Evaluations from November 23,1999

Topic:

• Defining "Ignorance"
• ABC News Nightline: America in Black & White: Doctors and Patients
• Ba-fa Ba-fa

Rank today's presentation from 1 to 4 (1=totally useless and 4=Very useful)

1. Overall evaluation of class: 3.78

2. What was the most useful or meaningful thing you learned or insight you gained during the session?

•  Everything
• The bias in medical care
• patience + understanding + acceptance of other cultures
• Beta culture experience
• ignorance can be used to one's advantage
• That people are different and you have to try and understand them.
• being an outsider to other cultures
• wanting to be with your own isn't being ignorant. It's more like feeling safe and that's how I felt.
• That it is hard to understand anothers culture.
• The Alpha + Beta Game
• learning how difficult it is to change cultures
• To go into a completely foreign culture + not know anything about it is very,very, difficult.
• Alpha/Beta
• I learned that I like to be a Beta. I was able to be more outgoing than usual
• That everyone is different, and we should respect each other for what we are.
• The thing we did as alpha & betas
• Learning to deal with others.
• That speaking louder to a foreigner will not ensure that they understand you.
• How each culture is different in it's own way.
• I really enjoyed the activity and seeing what it was like being in a different culture.
• Being a Beta.
• Culture Shock!

3. What question(s) remain uppermost in your mind as we end?

•  Whats a blimmer?
• Whether these 2 cultures could ever get along.
• it's funny how everyone thought ignorance implied stupid
• would another culture accept me if I was willing to try
• N/A
• ignorance!
• How do people feel when the language situation is real
• what were the chips for
• nothing really
• Beta language
• Why were the Alphas Rude
• Why do we look at ourselves differently?
• If you are going to a different culture you should prepare yourself. When in Rome do as the Roman's do->just advice
• Nothing
• None (2)
• How long will the trial end?
• My grade

4. What was the "muddiest" point in this session? (In other words, what was the least clear to you?)

•  Rules of cultures
• how girls would like the alpha culture
• N/A
• clarifying: ignorance vs. naivity (sic), etc.
• none (3)
• nothing (3)
• Movie wasn't that great
• everything was very clear
• The movie upset me

5. Other comments:

•  It was fun and it allowed me to think about things I normaly wouldn't
• Very intriguing experiment. Brilliant.
• "Ya-Vasa-Va"! Give me yellow 3
• I love this class, always making us think in different ways
• N/A
• No
• Stop the world I'm getting off
• wonderful experience
• can I be shown a \/+ bibliography
• Fun class (2)
• None
• I really enjoyed being part of the Beta culture.
• Have a Nice Holiday Weekend
  • What do I do now that everyone's gone?

    What do I do now that I'm all alone?

    For ten minutes it's completely quiet,

    In ten minutes, it'll become a riot.

    Poeple talk, people listen, People Say...

    What they think is right, that it's all o.k.,

    I sit here and listen to other's people's mouths,

    I sit here and people think my head's in the clouds,

    It's not though, I completely aware,

    of what people are saying, and that I really care,

    about my life, and the safety of others

    This class has opened my minds and eyes

• Have a Happy Thanksgiving