The Diversity of Human Experience

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The goal of diversity intends to enhance student appreciation and understanding of the complexity of human experience through the study of differences in cultures and other perspectives.  The following is a link to the University Studies Goals.

The diversity of human experience is the most important of the four goals.  It is completely necessary to look at things from many perspectives and try to understand what others think and feel.  This goals purpose is to show students many aspects of learning and understanding by looking through multiple lenses.  It is unfortunate that not every person will have the opportunity to travel, live or learn in different countries with different people but this goal tries to being this aspect to the classroom.  It is true that most people are ignorant to the ways of the world outside their own so this goal helps infuse different ideologies into the coursework. 

For the diversity of human experience I chose my nature reflection paper, journal entry #3 and journal entry #7.  I chose these three because I believe they convey this particular goal the most effectively.  My nature reflection is my view of nature and the way I feel about it.  This piece may seem counterintuitive but I believe that it helps me understand that just because I feel a particular way doesn't mean that others will.  I can grasp the fact that the way I view nature is hardly a fragment of the way every person in this world may view nature and beliefs and views differ with every single person.  Secondly, I chose journal assignment #3 because i believe it challenged me and forced me to look through the opposite lense of my own belief.  Out of this assignment I gained information that both contradicted and reaffirmed my current beliefs.  I now have a better understanding of the aspect that many religious people feel about the creation of this earth.  Lastly, I chose another journal assignment which was #7.  I chose this because it focused on the word culture and ways to define the word.  It is a difficult word to define and it is a man-made ideology so there are many complex aspects of the concept of culture.  This journal assignment pushed me to look at the ways of other societies that differ from my own.  I could only hope that I will have the opportunity to travel and be able to experience for myself the ways of different cultures. 

1. Nature Reflection
2. Journal #3 - Evolution v. Creationism
3. Journal #7 - Culture

















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