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Culture Documents
Lindsey Connolly
February 23, 2017
Most high schools have a common focus on being aware of what is going on in
your own community. However, DCIS pushes its students to go far beyond that limit,in
order to learn about cultures were not a part of, and consider what it is like to live in a
foreign place. We are encouraged to see the bigger picture, and be aware of how we
choose to impact the world. Since Ive been at The Denver Center for International
Studies I have devoted a significant amount of my education to the study of the
Japanese language. I have also gone beyond the surface of the Japanese culture to
look at their deeply rooted traditional values and perspectives. The cultural awareness
that I have gained during my time at DCIS also reaches far beyond Japan. In various
core classes such as world history and cross culture communications , I have done
projects, presentations, and essays focusing on India, China, Ukraine and countless
other places. DCIS also aims to keep its students informed of situations in foreign
countries by presenting information from all over the world in announcements and
assemblies. Im certain that there are some foreign places that I wouldve never even
heard of if I wouldve gone to another school. Looking into foreign countries is not the
only way I have been able to gain foreign knowledge. I was also given the opportunity
to go outside of my comfort zone and perform in a play in drama. This allowed me to
investigate a part of the world that was more of a distinct concept rather than a place. I
have a strong feeling that I am a more informed, involved and culturally aware citizen
due to the fact that I have stayed at DCIS for the past 7 years.
In this domain, I have chosen to only use my first passage, which I feel
relates better to the concepts behind Investigating the world.