Hi all! Your assignment is to look at each of the 6 systems from the "Basic Needs" section. Then, for each system, you must think of 3 examples from your own culture. I don't know how the rumor got started that you only need to write about 3 things, but it isn't true. Also, I'm not asking you to give me a summary of that section. I read the section already, as did you. We know what's written in it. I want you to interact with the material by giving examples from your culture. Here is an example from American culture:
1) Economic System: Wall Street/Stocks, Free Trade/Capitalism, Government help with small businesses
2) Marriage & Family: Civil unions, Justice of the Peace or church weddings, Adoption
3) Educational System: Free public education, Parents can choose private or public education, State Universities
4) Social Control System: Elected sheriffs, Democracy, National Guard
5) Supernatural Belief System: Freedom of religion, New Age, Conservativism
6) Systems of Communication: The English language, Freedom of the press, The role of the media
This took me about 10 minutes to write. This is not designed to be a long assignment. I just want you to think about these 6 systems in your own culture. You don't even need to use full sentences, unless you want to. If anyone who has already written their comment would like to revise anything you've written, please feel free to do so. I won't grade the comments until after class next Friday. I'll see you all then!
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Economic System: 1) A lot of private factories and small businesses. 2) People are paid according to the job they do. Since private businesses have developed more and more, people tend to work in those because in the private institutions they earn less even they have to work 8 hours a day or more. 3) There are a lot of Street Markets or Stocks and people frequent them more because they can find cheaper things there.
Marriage & Family: 1) Couples marry or cohabitate – it is up to the decision they make. 2) The number of children in the families has been reduced; families used to have 8-9 children and nowadays they have 2-3 children and some even one. You can barely find couples who have 4 children. 3) When a couple marries, the girl is supposed to go and live at the house of her husband and in most of the cases to live with her husband’s parents.
Educational System: 1) Primary education has always been mandatory, whereas from this year the secondary school is mandatory also and those parents who decide to not send their children at school has to pay 1000€ to the government. 2) When children finish their 9th grade in primary school, parents can choose to send their them either in a public school, or in private schools (collages). 3) As for their studies, students can choose ether to go in a private university or a public one (state university).
Social Control System: 1) In our country we have the public or the municipal police and also the special police called ALFAs. 2) The head of the state is elected from the citizens since they have the freedom to vote and then the municipal chairman is elected from the two parties that are win the elections (one Albanian party and one Macedonian party). 3) Macedonia is still a place that still goes through the stages of transition.
Supernatural Belief System: 1) There is a freedom of religion and freedom of the religious institutions. 2) In the past there was a belief among Muslims that the Imam had the power to cure each illness or disease they could have and many people even nowadays think the same (older people). 3) There are a lot of people who believe in folk medicine.
Systems of Communication: 1) Albanians have their literary or academic language and two main dialects: tosk /tosk/ and geg /geg/, and a lot of sub dialects. 2) The freedom of the free thought and speech 3) Written and spoken media plays an important role.
• Economic system: Free Trade, Corruption, Importing Stocks
• Marriage & family: Weeding with IMAM, In Church and with LAW
• Educational System: Military School, School in Madrasah and Universities
• Social Control System: Police, Alfas and Military Forces
• Supernatural Belief System: Islam, Christianity and Judaism
• System of Communication: Macedonian, Albanian and Turkish, Freedom of the press and freedom of Speech
Economic System: In Macedonia the economical system has been changed a lot. Macedonia is a country which is still in transition, and as a result of this the citizens of our country are dealing with a lot of economical problems, a lot government factories were closed and as matter of fact a lot employers were left without a job . From that time in the last twenty years private companies were opened and small business which in some way improved our economical system even thought I am not sure if these private companies are the best choice for us. In this Economical System the employers are paid depending on what kind of job they do, if you work on a private company which has been invested from western countries your salary would be higher than if you are working in government companies or private companies of the country. Another thing which is part of our economical system is the Street Market and Importing stocks, as I mentioned above our citizens still are dealing with a lot for problems because of the economic system, the lower salaries of the employers cannot afford the expensive prices of the Trade so in this way the citizens are frequenting the Street Markets and the importation of the stock.
Marriage and Family: In our culture the family is saint, and as a result of this the marriage between two people still in these days is made with the permit ion of the two families if they give their liking they will get married otherwise no. The number of children in a family also is very important in our culture, even though it is said that the number of children has been reduced still there are families which cannot leave behind the tradition and they still have 5-10 children. Also, an important thing is the role of the male in the family, if in one family the parents have give birth only of females they continuous until they would give birth to a male.
Educational System: This system also has changed a lot lately. Students nowadays are free to choose anything they want to study, which mean that a lot of new educational intuitions are opened. Primary school and secondary are mandatory, if the parents do not send their children at school they have to pay a fine. The military school also has a big importance in our culture.
Social Control System: Like in every country in the world our country has its Social Control System, which is made of the Public Police and Alfa-s who are for the order and the peace within the cities and the communities. The State Security Administration is responsible for the internal security of the state, and the Military Forces which serve to the state for defending it from internal and external aggressions.
Supernatural Beliefs: Since in our country are living different nations it means that they belong to different religious beliefs. Islam, Christianity and Judaism are the religious beliefs that are more spread in our culture.
System of Communication: We are a fortunate country because we have a lot ways of communication; we are people who speak more than two languages, Albanian, Macedonian, Turkish, and Serbian, here an important place has the freedom of speech and the freedom of the Press.
Ita- Merita Oxha- I apologize for the previous answer and for my nickname I did not think that would appear in the front of the blog. I would please ask you if there is something wrong with my answer let me know, and what about the other discussion do we have to re-do it?
The Albanian Culture:
• Economic System: corruption \ currency: Denars \ Government rarely helps.
• Marriage and Family: Freedom to choose \ Divorce allowed / People live in nuclear or conjugal families.
• Educational System: Secondary school is obligatory \ English as a FL in primary schools \ Teachers are not well paid.
• Social control system: police and alfa \ punished with money or prison \ famous people usually don’t go to prison they pay for their freedom.
• Supernatural belief system: Freedom of faith \ people don’t work during holidays \ People are not judged based on what they believe
• System of communications: Albanian or Macedonian Language \ internet \ meetings or speeches.
Economic System: Less and less factories, more private institutes and everything harder than it was years before. Nowadays it seems everything goes wrong, the country closed the biggest factories were huge number of people was employed. Lots of people working in the private institutes were they get to work the same hours but with much lower payment. However, I will have to pint out that numerous people work outside the country and sometimes they are the one who manages to open up some small businesses and help the relatives first, then the others employment. Lots of families depend economically entirely from those that live and work abroad.
Marriage and Family: Well to say that marriage and family is very important I would lie, because there is the need to emphasize that family is actually everything in Albanian society. Some years before with no surprise two younger’s would marry in a marriage that parents liked, and female were supposed to accept everything what parents will afford as long as lived at parents house. Female had no right to raise their voices against this phenomenon and they were supposed to love their spouses and to be devoted to them, as much as possible. The man in the Albanian society is the head of the family and no matter how hard a female works, or no matter how well she is paid in the job she does, she will always be a second plate, as the first one was and I guess will still be the man. Hopefully these entire phenomenons that occurred in the past will slowly disappear, even though the situation that we deal today is not the same as it was in the past, as almost every girl in each family is educated. With education we can beat steroid types especially those from which we have no benefits of. In the past having 5, 6 or more children was a common thing, but nowadays that is a bit strange, because everyone tends to have less than 3 children. Maybe, is the bad economical condition that we are dealing with, the reason why the number of children is reducing more and more!
Educational System: Education system has gone through several stages and one of those is having the elementary school being mandatory, which means everyone has to send their child in the school, otherwise will be obliged to pay a very high sum of money or in the worst cases will have to spend some very warm and lovely nights in jail. This was not the same some years ago, for instance, it was not the same when I was in high school .So with this new law everyone will have at least 13 years education , which in a way, is a big plus for each of us who live in Macedonia.
Social Control System: The municipal police in Macedonia which are also the special police are named Alfa. In our country it is said to have the democracy voting and election but I have some serious doubts about it. The elections occur every 4 years and there exist two parties from Albanians side and two from Macedonians. I might have said incorrectness but that it is as the result of not being interested in politics at all.
Supernatural Beliefs: There exist different religions and beliefs; there are Muslims, Christians and other beliefs. I will have to say that each of us is free to believe what we want to and each of us is free in performing it. In Macedonia each of the Macedonian, Albanian Turkish and other, are free to perform its religions, so yes finally something good about our country Macedonia. The oldest generation used to have some particular beliefs, for instance, they used to believe in the traditional medicines. Unfortunately I still have problems with my Grants because they do not want to go to the doctors, thinking that they know nothing about health, they believe blindly in the traditions cure.
System of Communication: Well I do not know if we are so intelligent because we speak more than 3 languages or it is just a phenomenon that occurs especially with the Balkan’s people. Albanians are known to know 3 languages: the oldest generation knows very well Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian, the youngest generations knows English, German, Spanish, Macedonian and Turkish .Turkish is a spoken language in Macedonia together with Albanian and Macedonian of course.
Albanian’s are divided into two dialects, Gek and Tosk, so do not be surprised when you hear the same word spelled differently. I personally have doubts if Macedonia has the freedom of speech, therefore, I would rather say that we have not gone to that phase where we can speak and say things that we really think. We can spill out what we have in mind, but we never know what that particular speech will bring us the next day.
Economic system: Small businesses and enterprises, non equal competition, private vs. public intstitutions.
Marriage and family:civil union-marriages legally recognized by the state, religious weddings, new laws about age of marriage and number of children
Educational system: free public education, secondary education obligatory, state vs. private universities
Social control system: police, military forces, democracy in theory but not always in practice-the law is not really the same for every one as it is stated in the constitution.
Supernatural belief system: freedom of religion, islam, christianity etc.
Systems of communication: being a multiethnic society Macedonian, Albanian and Turkish are mostly used, fredoom of speech and press, the media plays a significant role especially during political campaigns.
Hello, I thought it would ne neat to do canada and macedonia, so read along.Dhurata
CANADA
1) Economic System: Stocks, Free Trade/Capitalism, Government help with small businesses, majority average/middle class, taxes-If Native American you pay no taxes.
2) Marriage & Family: Justice of the Peace or church weddings, Gay Marriages legal, adoption, abortion legal-contrary to the US some states don’t allow it.
3) Educational System: Free public education, State Universities, Private education also available, well thought out curriculums and great opportunities-scholorships.
4) Social Control System: Democracy, National Guard, Police national-Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP’s).
5) Supernatural Belief System: Freedom of religion. Many different cultures in Canada, so many different religions practiced.
6) Systems of Communication: English & French bilingual country, Being a Multicultural nation many different languages and people are found. Freedom of speech.
MACEDONIA
1) Economic System: economic system needs to be looked after eg.corruption, Free trade, Importing stocks, Two types of pay denars & euro, Majority of people live in harsh conditions/low class.
2) Marriage & Family: Marriage with IMAM (traditional), Divorce frowned upon, Every married couple has children the numbers have gone down on to how many children per family, gay marriages are not even considered, To get married the man needs to be able to provide the woman with gold and necessities needed in order to be wed.. sounds funny but true.
3) Educational System: Free public education, State Universities, Private education also available, Corruption in schools, Curriculums need to be looked after, Every teen must attend highschool now obligatory, just came intact.
4) Social Control System: Police, Alfa, again a lot of corruption.
5) Supernatural Belief System: Muslim, Christianity
6) Systems of Communication: Albanian, Macedonian, Turkish, English. Im wondering about freedom of speech……….still wondering.
Thanks
Economic System:
1) Private businesses
2) Street Markets or Stocks
Marriage & Family:
1) Weddings depend from couples’ decisions (In Church with or without Law)
2) Reduced number of children
3) Adoption is still not present too much here, even there where couples do not have children, or can not have children.
Educational System:
1) Primary education (Now it is 9 years primary education)
2) High school
3) University (Public or Private)
Social Control System:
1) Police
2) ALFAs
3) Military forces
Supernatural Belief System:
1) Freedom of religion
2) Multiethnic Country-Macedonia
Systems of Communication:
1) The English language is used (especially the young people)
2) Freedom of the press
3) Freedom of speech and thought
- Economic System: Production, distribution, small businesses;
- Marriage and family: Free choice of the lifetime partner, free decision on how many children the couple will have, agreement of parents to marriage of a minor;
-Educational system: Primary Schools, High Schools, Universities;
-Social Control System: Law System, Government, Parliament;
- Supernatural Belief System: Islam, Christianity, Atheism;
- Communicational System: Internet, Mass Media, languages.
Macedonian Culture: Basic Needs
1. ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: exploitation of cheap workforce, nepotism and corruption, governmental actions for stimulation of self-employment
2. SYSTEMS OF MARRIAGE & FAMILY: traditional religious wedding ceremonies, patriarchy, governmental campaign for three or more children in a nuclear family
3. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: nine years of obligatory primary education, four years of obligatory secondary education (general or vocational), optional higher education (public and private)
4. SOCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS: Ministry of Internal Affairs, multiethnic police units, reasonably democratic system
5. SYSTEMS OF SUPERNATURAL BELIEF: monotheistic religions, superstition, divination
6. SYSTEMS OF COMMUNICATION: two official languages, gesticulation as an element of language, mass media and the Internet
The Albanian Culture:
• Economic System: Nepotism \ cash: Denars, Euros\ Corruption\ private business\
big factories closed\
• Marriage and Family: Blind date \ Divorce allowed / Co habitations allowed\ the youth lives at parents house until getting marry\ Less than 3 children
• Educational System: Pre elementary school 9 years\ Secondary school is mandatory 4 years\ English as L1 in primary schools, English, German and French as a L1 in secondary schools \ Not qualified teachers\ Teachers strike very often\ Multiethnic Universities\.
• Social control system: random police, special forces Alfa, solders \ punished more with money than with prison \ chairmen usually are free of punishments\.
• Supernatural belief system: \Muslims, Christians, Catholics\ Freedom of faith \ people believe in traditions cure \ No appearance judgment. (Especially in clothing),
• System of communications: Albanian, Turkish Macedonian Language \ media, \ internet\ .
The Albanian Culture:
• Economic System: Macedonian denars, Euros, own business, many unemployed people.
• Marriage and Family: Marriage is one of the most serious positions, Divorce is allowed, Co habitations is also allowed but in Turkish families not, young are free in choosing their partner.
• Educational System: elementary school 9 year with new law, secondary school obligatory, private schools and state schools, more than 4 universities
• Social control system: Parliament, government and it laws
• Supernatural belief system: Christianity, Muslims, Catholics, people are free in believing in what they think is better.
• System of communications: Turkish, Albanians, Macedonian Language
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