My Family Culture

Think:

A major catastrophe has almost completely devastated the infrastructure of your country. The emergency government has decided that the surviving citizens will be best served if they are evacuated to other countries willing to take refugees. You and your immediate family are among the survivors of this catastrophic event. However, you have absolutely no input into the final destination or in any other evacuation details. You are told that your host country’s culture is completely different from your own, and that you might have to stay there permanently. You are further told that, in addition to one change of clothes, you can only take 3 small items with you.

 You decide to take three items that you hold dear and that represent your family culture.

I would do the following:

·         A description of the three items you would choose

1.     My Bible – that contains important facts and a bit of family history

2.    Paper/Pen

3.    Small photo album with key family members

·         How you would explain to others what each of these items means to you

1.    My Bible – My faith, and guidebook for no matter where I live

2.    Paper/Pen – to write and journal my new experiences

3.    Small photo album with key family members- If asked where did I come from it gives a small history lesson about my-self

·         Your feelings if, upon arrival, you were told that you could only keep one personal item and have to give up the other two items you brought with you

• My Bible it would keep me going and a reference in tough situations

·         Any insights you gained about yourself, your family culture, diversity, and/or cultural differences in general, as a result of this exercise.

• My faith is what grounds me in tough situations. 
• The exercise has made me think our culture is not made up of so many external items but internally what makes us

How would you as a reader respond and what is the single item you would take?