Since I was gone on the 14th I am going to talk about the guest speaker that we had the 16th. Dr. Porthen, who is a teacher here at the college, came in to speak to our class about her culture which is very different from what we typically see around here. She is from India but was born in South Africa. Her parents were brought from India to South Africa before she was born. In her culture women are not allowed to get a job until they have finished schooling. It is either that choice or become a housewife and they would have to cook, clean and have children. She said she wanted to have a family but her education was important for her to receive. She became the first woman to graduate from the college in South Africa which I think is pretty cool!
Seeing what a culture that we don’t know much about is something that is pretty interesting. I knew that the male was the dominant feature but I didn’t know things like they were depended on to have kids and clean house. Here, having kids is something that most women want but some also want to have the education and not have to just rely on the husband as well what is exactly what she did. Another thing that I thought was different was not getting a job until you have finished your education. Here, most of us kids are going to school, working, doing extracurricular activities and also the chores that most parents assign their children. We are expected to multi-task while they are expected to focus on things one at a time.
I had had her for a class last semester but didn’t really know much about her background and where she really came from so it was kind of nice to finally here what her culture is all about!
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