final individual cultural diversity course reflection

 

 

 

            In this essay I will explain what we learned in Cultural Diversity class and it will assist me in my daily life because being an Emiratis means that we live and see a many nationalities and that class helped me a lot to understand them.

 

the most interesting topic in the course when we made ​​a presentation in PowerPoint worked as a team and we have learned the importance of each individual in the team and how we can presentation, There is a lesson tighten my attention is about the racism he is useful to all even if was large or small not forget what you learned from this lesson and After this course I learned what the difference between the high-context and low-context and use it in my daily life.

Cultural Diversity important in our life because people need to learn how to communicate with others and that will help them in their daily life even if you were not educated you will need it to survive among others and don’t respect them.18 is the best because people start to travel and work outside of their country or meet  new people from around the world and live with them and in that age if you have no idea about the diversity of the cultures it is going very hard to understand them or even to live in peace with them also that age is very important because you can understand more than young age. I learned an interesting thing about racism that no one was born one we see what others want us to see. If harmony day was in the UAE it will be one of the most respected days and celebrating it should be big because it is the day that help people to live in peace and harmony with other nationalities or even different culture that hard to understand for some people, also I think the poster will include a many flags of many countries and in the middle of written in it RESPECT.

In conclusion I think everyone should take this class no mater old or young because it teaches us how to respect others and understand other cultures this class showed me a lot of things and I think it will help everyone especially that people live in countries like UAE because of the big number of visitor and people that work there.

 

 

 

Exercise #8c

 

 

 

 

 

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a

 

strange new place. What happens at the airport?

 

- he lost his way because they wrote his name wrong.

 

 

 

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?

 

- jump jump that only the way to get on the train.

 

 

 

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem

 

solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

 

-some indian children give todd his seat.

 

 

 

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first

 

encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

 

- he got a stomach pain.

 

 

 

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with

 

cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the

 

city?

 

-It's clean compared with other cities

 

 

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot

 

without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of

 

Schmuck is?

 

-puro was a good guy but strange.

 

 

 

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.

 

What is the reason he gives Todd?

 

-you can’t discussion indian people.

 

 

 

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that

 

Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

 

-“Are you married, how older you , do you have a girlfriend”.

 

 

 

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are

 

they?

 

-he ate by lift hand and it not clean.

 

 

 

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That

 

means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way

 

they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing

 

tea for Todd?

 

-I don’t have any idea.

 

11. How does Todd figure out why one does not eat food with the left hand?

 

-because they are using it for

 

 

 

12. What is ethnocentric about his statement "You need to learn about America"?

 

-because American are the best example.

 

 

 

13. Why do they disagree on how a "native" speaks English?

 

-because he want the employ to speak an American accent and lie say they are from US.

 

 

 

14. What doesn't Todd understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"?

 

- they are never eating beef and they are revere family.

 

 

 

15. What is Todd's reaction to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture

 

shock might it represent?

 

-He was mix between the US cultures and indian cultures.

 

 

 

16. He calls home several times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke

 

calls home?

 

-in the begging he can’t live in india and he want to back.

 

 

 

17. What mistakes in language usage are represented in the recording of the call about

 

"a rubber"?

 

- rubber means condom in US.

 

 

 

18. Why is he so eager to go to McDonnells?

 

-He miss a American cheeseburger.

 

 

 

19. Todd doesn't understand bargaining. How does the Indian respond to this?

 

-how to reduce the price.

 

 

 

20. What does I.N.D.I.A. stand for?

 

-I’ll Never Do It Again.

 

 

 

21. What advise does his fellow American have for him?

 

-Just give up.

 

 

 

22. When Todd develops the incentive system, he has begun to adapt to India. How

 

has he adapted?

 

-he celebrate in the color festival.

 

 

 

23. When he looks at the cow in the office the second time, why is his reaction so

 

different?

 

-Because it became a usual thing.

 

 

 

24. Explain the difference between American and Indian cultures when Todd and

 

Puro discuss how often he visits his family and why he doesn't live with them.

 

 

 

-American family lives solo life and he see his family ones or two in year, while Indians they live in same home.

 

 

 

25. What cultural values are involved in the exchange between Aunti Ji and Todd

 

about ironing his underwear?

 

-Indian irons every clothing, while in America they don’t iron Todd’s underwear.

 

 

 

26. How well does Todd handle himself when he is invited over the wall to an Indian

 

home for a meal?

 

-He sat with them as a member of the family.

 

 

 

27. In what ways does he show he has adapted?

 

-He ate same food with them and he wants to live in india.

 

 

 

28. When the call center floods and they are shut down, Todd finds an "Indian"

 

solution. What is it?

 

-they move to the roof.

 

 

 

29. When Todd comes home, there are several signs that his Indian experience has

 

influenced him. Name three ways he has become more "Indian".

 

 

 

-He called his family and visit them.

 

-He adapted the Indian cultural.