My culture

Hello everybody! This is Ruth Marquez and I will explain the mining of these pictures to me. All the pictures you see on my poster represent where I from, my culture and what my parents tech me to love. When I see these pictures automatically I think on my country

HyeJung's thoughts between Korea and America

This is my whole picture of the poster. I wanted to show 5parts about America according to my first impression. Some of them are similar with my culture and well accepted for me but some of them are not. I am going to explain 'WHY' compare two cultures.

Above the three pictures are good examples to show the similarities and differences about the Wedding culture. In Korea, we have traditional wedding ceremony : wearing HanBok, which is traditional coutume for special occasions, traditionl ritual as shown on the second picture. But it has been changed to western style. When you see the third picture, you might find weird things. Some of them are wearing traditional costume but some of them are not, especially groom and bride. We usually have 2 stages for the wedding ceremony, traditional style and western style. So groom and bride have to change their outfit for second stage, traditional style which is called 'PyeBaek'. But I think the meaning of marriage has been changed a lot in America. It's getting more complicated. There is no rules and forms such as sexual identity, wedding ceremony. But I can say that Korean wedding style is definitely 'Melting pot'. For this short essay, I don't want to attach a lot of different informations so I am going to close here.

In my opinion, food represents the culture. So I wouldn't say that which food is better or worse. It's just a way of living. Rice is considered major and basic meal for Korean. For eating rice, which doesn't have strong taste, we need side dishes like a second picture. Some of side dishes take long time to make. For example, making Kimchi needs at least 5hours because before mixing all the ingredients, it has to be pickled with salt for a couple of hours. And then we have to wait 2 or 3days to eat because it needs to be fermented. But, as long as I know about American food, it takes less time to make compare at Korean's. After I came here, I usually have American style lunch and Korean style dinner to save my time. I think it is good combination.

This section is the most impressive for me. In America, there are a lot of adult school and many people keep educating by themselves. And there is no limitation due to age. After finishing courses, people expect to have better job or better life because they don't need to mention their age on the resume. If people want to have a job in Korea people have to write down their age because there is a blank for age on the resume form obviously.

It's Becky

Hello, everyone !! It's Becky.
I would like to tell you about my poster :)


First, I expressed tree and leaves about relationship with me and culture.




This picture is my favorite people.
The upper left is famous Korean singer. Her name is Gain Son.
Sometimes I mimic her make-up.
and The upper right is American actor.
His name is Johnny Depp.
I love him. So I have book about him.
and Last picture is black eyed peas. I always listen their music.
They have a lot of good song. when I listende their music, I am exciting.



This picture is about object and event.

Object is Starbucks. I love this coffee. So I drink coffee everyday in there in Korea and Chicago.
Event is 2002 World cup. Originally, I was not interesting about watching soccer game. But after 2002 world cup was in Korea and Japan, I love that. At that time many Korean who weared red clothes cheered players in anywhere.







This is movie. I love that.
One is Dreamgirls. I love actresses in this movie.
And I love this song in movie. After I watched Dreamgirls, I became to love musical movie.





Actually, you can see the other picture on my poster.
Picture of upper left is American life. I envy them who live a comfortably off. In Korea,
many people live busy. They don't have their time. And Picture of center is Korea culture.
One is Kim-chi. Maybe more and more many people know that. I proud about Kim-chi. And other is traditional marrage ceremony. I like that. clothes are so pretty.

Thank you.

my poster -- Ian

Hi, everyone, I am Ian. Now, I introduce my poster. In the middle of the poster, there is a small picture of me. I always ask myself who I am. Before I came to the U.S., or after I live in Chicago, I might have been changed something. I still miss my hometown. So I put the pictures on the poster which I visited in Beijing when I came back to China last year. And two pictures about the contrast of food. I think that living in the U.S. I should accept the American culture, not long the food, but also other aspects.

In my opinion, America like a melting pot. Americans comprise the Italian, Mexican, Irish, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and so on.

Every early morning, in the Tiananmen Square, there is a flag raising ceremony. It may be the characteristic in China.

MY poster :)

Hi everyone! I'm Yejin.
I'd like to explain about my poster.
First of all , this is korea national flag which
represent my origin.











The cross symbolize a 'Jesus' whom i rely on.
It means i'm Christian.
And J-crew is the brand which
I tried american style fashion at very first time.
Now it became my favorite brand in America.
The end of left side is drug.
The reason that I choose the picture is
that I will be a 'Pharmacist'.
I have a plan to transfer to Pharmacy school.





Piano is one of my best friends.
I started to learn play the piano
since I was 4 years old.
I always spent my free time
by playing the piano.
Because I could my all stresses away
by doing this.
The last one is America national flag.
As I came to america
I could experienced america culture
and changed a lot of me .

MY POSTER------STEPHY

Hello,everybody. Now i introduce my poster, i chose yellow background, because yellow can give people a warm feeling. First, my hand with "1, 2, 3 magic", that's mean the magic from my hand to show all this pictures to you. The right side have Disney land and Cinderella with her glass slipper, that's my favorite whenever i was a child or right now. And then, the night of Eiffel Tower inpairs which built at 1889, many girls think it is a romantic place, i think so. Ok, move to next part. There is "lucky money" and "good fortune", its very tradition in China. Lucky money maybe everyone know what's that mean, so let me introduce the "good fortune". If you go to China you will see this everywhere, people often put this in the door, means the good forune is coming to their house. The last part is famous Chinese stars and bridal veil fashion. I hope you will like my poster.

My Identity

Hi, everyone, my name is YanLing. In here, I'm going to talk about my identity. On the poster board, I drew two houses. One is my “old home”-- China; one is my “new home”--America. The new home’s door is open. I stand inside the house. But my hand is holding a rope which is tightening with what I learned in China. It meant I’m Chinese emotionally, no matter where I am. Inside the “old home”, I pasted Chinese flag, map, and the symbol— a dragon. The top icon is Chairman Mo—the first chairman of The People’s Republic of China, who established the new China in 1949. The second icon is Lei Fong whom helped others a lot. He is the one of the famous idols for young people. In the middle of the “old home”, I pasted Chinese characters. These are block letters and developed from shapes. An image is Chinese New Year, another one is a big family. Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China (the coming Chinese New Year is February 14th), all members of a family would come together to celebrate Chinese New Year. At the bottom of the “old home”, a woman is opening her eyes widely. It meant since 1979, China opened her door, letting foreigners go into and China going into the world. Then, I had the opportunity to come to America. My “new home” is America. When I just came here, the first thing I needed to know is 26 English letters and use English. It is difficult for me. In the centre of the “new home” is the picture of Chicago Chinatown. I’m live in Chinatown community, and usually I read Chinese Newspapers, watch Chinese cable TV and eat rice with chopsticks and bowls. I loaned a car and a house. I use credit card to buy things. This March, we need to fill up a form for Census 2010 with Chinese or English. It will help our community develop well. A Health Care symbol is pasted because it is important for everyone. Labor Day is a holiday in America, and I celebrate it. Also, I celebrate Chinese festivals in America. In brief, I’m an American citizen, but my emotion is I'm a Chinese.