In class, the discussion about first and second language confused me. How can something be individualistic but collectivist at the same time. This is a very confusing topic for me, being a psych major knowing the two are very different, to understand, but I think I finally understood it. What we share is that we are individuals. We may all be Lawrentians, but each of us is different, but Lawrence is our first language. Our differences is our second language. Like where we are from, who we root for, and so on. Being an individual is a collected thing.
What I thought was interesting was how at one time, our second languages was once a first language to someone. If someone's first language was Islam, once they got to America and had children, it would not be that anymore, moving it's way don the ladder of languages.
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