Our Own Cultural Practices That Took Criticism and How Each of Us Managed

Members: Section: ARII-2A
Dianela, Xavier Lyne C.

Gabat, Carla Arriane V.
Gadil, Alexander Terrence
Gama, Adrienne Nicole M.
Our own cultural practices that took criticism and how each of us managed
1
Ever since I was young, I was always intrigued in computer games. As I was growing up, I also grew fond over it,
making me part of the gaming culture. I may not as athletic as my parents wanted me to be, but they forgot the most
important part of a hobby, and it’s that you enjoy doing it. People think it’s a waste of time and money, but little do
they know it helped us one way or another. For example, it helped me through hard times. For some individuals, it
changed their life; they made a living on gaming. Some people don’t understand that playing games is just the same
as sports hence the name Esports. Playing games might not exercise your body, but it exercises the mind like chess.
Also it takes time and money to be good at sports, in gaming it’s not so different. Sometimes I myself gets criticized
of what I’m doing, saying it’s a waste of time, but I learned to just shrug it off. Nowadays, I learned to manage my
time in the computer and schoolwork so that it doesn’t affect my grades.
2
I am part of the English Proficient Modern Filipino Culture When I was studying in U.A.E, foreign people would
always be surprised and ask in a slightly rude tone about how I speak English so well. Then I would casually explain
and hope that they would actually believe that Filipinos are actually great in speaking in English because it has been
taught to them ever since they were little. These situations don’t usually happen but when they do it comes off as a
bit discriminatory for people like me who is actually comfortable conversing in English. It even reached to the point
that Filipinos discriminate themselves and assume that they aren’t capable of speaking in English. Even now I feel
disrespected but then I gradually accepted the situation after realizing I should just prove them wrong as I go and
meet other people; after all there are a thousand other people like me and I think that this discrimination would
eventually, someday, stop altogether if we just continue striving to flaunt the ever-growing Filipino capabilities.
3
I am part of the Literary Pop Culture I am an avid reader and I do usually read as my usual past time like most
“booklovers” in the world. But maybe because I usually keep my nose in between the pages that people
automatically assume that I don’t know any other thing besides reading. So, during my younger years and even until
now, I was usually forgotten by my friends when they go out and have fun or play. They would tell me “Alam
namin nagbabasa ka eh,” or “Baka maistorbo ka namin kaya di ka na namin inaya.” This also led to some situations
where they wouldn’t even dare to strike up conversations with me because they would already think that I wouldn’t
get what they would be talking about. I would silently agree but inside it would actually hurt to be prejudiced like
that. It was really awkward and depressing to think about but I got over it eventually when I finally found some
friends who are part of the same pop culture, share the same interests, and “talk the same language” as I do. I
understood that I didn’t have to drastically change to prevent being left out; I just had to find the right kind of people
and accept that not everyone will share the same vibe with me.
4
The culture we have here in the lowland is when you are an Ilocano, you must have the perfect dialect and accent to
be recognized as an Ilocano native. But ever since grade school, I often use Tagalog and English as our spoken
language so I don't have that particular accent like them and they recognized me as a Bicolano native since my
father is from the province of Bicol although I do not even know how to speak Bicolano. And for me to cope with
this criticism, I am now regularly using our native language, Ilocano, for me to apply and practice the need of accent
they wanted.
5
In today’s age, the internet is one of the most prominent milestones in history and from it, there’s a lot of changes
happening in which not a lot of people is able to catch up especially for the older generation. There’s a part of the
internet culture called the “weeb culture” in which it majorly involves people who love Japan, mainly because of
“anime”. I am a part of this community and anime is what I watch most of the time instead of Hollywood films. One
night, I watched some in the living room and my grandmother and father saw it. They asked me why I am watching
cartoons because those are only for young children and I should stop. Although anime is a cartoon, it’s not really
entirely for kids nor for adults. When we compare it to food, anime is a cereal. Any generation of people can eat it
but it depends if it’s baby food cereal or adult cereal like corn flakes. So, some anime films are for 7-year-olds,
while some are 18+. I didn’t really find what they said offensive because one, I personally almost always ask them
for feedback from my works such as drawings. And I understood early that in our current generation, we are still on
a stage where all persons are still adjusting to the new developments that are made in the world. I also knew that it
doesn’t matter what they said because I still love anime, and my mom and sister also watch it if the plot is
worthwhile. To put it in a nutshell, I managed to take the criticism because I took account the perspective of the
people who criticized my culture, so I understood the reason why they brought that comment.

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