Hello everyone!
My name is Pin Chieh, Ho. This blog
will be my observations and explorations of the metropolitan of Los Angeles
region. I was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan until I graduated from high school.
I decided to come to the US (more specifically, Los Angeles) to finish my
college degree. Before I came to Los Angeles, my imagination to here is
“celebrities, beaches and fun”. (Well, that’s not the reason why I chose here
to study. :P) Personally, I am always very interested in the area that I am
living in. I know the city where I come from a lot. Every time when people
ask me where am I come from, six out of ten people would think Taiwan means
Thailand, and eight out of ten people would ask me what is the difference
between Taiwan and China since we all speak in Chinese. I spent time and I am
still spending time to explain and introduce to people who have questions about
my country. As a result, it is really exciting that I have a chance to use
concepts I will learn in this class to analyze Los Angeles.
Since I
have only been to the US for only two year, my perceptions of “social
difference” in the metro Los Angeles area might be not as deep and as convincible
as most of the classmates. As far as I am concerned, Los Angeles is a really
diversity city. People come from everywhere of the world. Based on different
language, race, gender, religion, culture, financial status and value for each individual,
social differences exists. The inequality is an issue that always follows with the
social difference. I am looking forward to explore the variety of this city and
sharing my opinions with professor Wilford and my classmates.
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