Anthro 1010:Cultural & Human Experience
"You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die." -Dame Cicely Saunders
Course Description
The course explores the diversity of world cultural traditions. The intent of the course is to stimulate appreciation for and insight into the Cultural Behavior of all peoples. To understand culture, the course examines the range of anthropological approaches to the study of people that have developed and been refined over the past hundred years. The course will employ a mix of materials including textual, visual materials, and lecture.
Hospice Volunteer Work
Instead of writing a essay or creating a power point that summarizes my work in the semester, instead we were asked to do volunteer work. We were given a list of organizations to contact and volunteer at. The main point of the assignment was to surround yourself in a completely new environment, like anthropologist does and take it all in. Most of my peers choose the homeless center, I choose to volunteer at 5 Star Home & Hospice. Why? because I'm uncomfortable in the situation. My first initial thoughts was I was going to be surrounded by young people dying, and it was going to be the saddest thing I ever saw. However, most people in Hospice care are elderly. Adding, I thought death would come fast, but nope it did not out of all the people I worked with they are still very much living. Sadly, they are in hospice care for a reason. At the end of my volunteer work it was the most rewarding thing I ever felt, as well as sad. Hospice care you make the patient feel happy and alive as they can be, it is the most unselfish thing a person can do, to be there in their time of need. Read more about it in my Outside The Classroom