1. What were your expectations before you started serving this organization (physical characteristics, neighborhood, personnel, individuals you served, etc.? The first day I entered Sant La, I didn 't have high expectations coming in. Since Sant La is known to be a Haitian community center known to help the Haitian community. So as a Haitian American fluent in both Creole and English. I just assumed that I would be assisting older Haitians. 2. Use textbook information to demonstrate how your experience is related to course content. - Locate and write three key terms related to your experience in your textbook. - Write the definitions of each key term next to the term. - Explain how each concept is related to your experience. Since the beginning of this term until now, chapter 1 and 10 would most likely describes my experiences at Sant La. It is known that Sant La is a Haitian community and this place is heavily cultured (A system of shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, and expectations that persist over time and prescribe social behavior and assumptions) with the traditional appearance and viewpoints of a Haitian. Makes them feeling at home-Haiti. The ethnic group (People whose ancestors were born in the same region and who often share a …show more content…
How did you serve this organization? What were your responsibilities? As a volunteer with the mission to help, I did anything they asked me to do including any activity that was toward assisting the community as a whole that was not any of the employee 's personal use nor violated my human rights. Therefore the most important thing i did was assisting clients with online application and resumes. The employees would hand me the website where job positions are posted, and I would then proceed to fill out the clients applications with their information and correct any grammatical errors that would happen to be in their resumes. 4. What has this experience meant to you as a person, a college student, and as member of the
Haiti, as we found out in chapter 3, was a melting pot of both Dahomey and Kongolese people from West and Central Africa. Each brought with them their native African traditional religion, what we have termed Voodoo. In the case of the Kongolese, they also had Catholic and French influences. Consequently Haiti was the home of a brand of Catholic-based Voodoo called “Haitian Voodoo” – which was practiced in the sugarcane fields of Haiti as the Dahomey and Kongolese people were melted together in a unique Creole setting. Now comes Louisiana, the twin sister of Haiti.
The American Revolution was the archetype for the rest of the world's major revolutions. Every major revolution is made official with some version of a declaration starting with the most famous, the Declaration of Independence. Document 2 is a section from Haities “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” This document states their declaration for liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. The origin of the Haitian Revolution was caused by the consistent unfair and cruel treatment of the colored workers and slaves in Haiti.
On September Wednesday 23, 2015 I gave my very first speech about culture in front of 23 random classmate. They all starring at me, waiting for me to say something, I was already sweating just searching for my Power-point. I am horrified of public speaking or facing large crowds of people, my uncomfortableness showed through my speech. I choose to talk about the Haitian culture not only because it’s my culture because no one really know the real facts about the Haitian culture. My purpose was to present some facts and details about the culture because all people know about the country is that it is the poorest country in the world and when you google it all you see is ruthless images which is not all true.
In Haiti, back in 1791 to 1803 the Haitian revolution started. Slaves population have no liberty or property. They faced a lot of unfair deals that the society confirmed. Even though many of them died of plantation, the ratio of enslaves people to free people is still too high to estimate. The high death rate made people in Haiti to ship more slaves from Africa.
Saint Domingue was one of the richest colonies of the Americas during the late eighteenth century. Its extravagance resulted from their large production of highly demanded coffee, cotton, and sugar, which heavily depended on strict slave regime. Slaves, many whom were African born, made up the vast majority of the population and suffered poor working and living conditions. The anger of slaves caused the Haitian Revolution, which would lead to Haiti freeing itself from its oppressor and becoming an independent republic in the Caribbean. The Haitian Revolution created a profound effect not only the former French colony, but also acted as a leader for reformation around the world.
Their Mission is, “We are committed to providing quality comprehensive services for the child and his/her family. Our activities are geared toward nurturing the growth and development of the children enrolled, involving parents in the program and providing them with opportunities to enhance their understanding and knowledge.”. This is where I actually did my service. I was placed in a classroom with 21 kids from the age 3-5. Immediately after walking into the room, a number of them got up from their storytime and hugged us and drug us over to sit with them.
Have you ever seen a 7 year old busboy at a restaurant? At that age I became one at my family's Caribbean restaurant. Yes being a 7 year old busboy is a bit crazy, but it is very much realistic. Working at that age up until now has given me many experiences both socially and economically. I found it easy walking up to a total stranger and starting a conversation.
IV. THESIS / Central Idea: The Haitian culture have many traditions and they all are important to us, our etiquettes, cuisine and music are what make us, Haitian stand out. V. (Preview) the three major point of Haitian’s traditions I am going to talk about are the A. Etiquette/ Custom B Cuisines C. Arts (Transition: Let's start with Etiquettes.)
Haiti is ten-thousand square miles of mountains and valleys, and is stuffed to the brim with almost 3 million people. Most are black or lighter skinned, but there are only 5,000 white, most all whom are immigrants. It’s widely believed they came from Africa, but they are just as European as American’s were in the beginning. They learned their main language, Creole, from French slaveholders and it has been used in high and low classes alike since. A sign of higher education though, is being able to fluently speak French.
Without a doubt attending North Carolina Governor 's School West has had the greatest impact on my thinking. I was privileged to join a few hundred of the brightest minds of my age in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for a six week experience away from outside influence. This immersion was especially life altering because of how open-minded everyone was to new perspectives. This truly created an environment of learning and expression in addition to being a major liberation from my everyday life as I had to be truly independent while on Salem College’s campus. I attended as a choral ensemble student, but was able to experience so much more in addition to choir.
The only organization that maintains and follows the principles set forth by the 22 founders that started it all based on community service and scholarship. I am physically and mentally prepared to serve for a life time. I am confident in all that I commit myself
Even though Haiti’s a poor country, his people have a big heart. Parents don’t want their child to work, they make them focus on school only, and their education. On the other hand, Americans just consider a child to be lazy if at their teenage age they still don’t work. They raise their children to be independent different from Haitian that make their children to depend on them. Another fact is that Americans are not really friendly; they avoid contact with people, and they have a hypocrite smile on their face, however, Haitians are really friendly, sincere, and courteous.
I have been part of the Long Beach Police Explorers since November, 2016. I heard about this program through a friend. I was automatically interested in becoming a Police Explorer when I heard about it because since I was little I have had an interest in law enforcement. I remember my first Wednesday meeting after interviews, I was really nervous the whole week before because I didn’t know what to expect.
When I was younger, I lived in a small village in China where everyone was Chinese like me. Moving to America, I was exposed to diversity for the first time. I have friends from France, Mexico, Vietnam, among many other places, and this inspired my love for world history. I had always loved Chinese history because I was proud to be a member of one of the oldest cultures in the world. However, I also wanted to learn about other groups and their cultures.
I’m a passionate and driven individual. One of my main goals for proceeding with my education consists of promoting education to my relatives in Haiti. In Haiti, less than forty-five percent of people have a college education. This statistic draws a negative image of Haitians residing in Haiti, and their perception on education. I believe my attendance will encourage my relatives to resume their educational pursuits, and the next generation will follow.