Advance Acidemics Journal Entry

JOURNAL ENTRY 1: Aspects of Surface Culture and Customs (pp.21-22)

In this activity, you’ll explore various aspects of surface culture and customs you have experienced in school.

Remember: The five suggestions for creating a meaningful journal appear earlier in this section. Please review these suggestions before writing. Especially remember to copy the directions for each step (just the bold print) into your journal before writing …. and then DIVE DEEP!

1. Contrast the surface culture of your most recent educational experience (e.g., high school, another college or university, a trade school) with that of your current school. From the following list, choose two or more surface-level features where they differ. Then, in a separate paragraph for each feature, explain how the two are different. Explain the advantages and/or disadvantages you see in your present higher education culture as compared with your previous educational culture(s).

Number of students in a class | Age of students |

Race or ethnicity of students | Economic class of students |

Courses offered | Amount of homework |

Popular out-of-school activities | Teachers’ treatment of students |

Alcohol | Academic preparation of educators |

In-groups | Religions |

Clothes | Food |

Languages spoken | Dialects spoken |

Sports | Amount of writing assigned |

Amount of reading assigned | Drugs |

Architecture of buildings | Favorite music |

Holidays observed | Out-groups |

Attendance policy | Methods of teaching |

Involvement of parents | Classrooms |

Here’s how your journal entry might begin if you chose “Age of students” and “Teachers’ treatment of students”:

* I graduated from high school last year and the ages of students there ranged from about 14 to 18 years old. Here in college the ages of students range from about 17 or 18 to 50 or even older. In my math class this semester, I have a mother and daughter who are taking the class together. Overall, students here in...