Campus Survey

Dianna
1. “I define culture as custom and belief that distinguish one group of people one another”.
I define my culture by the belief and traditions passed down from generations.”
2. “I define race as one of the significant part of me. I am Asian.”
3. “Ethnicity means being part of a group that shares similar characteristics. My ethnicity is
Chinese-American.”
4. “Stereotype is judging people based on their culture and beliefs. All Asians are good at
math is one of the stereotypes that is common in our society. I learned these stereotypes
from school.”

Lynda
1. “Culture is all the norms of a society, or group in general. My culture is defined by the
language and the music.”
2. “Race is dividing people into groups based on their physical appearance I am Latina.”
3. “Ethnicity is what you identify as yourself as. My ethnicity is Mexican-American. “is
4. “Stereotype is judgment to a different group of people based on one person’s judgment.
There are stereotypes to Mexicans that they are lazy and take away jobs from White
groups. I learned stereotypes from the society in general, because anyone can have at
least one stereotype to one another.”

Celeste
1. “Culture is something a group of people do in order to commentate to certain beliefs. My
culture defines from the food and music.”
2. “Race is your heritage, where your ancestors are from. I am Mexican.”
3. “Ethnicity is something you can choose to identify with. My ethnicity is Latino.”
4. “Stereotype is something is someone put to someone else that supposed to define the
group of people. One example of a stereotype is that only jobs Mexicans can do is
working in the fields. I learned the stereotypes from everyday life, heard it all the time in
my life.”

Miriam
1. “Culture is the diversity in the world of different aspects and viewpoints. Food defines
my culture. Frijoles and tacos is what defines my culture.”
2. “Race is the color, characteristics of individuals. My race is Latina.”
3. “Ethnicity is what you define as yourself. My ethnicity is Mexican.”
4. “Stereotype is judging others based on looks in general. One example of stereotype is that
Mexicans are dumb to do anything. I learned stereotypes generally in high school.”

Kham
1. “Culture is the people’s language, food, and clothing. My culture is defined from papaya
salad and elephants.”
2. “Race is social contraction. My race is Asian.”
3. “Ethnicity is a way of identification. My ethnicity is Laotian.”
4. “Stereotype is characteristics that is misunderstood and presented to a particular group.
There are lots of gun violence and gangsters in South Asian population. I learned all the
stereotypes generally from school.”
 Campus Survey Reflection

The Teaching & Learning 339 course required students to take a campus survey to

discover the individual viewpoints on the same contents. Like other students in the class, I was

required to interview three students that I know and two students I did not know well for this

survey. The survey asks each individuals on what defines culture, race, ethnicity, and stereotype

and how each of them relate to their own.

For the campus survey, I tried to get students from different cultures and perspectives so

the results will be a broader result. From the result of the survey, all of the students did indeed

have some different viewpoints on each section, however generally majority of the result was

very similar to one another. All of the students in the survey defined similar response to the

definition of each of the categories (and questions asked for each individuals). When each of the

individuals were asked to explain on what defines his or her perspective on him or herself, some

of the details were connected to one another. For example, majority of the students said that their

culture was defined by their language, food, traditions, clothing, etc., everyday things that

revolved around the world. All of the individuals, like myself, had difficulties on identifying the

difference between race and ethnicity. With a little guidance, and expressing my perspective on

the category, all the students were able to respond to my questions. As teacher, like the context,

we need to understand and recognize each of the student’s different culture and perspective.

This survey is a significant survey for the teaching course students, because it gives an

important teacher’s perspective to each students. The survey expresses that no matter where each

individual come from different cultures and perspective, each of the individual can be united and

have similar perspectives with another. In addition, each of the students have all experienced

difficulties and experienced a lifetime very similar with one another.