My Family Culture

Trying to figure out what three items I would take with me to another country was a rather difficult decision. I guess the three items would be my photo album, my cell phone, and my laptop. These three things are very meaningful to me because they contain my life stories and evidence of my work throughout my life. My photo album has many pictures in it, stemming back to my childhood and before I was born. My cell phone has many more pictures, mainly of my friends, and videos of my everyday life and the ones I cherish most in life. Finally, I’d take my laptop because it has almost too much information on it. It has coursework from my undergraduate and graduate years, lesson plans, pictures, journals, interactive activities, and much more! If, upon arrival to this other country, they told me that I could only keep one of these three items, I would choose my photo album but would feel devastated. I would feel like a part of me was being left behind. However, my album is the only evidence that I have of my past family members. It contains memories that even I can’t recall or recreate.

In completing this blog, I realized how much technology is important to me, not just for the convenience, but for the storage of memories and work. However, when it comes down to it, technology can’t take the place of my experiences and culture.