What I've Learned (:

I really enjoyed planning and working on this project, and I've also learned a lot from it. Before this project, I just know that my family does this and that, but after doing this, I really know the reason why we do these things. For example, I found out why my parents always have the "Mai Tree" in our house on Tet holiday: it's because they believe that the flowers on the tree will bring us good luck in the new year. I know more about Vietnamese history, too, like the legend of the food: bánh chưng and bánh dày. This project gave me a chance to look back at my memories, such as pictures of my family and me when I was a little kid, so it's really special to me.

What I've learned more are my friends' cultures and countries. Like Norway. Jennifer told me a lot of information about what I need to know about her country. Now I know that people who live in Norway are mostly from other countries, and only 1/10 of people there are really from Norway. Or another interesting thing is the boy scout that Henry and Jack told the class. I've heard about those activities, but it was the first time I could actually see the uniform, the badges, etc. It was something that was really exceptional for me to see and know.

I can now truly understand how cultures can be different from different countries or different backgrounds. The 'Family Project' really DID give me the idea of differences in people, and why people act in different ways and celebrate or believe in different things. And that's a really efficient and useful way for people to know why they should respect each other because everyone's different in a specific way, but still similar in general.