Living the dream and traveling the world. How quickly things change once we’ve returned to our home country and our responsibilities set in again. Time in Germany with the other students was an experience that I will never forget. We were able to conquer communication barriers to discuss topics that could impact the world at
While visiting One of German Realschule in Ludwigsburg, I was quite surprised by how much the German education system differs from the one in the US. Children in Germany essentially get assigned a certain career path, based on their scholarly inclinations. Hauptschule gets students prepared for vocational training, Realschule provides a broader general education, and
I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently. About Caring Leadership and Cultural Humility. And this has caused me to reflect. I’ve sat in many classes for countless hours examining and re-examining educational leadership, and more recently global leadership, during the course of my master’s program in educational leadership & policy studies. I’ve heard so
As I readjust to Eastern Standard Time and 24/7 air conditioning, I’ve thought a lot about what it means to be an American citizen. Many of the conversations I had with German and French couples eventually broached the topic of immigration, whether intentionally or accidentally. During the times my feet felt like they might fall
What is cultural competency and what does it look like in an organization? I found a blog post by Deeta Jones on cultural competency and what that actually means for an organization. Cultural Competency: What Organizations Need to Know According to Jones, “Cultural competence is about our will and actions to build understanding between people,
After getting about 100 hours of sleep and finally overcoming my jet lag, I started to collect my thoughts about our trip overseas. This is a little overwhelming as words cannot accurately describe all of the feelings and emotions that have built up in my head over this past two weeks. One prominent feeling that
This experience has made me more grateful to live and have grown up in the United States more than I expected it to. I didn’t really think about it until my drive home from Dulles International Airport where my Mom picked me up and I told her all about my trip. I was explaining to
We are hiding from the rain at one of the cozy Italian places in downtown Stuttgart. It’s Friday night and the streets are full of people. They are drinking beer, having fun, and seem to not care at all about the pouring rain (Germany endured record-breaking heat this past week so everyone is relieved to
As I start the arduous journey of consolidating my thoughts into coherent words and overlapping them with theoretical principles I’m finding myself making actual business plans. I’ve mentioned that my family volunteered with an organization focused on serving refugee and migrant populations last year, Viva la Casa. Upon further research, I’ve found that this organization
Cultural Humility in the workplace. What does it look like? How can we learn to be more humble with our culture as well as other cultures? These questions are what drive individuals to become more culturally sensitive. Both of these questions are connected and can be related back to self bias. We all have biases.