Individual Culture Project

Rebecca
Cote’
Fischer
My Regional/Geographic Culture
Southern Nevada
When I was three years old, my family relocated to
Alamo, Nevada (90 miles north of Las Vegas on Highway 93)
where my mother began her teaching career. Growing up in a
small, ranching community had its benefits. As a child and
young adolescent, I enjoyed activities and freedoms that only
small-town children can relate to, such as building forts out of
over-sized lilac bushes, riding my bike all over town, and
swimming in irrigation ditches.

During the summer of my 16th birthday, my family

relocated to Henderson, Nevada, which was where both of my
parents were from. As a teenager learning to drive and
wanting to date, this was a welcome and exciting change! Two
years later I graduated from Basic High School and the Area
Technical Trade Center.

After many years of pursuing my husband’s education,

we moved back to Las Vegas in 2005. Because I am native to
this region, I am familiar with the challenges and benefits of
raising my children here.
 My Religious/Spiritual/Philosophic Culture –
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints
My religion is a huge part of
the culture of my life. It
encompasses everything about
me. As a lifelong member of the
LDS church, I have participated
in and advanced through all of
its programs. My membership
has given me direction, peace
and strength during the most
trying times of my life.

As a woman in the LDS church, I am a member of the Relief Society, the oldest and
largest women’s organization in the world. As a mother of four children, I am grateful for
the importance the LDS church places on the family. It is exciting for me to watch them
grow up in the church as well.
 My Generational Culture
Generation X

Some political and cultural events of note that

helped form Generation Xers political and cultural
experiences are the elections of presidents Ronald
Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, the space
shuttle Discovery disaster, the Baby Jessica rescue, the
fall of the Berlin Wall, the Persian Gulf War, the AIDS
epidemic, the War on Drugs, the advent of personal
computers and the beginning of the video game era just to
name a few.

Members of Generation X are comfortable with

technology and have strong work ethics. We like our
play, too, and find ways to enjoy it both in and out of the
workplace. Because we were raised by Baby Boomers,
we tend to be less committed to one employer and more
willing to change employment to get ahead. As
Generation Xers, we are ambitious and eager to learn new
skills but want to accomplish things on our own terms.
My Occupational Culture
Education
My mother always told me to NEVER be a teacher.
It would have been great advice if only she hadn’t been one
herself. Helping her in her classroom before and after school
and on weekends was always fun for me. I admired my
mother’s creativity and loved to “play teacher” while she
worked on her lesson plans. However, for most of my adult
life, I have followed my mother’s advice and have had no
interest in the occupation.

The passion I feel now for the profession came as I

spent five years working in early childhood education at
various daycares and preschools. Challenger School,
because of its intense, teacher-directed, classroom activities
provided me with the experience of teaching preschoolers to
read and making learning fun! Helping young students
become better readers is now the driving force in my
educational goals.