Learning Letter and Contact Zone

My personal contact zone is the waiting area of my psychiatrist, and this is for multiple reasons. All of those who are waiting in the doctors office could be doing much more entertaining with their time, yet they sit in awkward leather chairs while reading magazines that do not interest them. My parents are spending hundreds of dollars for me to talk to some guy that prescribes me medication that supposedly solves my problems, but i just don't understand it. I talk to the guy and he gets paid like its his job to take your money. Many patients feel the same way as i do, and this often brings frustration and aggravation. People who see a doctor can verily range, and in the waiting room this is can be proven. Everyone there is unhappy about spending their money, delaying their daily lives, and having to display extremely private information to a person who they have not known for all too long. Personally i hate the whole process if you could not tell by now, but everyone there is in the same position as i am, and have them same feelings as i do. Although our lives can be extremely different, patients feel the same frustration, aggravation, and pain that all the rest do. For this reason, i believe that my doctors office is a personal contact zone.

Contact Zone - Lockspur

The variety of interactions apparent and available via internet connection is grandiose and potentially unmanageable in exposure. Every global demographic is represented online, from the insecure teenager who posts about how much they hate their friends, to the middle aged business tech whose work load is just strenuous enough to distract them from Tetris and email for forty-five minutes a day, and the always lovable Nigerian prince willing to dump thousands or millions of dollars into anyone's bank account who will give him access. This is how I was exposed to the diversity of the world last week, when Prince Firfanirgus of the magical land of Ethiopia contacted me with an OMGURGENTPLZPLZREEDEPRONZXXXPLOSION message regarding his overseas fortune, and how I was necessary to preserve it. After giving the Prince all of my bank account information, my social security number, all identification and contact regards, and a superfluous notation of all of my dreams, aspirations, fears, and valued persons, I awaited my vast incoming subsidy. I still await, Dr. Prince Firfanirgus Pedurgus. I have been very patient, and that is wearing thin. I appreciate no toying, royalty swine. Moreover, this exposure taught me never to trust supposed medically recognised Ethiopian Princes in the future, as Ethiopia is primarily a parliamentary legislation in central structure.
My point is: all understanding a person could ever find necessary of an extranational group is there. I learned everything I need to know about Ethiopia from Prince Firfanirgus, and all about the history of Islam states from Vakhlalaka Bakbabaganoush bik Dirkata from the Antiliberty Salvation Front. Any more study is a waste of my time, as all that is necessary for the kind of precious "empathy" created by real "interaction" from different "perspectives" can easily be infered via email bound financial matters and amateur reporting from high school students in Taiwan. Besides, their "perspectives" are stupid, and mine are cooler. Scarf that, Doctors and Princes of far East Africa.

Let me get some Contact.

Burlington is a melting pot of people from extremely different backgrounds.

As a note, a teacher last semester informed me that South Burlington High School has over 25 fluent languages being spoken at a time.

When visiting friends in college during high school, certain elements of Burlington made me sure that it was the right place for me. As a very social person, being able to walk the streets and meet other people who are willing to stop and have a conversation at any point of day is truly enjoyable. Of course, a melting pot of this magnitude will have its clashes, but for me the atmosphere of the area out-ways any small scuffle. I find true enjoyment in meeting and attempting to understand people from different backgrounds. Coming from a small suburb in Massachusetts, the culture shocks I experienced made my decision to go to school here completely worth it.

Chris Azzariti

Contact Zones

In the surrounding community I've noticed several different contact zones that I thought were particularly interesting. The one that interested me the most had to have been the bus station. The Burlington Gray Hound station, about a fifteen minute walk from campus, twenty if you depending on luggage. It's full of every kind of person you could imagine. Everyone rides the bus; rich people, poor people, old people young people. As soon as you walk in to get your bus ticket you see the people around you interacting and it could be a seven foot tall thug just chit chatting with a seventy year old woman, just laughing to pass the time. Emotions even manage to escalate in the Burlington Gray Hound station. I've seen people just sit out front screaming at each other, one of which is usually a stubborn employee who's being less than helpful. It's a great way to see all sorts of different people from different backgrounds interact at such an every-day kind of place like that.

Contact Zones: Work Places

I think simple, everyday places like the classroom are obvious contact zones. But I feel one particular contact zone is a workplace. In my own experiences I've found myself disagreeing, agreeing, and contemplating with my co-workers. I have seen others who have their primary contact zone in the workplace. My mother works in a preschool center, and comes in contact with incredible diversity. The children she takes care of, the families of those children, and her co-workers all provide her with a contact zone filled with varying culture, gender, identity, backgrounds, and personalities. My dad works an environment where immigrants work alongside him. This provides a contact zone for not only my dad, but my mother and myself, when he brings home stories of these people's experiences, thoughts, words, and stories. As common an idea as it is, the work place provides great contact zones for workers, and those who come into contact with those workers.

Contact Zones And Culture

The two main contact zones that I see in Burlington are Church Street, and classrooms at the college. When you go down to church street, there are many different types of people with different backgrounds. Whenever I walk down Church Street, I always see someone that catches my eye. I cant help but wonder what experiences this person has had and how their life may differ from mine. Also, since a lot of tourists come to visit, it only adds to the diversity. Its similar with the classroom. Most students are in that room for similar reasons, but they all come from different backgrounds with different experiences and opinions. Contacts zones are great especially when referring to a classroom because it enables the students to hear opinions from everyone. This can only help deepen a persons understanding about something, and shed light on a new perspective that has not been heard before.