157234709 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157235397 Ancient Spartans are a perfect exemplification of a specific culture. They were considered the best warriors in ancient for their talent, skill, and ferocity in hand to hand combat. The life of a Spartan man revolved around his shield, spear, sword, and training from the moment he turned 7, and every other activity required for civilization such as commerce, agriculture and politics were handled by men who were too old to fight and slaves. The only profession available for Spartans was soldiers of elite class, as this clip will show.]]> 2017-03-02 06:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157235397 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157237789 This famous WW2 battle would be an example of the consequences when diffuseness is taken to the extreme. German soldiers and officers considered that the 6th Army was the best army unit that had ever been assembled as they fought countless battles and won all of them with minimum casualties. The extreme passion and loyalty these men had towards Hitler and his ideals was so deep, that they could slaughter Soviet soldiers and civilians without question. By the time winter of 1942 came around Hitler and his generals thought that the 6th Army was capable of anything, EVEN conquering Russia during the winter, and without questioning orders, the 6th Army marched into Stalingrad under the illusion that they were unstoppable. It only took the Soviets 5 months (Fall and Winter) to capture and kill the entirety of the 6th Army and 4th Panzer Tank Division in the city of Stalingrad. After this utter defeat, Germany was no longer in the offensive on the eastern front, but rather in the defensive.]]> 2017-03-02 06:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157237789 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238269 2017-03-02 06:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238269 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238375 2017-03-02 06:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238375 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238614 2017-03-02 06:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238614 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238724 The philosophy of Italian Renaissance artists is another perfect example of diffuseness. Unlike our current perception that artists should focus on one specific area of art and be experts on it, artists in the Renaissance believed that a person should be able to achieve talent and excel in many things at once. Leonardo Da Vinci, for instance, was a great painter, botanist, biologist, engineer, sculptor, among many others and he was very talented in all of those fields]]> 2017-03-02 06:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157238724 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157239149 A common example of a specific characteristic in our modern day culture is our way of giving credit to original authors when we cite our work. At the moment of citing you MUST specify: book title, author name and last name, chapter, pages, editorial, edition, publisher, etc... and everything MUST follow a very strict and specific format, where even a misplaced comma can mess the whole citation up. It is a really tedious and specific process that every student in college must go through, but it is better than having to face the consequences of plagiarism]]> 2017-03-02 06:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/157239149 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162290304 2017-03-23 23:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162290304 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162290385 Roman gladiators are an extreme example of an achievement society. Many of these fighters were slaves and if they wanted to earn there freedom they had to fight to the death on multiple ocassions until they became champions of the arena. However, if they lost just but one match, there was a high chance of dying]]> 2017-03-23 23:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162290385 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162291140 Brazil is known for having some of best soccer players in the world and in history, and because of that fact whenever someone mentions he/she is from Brazil, most people will associate that with a very talented person playing soccer. (Although their national team is not doing very well currently)]]> 2017-03-23 23:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162291140 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162291689 Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) was born the prince of an old tribe in modern day Nepal. From the moment he was a child he was a very privileged kid, however as he grew older he wanted to explore the tribe were he lived. When he saw that people lived in poverty, while he had all the luxury a man could afford at the time, he decided to leave everything behind a follow a more spiritual path. He went from being completely ascribed to a more achievement oriented person]]> 2017-03-23 23:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162291689 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162292882 Julius Yego is a Kenyan athlete whose also the current Olympic World Champion in javelin throw. He is also known as the "Mr. Youtube Man" as he was self trained in the art of throwing javelin be just watching Youtube videos in an internet cafe and then training with sticks and branches. Through hard work and dedication he work his way from the bottom to the top of ladder. He is a very good example of achievement]]> 2017-03-23 23:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/162292882 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163996813 2017-03-31 15:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163996813 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163996960 An example of an outer mentality within a culture that's generally inner. Many people might argue that making a profit by playing in casinos is a matter of skill, but there is always a bit luck involved no matter what game you're playing.]]> 2017-03-31 15:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163996960 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163997584 The movie final destination is an example of an outer culture. People in this movie are predestined to die, because one person in the group cheated death. In this movie it didn't matter how hard the characters tried to avoid their deaths. As soon as one of them had a vision of the others dying, that death would happen.]]> 2017-03-31 15:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163997584 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163998452 Probably one of the best athletes to ever exist. Roger Federer is a great example of inner culture. From the moment he was a child with a small tennis racket, he practiced day and night working very hard to get to level of skill he currently has. Currently he is the tennis player with the most grand slams in history]]> 2017-03-31 15:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163998452 https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163999315 Lastly, another example of inner culture is the Cuban Revolution. During the government of Fulgencio Bautista, many people in Cuba were unhappy with their government and really resented all the corruption going on in the country. But then a leader arose among the unhappy populace known as Fidel Castro. He took matters into his own hands and overthrew the government of Bautista. Castro is an example that the people can achieve what they want if they set their minds to it.]]> 2017-03-31 15:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/163999315 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165300535 2017-04-07 04:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165300535 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165300681 Class Schedules in college are a very good examples of sequential. Every class has a specific time slot and once that time is over is time to move to the next thing in schedule.]]> 2017-04-07 04:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165300681 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165300910 Time is everything in sprint races,. A difference of a fraction of a second can make the difference between finishing in first place or fifth place. These athletes go above and beyond while they train, just to get a few microseconds of their mile time. Hence, I believe these represents sequential time, given how valuable it is.]]> 2017-04-07 04:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165300910 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165301272 This class is a perfect example of synchronous time. Dr. Kelm and Adriano make the class super interesting and what is supposed to be 1 hour and thirty minutes of class feels like barely 15 minutes. Time simply flies by I sometimes get frustrated that we run out of time during very interesting discussions about all of these dilemma theories.]]> 2017-04-07 04:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165301272 christiansabillon https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165302364 Something that is very common in Latin America is that parties have no set schedules. Meaning they can start at anytime, anywhere and they go on for hours and hours. In this video you can appreciate how construction workers have good time during their lunch. They dance, laugh and sing for quite a while, time really flies by for them to the point that they can be dancing way past their lunch time. But these kind of videos makes me forgive them]]> 2017-04-07 04:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christiansabillon/sabillonUGS303/wish/165302364