Culture

A.   

This picture shows the cultural difference between Muslims and other religions such as Christianity, in how they dress and present themselves. The Muslim woman is showing less skin in the traditional clothing that is that of as respectable for her culture, she is also sitting straighter with her legs crossed in a more formal sitting position. On the other hand, the other girl is showing more more skin in clothes that are traditional for her culture and considered respectable in her culture, she is also sitting more slouched without her legs crossed in a less formal sitting position.

B.

  Section 1
1. Culture is the social norms of a group of people, that usually live in the same origin, have the same religion, or are of the same ethnicity. It is easy to describe a culture but what group they belong to.
2. I disagree with the slide that said that in the west a cold meal is eaten in the morning and at night, and a hot meal is eaten in the middle of the day. The author may have thought of this as true because that is what they experienced.
3. Culture in the U.S is based on things happening very quickly. People eat food that is prepared quickly, like fast food and microwavable food. People get dressed to be able to move about during the day, like jeans and pants instead of dresses. People also hate waiting in lines for things. This sis probably not true for everyone, because every person is different, but for the majority of Americans this is true.
Section 2
1.People could use their memories to  relate new situations to old ones that they are familiar with. like if somebody saw someone eating with chopsticks they could remember when they saw someone eating with a fork to realize that you should use the chopsticks to eat.
2.One time I had to grill chicken for dinner so I remembered when I grilled burgers and tried to do the same thing, but apparently chicken needs a lower heat and I ended up setting the dinner on fire, so it didn't work for me because they were two different things.
3. There are limitations, like when I burnt the chicken, because even though the two things were close, they were not close enough to  work.
Section 3 We can use our imagination to appreciate others culture by imagining what it might be like to live in the way they do, so that we are not too quick to judge people.

Why TOK

  This picture shows why TOK is important, because TOK is about different ways of seeing things and being open minded, and this guy is not being open minded. In this cartoon the man is only considering the effect of what he is doing in a legal way and is unconcerned with how it affects people. TOK is about stepping back and looking at things from all angles, but this man is actively avoiding having to look at it from the point of ethics.

b. The Sturgis community does not display the IB learner's profile trait of risk taking as much as others. This is because as a community the students are worried of messing some thing up that could affect them in an academic way so they don't try new things. As a community in general people do not try new sports that they might not be good at, because they have so much to do with school they don't see the purpose of trying to play a sport they may not be good at when they have a lot of other things that they have to do.