https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303 Cultural Issues with Latin America en-us 2017-01-20 20:16:40 UTC 2023-02-17 17:06:19 UTC hello@padlet.com jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/148475114 My name is Jibraan Mustafa Siddiqi. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas. I am a first generation American after my parents immigrated from the small, dense country of Bangladesh. I have travelled there nearly every year of my life, as most of my family is still back there so the culture is still deeply embedded within me. I've also been blessed enough to have travelled to 24 other countries. The only continents I haven't been to are Australia and Antartica. I can play the clarinet but I actively play guitar. I do Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu/MMA and love to play soccer, basketball, hacky sack and many others. I speak Bengali at a 1st grade level and took French throughout high school but didn't feel confident enough in my abilities to raise my hand in class. Tragic. I've been skydiving. It was underwhelming. UT is a big ass school which is good and bad. Hard to make friends in classes. Impersonal learning. A lot of great opportunities. I'm a Freshman studying Chemistry...for now]]> 2017-01-20 20:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/148475114 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/151687148 2017-02-05 20:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/151687148 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/154501964 2017-02-17 01:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/154501964 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155861530 2017-02-23 18:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155861530 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155884513 2017-02-23 19:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155884513 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155884930 2017-02-23 19:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155884930 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155886169 2017-02-23 19:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155886169 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155886294 Beyonce and Bill Gates are both highly praised for what sets them apart, what makes them that special individual, and have amassed gigantic fortunes, fame, and acclaim from their distinctions. Whether it be Gates' technological innovation or Beyonce's singing abilities, they both thrive in the United States' individualistic society. For communitarianism we have Canada's socialized health care that is publicly funded  by the government and provides coverage for all citizens. However, communitarianism is not always beneficial as shown by the fact that Cuban taxi drivers make nearly 100x as much money as doctors, due to taxi drivers being one of the few privately licensed jobs in the country.]]> 2017-02-23 19:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/155886294 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157480826 2017-03-02 20:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157480826 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157483333 2017-03-02 21:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157483333 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157485769 2017-03-02 21:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157485769 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157489281 2017-03-02 21:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157489281 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157489343 My example for specificity is one of the beginning scenes of Harold and Kumar. Kumar answers the phone during an interview, talks about his personal life and smoking weed which effectively ruins the interview for him as he has destroyed the "professional, work" relationship with his would be employer. For diffuse cultures the sleeping pods and video are from Japan. In Japan if you come home early, before 1 AM, your wife considers you to be a failure because you are supposed to be out all night drinking with your boss. After a successful night sometimes the men choose to sleep in these pods in the name of efficiency. Japanese people are also notorious for never saying "no," so as to save face. It is considered impolite. Finally the Brazilian flag picture represents doing business in Brazil. As Dr Kelm had told us, his business meetings in Brazil were very unorthodox in that they could take spontaneous turns to different destinations at any point. The meeting was less a time to relay information but rather a time to get to know your coworker and build a relationship.]]> 2017-03-02 21:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/157489343 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/158238539 2017-03-07 05:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/158238539 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162220511 My first example of achieved status is the 44th president of the United States: Barack Obama. Obama made his way up the political ladder, from senator to president, all on his own merit and ability. His daughter, on the other hand, Malia Obama has been ascribed this high status simply by being the President's daughter. She was recently caught smoking cannabis at some music festival, as most teens her age do, but this made news because of her status. My second example of achieved status is Robert Kardashian: attorney representing OJ Simpson in his famous murder case. The trial was highly publicized and put the Kardashian family in the spotlight. Kim Kardashian, daughter of Robert, took this ascribed status and ran with it, bringing much more fame to the Kardashian name.]]> 2017-03-23 17:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162220511 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162227113 2017-03-23 17:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162227113 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162227517 2017-03-23 17:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162227517 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162227821 2017-03-23 17:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162227821 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162228238 2017-03-23 17:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/162228238 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163584034 While we may take it for granted as a basic human necessity, I believe that A/C is a major inner directed component of human ingenuity. We've managed to conquer our environment by telling her exactly how we want to feel whenever we want. Genghis Khan may have been a mix of both. Perhaps he believed that it was his destiny to conquer most of the known world, but he still took charge of the reins of his "destiny" and conquered many kingdoms instead of passively allowing them to exist. Lance Armstrong found it within himself to win the Tour de France 7 times despite his "destiny" bestowing testicular cancer upon him. Surfers must look outwards towards their surroundings, waiting patiently until the tide turns in their favor so they can gnarl-ily shred it. ]]> 2017-03-30 01:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163584034 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163585023 2017-03-30 01:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163585023 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163587624 2017-03-30 02:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163587624 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163587978 2017-03-30 02:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163587978 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163588033 2017-03-30 02:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/163588033 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164770777 In my first example for sequential, I bring up the Tokyo metro system. Using bullet trains, every single train is exactly on time, to the minute. This is as opposed to our very own synchronous capital metro bus system in Austin, which has an app that will tell you the alleged times of arrival for the bus. King Street's block party is very sequential; it even dictates when the party is going to end and the afterparty will begin. The last picture shows a corporations meeting schedule. It is divided hour by hour and even has a 30 minute slot allotted to lunch! ]]> 2017-04-05 02:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164770777 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164771047 2017-04-05 02:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164771047 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164771065 2017-04-05 02:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164771065 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164771822 2017-04-05 02:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164771822 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164772265 2017-04-05 02:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/164772265 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/165937363 2017-04-11 17:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/165937363 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/167572576 2017-04-21 19:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/167572576 jibraan https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/168467952 2017-04-26 18:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jibraan/jibraansUGS303/wish/168467952