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Emma Ellis'

Cultural Identity

Date 1

About Me:

Intro

My name is Emma Ellis and I am a student and a teacher in my early twenties.

Physical Attributes

Significant Individual Differences

  • White with Eastern European features
  • Light brown hair like my grandmother
  • Hazel eyes and a big smile like my father

Talents and Interests

  • Sports (playing and spectating)
  • lacrosse, soccer
  • Reading

Areas in Which I Require Assistance

Assistance

  • Therapy helps me tease out any problems I'm having and helps me manage my mental health

Goals

Goals for the Future

  • Finish school
  • Become an Adaptive PE teacher
  • Try out new hobbies

Finest Personal Quality

Personal Quality

  • I think I am a caring person

Country other than the US our Family Identifies With:

Cultural Self

Lithuania

Stereotype

A Gender Stereotype I've heard recently:

  • When watching the Women's March Madness tournament, women athletes being referred to as "inferior" to male athletes is still a topic of converstation

A Cross-Cultural Experience that was Anxiety Provoking

Cross-cultural Experience

  • When I first shifted from teaching general education classes to working solely with children with special needs, I was nervous I wouldn't do well or be able to pick up the teaching differences between the classrooms. While there were definitely differences in classroom culture, the change went very well.

Culture Other Than My Own I am Unfamiliar With:

Other Cultures

  • I have only ever worked in service based, people-oriented job settings, so corporate, business culture is very unfamiliar/ daunting to me

Corporate Culture

The Greatest Challenge I Face as an Educator:

Greatest Challenge

Making sure I adapt lessons to meet the needs, physical and mental, of the students I work with, so that they can all get the most out of PE.

Social Values

Aspects of Ethnicity

  • The social values I appreciate the most are:
  • being genuine
  • working hard
  • being kind/ compassionate
  • and trustworthiness

Intellectual Modes

Intellectual Modes

  • Preferered ways of learning:
  • school
  • playing outside in my youth
  • reading
  • extracurriculars (sports, music, art, etc.)

Orientation Modes

Orientation Modes

  • During interactions, I'll sit or stand across from someone, facing them, and make eye contact
  • I nod or say "mhmm" when listening to others to show I'm paying attention
  • The closer I am with someone the closer I may stand when conversing

Nonverbal Communication

Nonverbal Communication

  • I smile when I meet someone
  • wave, shake hands, or hug as a greeting
  • Use hands when conversing
  • Occasionally touch other person's arm when communicating

Verbal Communication

Verbal Communication

  • Tone greatly effects meaning
  • ex: dry tone indicative of sarcasm
  • Volume or pitch can also help convey emotion
  • if I'm speaking louder or in a higher voice I may be really happy or excited

Space, Time, and Tempo

Cultural Context

  • I like being on time and using a schedule
  • I am more in tune with nature and like to be in rhythm with people and nature
  • spend time in nature (ex: walks)
  • time of year/season impacts mood

Social Organization

Social Organization

  • Making connections, networking, and who you know helps you in many aspects of life
  • Being true to your word and doing what you say you're going to do is important

Verbal Messages

Verbal Messages

  • Utilize shorthand speech and context clues when communicating
  • How things are said holds a lot of weight
  • Emotional aspect to communicating

Social Roles

Social Roles

  • I follow rules for the most part
  • If a rule doesn't align with my values or I think it harms others more than it does good, that's when I'd stray from following
  • Don't blindly follow

Interpersonal Relations

Interpersonal Relations

  • I value strong friendships/ relationships
  • I appreciate my individuality and taking care of myself, but I know I need and thrive when I have deep interpersonal connections
  • Human interactions are important; group > individual

Reasoning

Reasoning

  • I used to be more logical, but now I'm better at using both logic and emotions to help make decisions
  • Value intuition more
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