Questions & Answers Week 05
Every week Team GoNorth! answers ten questions related to the module topic from student explorers -- so stay tuned and submit YOUR questions!
To learn more about other cultures and people, it begins with meeting someone from a different culture and then being willing to ask questions. Sometimes the questions we ask may come across as silly, but that's how we learn from each other.
It is also helpful to read about what is happening in the world and in particular countries. Your newspaper is a good resource and, of course, don't forget about the library! Some schools and communities also participate in multi-cultural festivals to learn about foods, dances, and different people.
You can even learn some of the basics of a different culture without leaving your computer screen. You can find cultural events around the country, as well as cultural centers and language schools. And what about this idea: how about finding some easy recipes and making some food from a certain culture you are interested in? Or even making a new pen pal from a place you've always wanted to know about...
Besides travel, what can we do to learn to appreciate other cultures?
M.S.
Victory Heights
6th Grade
Globalization is a way to be global, worldwide, international, and intercontinental. In a sense, the world becomes a smaller place. International trade will grow, cultural differences will lessen, international travel and tourism will increase, the spread of technology will help to share information, and much, much, more.
What this means to us: we need to make sure that we have open minds as things begin to change in our world faster and faster. There will be more religions, new kinds of restaurants, different ways of dressing, and languages that we hear. We are all very different but, since we will all be living "closer together"-figuratively speaking, thanks to globalization-we will have to be more open to people who we see as being different.
What is globalization?
Live Chat 031607
We've eaten a lot of foreign food some, some of which we really love-real Italian pizza, bread and cheese in France, tacos in Mexico, sushi, etc.). There are also some things we've found that some of us (one of us doesn't care for the egg soup in Russia...and another of us is not a big fan of caviar!)
Whenever one us didn't like something, we still tried to eat it and smile, especially if we didn't know the people well who were serving the food.
Is there anything that makes us more squeamish than unusual foods? When we were children, dishes others families ate were "weird." As our taste buds matured, we added more "gross" foods to our diets, but our culture tended to set the boundaries. Most Chinese find cheese to be gross, for example, and rare is the American who relishes the thought of devouring duck's feet, which a delicacy in China.
As the world gets smaller, regional favorites get nearer, less foreign, less "weird." Some of these far-flung foodstuffs could even make their way to your neighborhood grocery store.
When you were traveling, did you eat a lot of foreign food?
Live Chat 031607
Minnesota, USA
That's a great question! Let's see if we can describe it for you since we aren't able to give you some to try.
The texture of caribou is very much like the texture of venison. Both caribou and venison are very lean meats because of what they eat. Caribou eat a lot of lichen so their meat is very rich in Vitamin C. As a result, it is a very healthy meat. The biggest difference between caribou and venison is that caribou does not have what most people describe as a "gamey" taste. The gamey taste of many wild meats is simply that venison, for instance, will taste different than beef. In much same way that quail will taste different than turkey.
Caribou has a very mild flavor and we enjoy dipping it in butter when we eat it. When many people eat corn on the cob, they like it to be cover in butter too. As Mille says, butter gives caribou a "zizzle."
We were wondering, what does caribou steak dipped in butter taste like? It does not sound too pleasant to us.
Our 6th Grade Class
Hambright Elementary School
6th Grade
Minnesota
We do!
We all love food and trying new foods very much. One of the many things we enjoy about visiting communities is that we get to try all kinds of different foods. Be sure to watch the trail reports...once we have tried dumplings, we will tell you all about them.
Do are you looking forword to try the Chukota dumplings?
Nikki LaBorde
CRES
5th Grade
crosby
We are sad to say that Nikolai has had a personal situation arise that he needs to attend to. As a result, he has had to make the decision not to travel with us.
Why won't Nikolai be out on the trail with you?
MKJT
Rush Creek
from the 3/22 chat
Even though Nikolai is not able to travel out on the expedition trail with us, he has continued to help us over the last few weeks. Because it is so important for us to travel with someone who is from Chukotka, Nikolai has found someone to travel with us in his place!
Unfortunately, discussion back and forth has been difficult, so we will learn who this person is when we arrive in Chukotka.
Although we are very sad that Nikolai will not be traveling with us, we are very excited to meet our new team member!! Watch for updates and information about this person in the Weekly Trail Report!
How will you get around without Nikolai?
Mr Clay's Wonderful Class
Eden Lake Elementary
from the 3/22 chat
YES! Very much! Everyone on the Team will tell you that one of the things we look forward to and enjoy the most is going in to the communities. Many times, we don't speak more than a word or two of the language of the people we meet...yet we find ways to communicate, learn from each other, and enjoy our time together.
Do you like to go to other cultures and learn their languages?
Mr Sipper's Class
CRES
3rd Grade Grade
Crosby, MN
