Learning Journal

Hello! I am taking the One World, Many Cultures, Many Faiths course as a way to wind down and achieve my bachelor’s degree. I decided to take this course based on information that I received from someone else that took it, and the prospect of culture, religion and geographical relevance seemed to peak my interest as an interesting way to end my undergraduate endeavors. I did not expect it to be easy and it has proven me right in that aspect but it seems to be a class with a welcome flavor to it. The amount or cluster objectives (24!) seems daunting but I am sure I am up to the task and welcome any help that I can receive from others in the class! I am sure I will need it! Some of my strong points that I feel can contribute to this class are my abilities to work well with others and my ability to have an open mind. I was a mid level manager in retail management for 10+ years and I have worked with many different wonderful people in that time. I love working with others and achieving a team atmosphere so that we can all succeed. (Sounds like a retail sales pitch huh, they may have brain washed me some!)

          I had not really considered the effects that geography can have on a person’s life and culture. I am ashamed to say that it is perfectly obvious, but I had never considered or taken the time to consider the effects that multiple things such as location and customs can have on people. I look forward to learning more as this class rolls on. I have pretty much led a sheltered life as I have not been fortunate to travel much. I do not have any real good firsthand experience when it comes to being well traveled but I hope to make up for it by having an open mind to the possibilities and information from our fellow class members and information from our texts. I have been to Denver half a dozen times or so (family in the area) and also to Birmingham and Boston but that just about sums up my travels so far in my near 40 years on the planet. I hope that this class will be better with me in it because I hope to contribute to the desire of others to learn and in turn help myself learn something new as well! The only real concerns that I have are making sure that I help those around me, and paying attention to things that I learn in this class. Other classes that I have taken at Bellevue have opened my eyes to things in the world that I was not aware of and I am curious what I take away from this class. It is important to me that I take a little something away from every class that I take here. Thanks and look forward to learning from all of you!