In my view, different attire responds to different culture. Once I asked my American friend, “Why do American students bring backpack all the time?” She said, “Why do Asian students carry handbags?” American students think wearing comfortable clothing and backpack is practical and efficient. “You don’t have to worry about what to wear! Just put on your UConn t-shirt! It’s easy!”A Korean student said, ”American students know nothing about fashion! I like to wear skirt with sneakers but they don’t. Everyone dress similar and not stylish.” I got the same opinion from other International students.They all think the clothing of UConn students is monotonous; the attire in their college is much more diverse. Continue reading
Social Life
Notes on UConn culture: What happens on the weekend
For college students, schoolwork is definitely the most important part in their daily life. Obviously on school days, most students share the same behaviors like going to class, having meals and staying in library. But on weekends, things change significantly. It is a time when all students have fun as well as show their personality. As one of the UConn students, I find myself really interested in what students around me usually do at weekend. So in my fieldwork project, I decided to focus on all kinds of students’ behaviors during weekends. Continue reading
Student Journals on Language and Listening
Language is so ubiquitous that we experience it as we make jokes with friends, understand lectures professors speeched and read original novels everyday. I wandered through Homer Babbidge Library, touching books, hoping, more than one time, that anyone watching me might think I was a native speaker. However, from the last two weeks in the US, I can tell a different language is not so quickly perfected, since there are so many differences between Mandarin, my mother language, and English.
First of all, it’s about the grammar. Continue reading