Wednesday 1/4/23- Cece Gustavson
Today, we started with an exploration of the course content and the learning objectives. We learned that over the two-week period, we will be learning about Asian culture (specifically Singaporian culture for the M-term) and the Asian American experience, with the hopes of becoming more empathetic and internationally learned students. The intro presentation slides were a great way for the class to understand the purpose of the course and determine the deeper questions we should be asking ourselves as we explore these ideas. Before taking a short break, we reviewed the schedule of activities as well and assigned students for blog writing. When we returned, we went through a slideshow on the Asian American experience, focusing on both historical and cultural aspects. We talked a lot about immigration and the particularly impactful 1965 Nationality and Immigration Act, which drastically increased the Asian American population in the US. The next slides contained various charts and graphs ...