1/30/2017; Lesson 5: Response to "Cultural Paradigms"

The BYU Teacher, I knew his name, and somehow, I forgot it, His words made me think a lot about my perception and the perception of my own reality. Is it actually challenging what I faced through my whole life compared to what other faced. Was I poor in my own experience, or was I poor to the eyes of those who sold me the idea of richness by owning a TV. After almost more than forty years of life in this world, I always thought that eating meat, turkey. Or basically eating, was hapiness. My children, they do not agree with me. 

They are happy by having me around. Was my happiness standard a misguided perception of paradigms? This are the words of the teacher: " A reason to emphasize joy, and to be in a good mood is because, education is in boredom. Interesting delivery of the material. After one hour period, you are going to be closer to death.

That is why it is my responsibility to make that hour enjoyable, useful, that hour, you may never going to have back"

I have always lived under those standards. This might be the very last day of your existence, Let's be happy by choice. While I was a missionary. I really enjoyed the ride. I really tried to share the gospel with as many people as I could. I knew, one way or another, life was going to be harder. 

The teacher says: "Carlos Fuentes, we shall know each other or we shall exterminate each other.

We do not understand each other paradigm"

I have to accept the fact that I am a member of the church, for everybody else, it is ok, to be half naked, it is ok. to wear tights like if they were pants, For me, it is just wrong. Now, I have to be respectful and show respect when young women come to my classroom with shorts and mini skirts that shows all the humanity the Lord gave them. 

The teacher says: "You have those paradigms in your head, You have a paradigm on what is a rock and what is a tree, You see the drawing and the brain works and to interpret it uses your paradigms

You use the paradigm to understand the world around, There are more complex paradigms "

Following Christ, It was actually changing me, and now I know, better than ever, I really changed a lot. Specially after pathway and Studying in the University, My life is now, my God, My family, My work, My school, My calling, I miss a lot watching movies, and sometimes sleeping. Am I building new paradigms. If they are like the ones that at my forties, help me know the difference between right and wrong, then it is ok. 

I may not end with what the teacher says: "A complex paradigm like hypocrisy, What is beauty?, What is graciousness?, What is pride?, What is flirtatious?, What is loyal?, What is polite? Those paradigms differ immensely from culture to culture?, From culture to culture it may mean two things, The complex paradigms are vastly different. In America friends find funny in insulting each other"

This part made me think twice about the way I treat others and my own perspective

"Culture creates false needs and false problems" and this is even better "In every culture, there is a lot of irrationality" Challenge your thinking "Harvard, the best school?"

I really need to learn to appreciate others behaviors in my classroom and the best way to response to what I may assume as missbehavior.

Today, I was using suggestopedia to present a topic about how to make new friends. The idea was that everybody would play another person, They would invent themselves an identity, I gave them nationalities to start. One young lady asked me. "teacher, Can I be a man?" I said, yes, why not?. But deep inside, I was wondering, Why?.

Delali Bright: This video made think a lot about the way I see things, and the way I treat my young daughter, she is actually thin and she does not like to eat that much, The doctors already told us, she is healthy, she is just a little short, but she is ok. so, this video was a wake up call. You know, personally, for me. Skinny, it is not that good at all, In my personal opinion. A woman needs to be strong, you know, After all, she will deal with all the stuff at home, when a man is not around. So I liked this part: " How do we form our opinion?, Emotional costume, She had a legitimate fear, thin is associated with illness, What was looked upon is now praised, Happiness came from what everybody believed, it was about being accepted" and this is something I also one for my children: " Let others opinion determine our happiness - They will never let any cultural standard determine their happiness"

The last video of people from Sudan, You are free to picture me coming from my beloved jungle to the capital city of Peru, Many things still does not make sense for me. And when I am in the bus, I talk to people, sometimes people respond, others, they just change seats. And I am still wondering and trying to explain my son. What does Santa have to do with Christmas Actually? He is not even family of Jesus Christ.

Can you actually build good paradigms? are they bad at all?