In the Country of Last Things

different country than where you used to live in. It is very difficult trying to get used to it. You will probably face many struggles. Therefore, when I first came I was almost giving up learning English and getting used to the life here. However, now I am actually being proud of myself because I can speak English. This is my fourth year living in America and probably the last year that I will be ever living here. It is a great experience living here because I have learned so many great things…

Osse, Jennifer 1. “It appears that more girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the battles of the twentieth century” (p. xvii). Why is the dire state of women in impoverished cultures, as set out by the authors in the introduction, also a great opportunity for them? • The state of women is dire in these countries; there is also a great opportunity for people to begin the movement to change the societies and the lives of…

holidays throughout the year. Holidays can represent different things depending on a person's religion or culture. They are generally made to celebrate, appreciate or admire a person or object that is important to that culture. There are many cultural differences and similarities in holidays with Spanish-speaking countries compared to the United States. Spanish speaking countries have specific holidays that are important to their country, a few are the Day of the Dead, Carnival, and…

companies. They provide bookings on a variety of things. Hotels, car rentals, flights, cruises and also complete vacation packages are what they are able to let their customers reserve online. This online services based company is headquartered at Bellevue, Washington. Expedia has more than 200 travel booking sites in over 70 countries, more than 150 mobile websites in 70 countries and 35 languages, and more than 18000 employees in 30 different countries. They have connections with…

to be connected regardless of distance. This allowed for countries like China and India to compete in the world market. They were able to come into the global market to be a…

dirt floor, wooden door and a thin layer of brick wall was the last place I could remember, the place where I called home before moving far away to another country. At the age of six, I was adjusting to a lifestyle of waking up to rooster cries and sleeping to the sound crickets. And to staying outside until nightfall without worries. All that disappear on a September day where I have no memory of except for waking up to another country to be introduce to people I’ve never seen and a language…

it to any of my “lasts” was heartbreaking. Infact, I made a camouflage American Flag bow to wear in my hair every volleyball game to support my brother. Every time before playing a game, my team and I would stand on the end line while the National Anthem was playing. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t tear up every single time I heard the National Anthem. Looking up at the American Flag while putting my hand over my heart was an instant reminder of my brother fighting for our country. Don’t get me…

a cross country runner can run a 5k for their race, yet gets winded walking up the stairs. I can't tell you what an honor it is to receive this award. This is something I will remember forever. Time is very precious to me. I don't have much left in the season so I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully at the end of this speech, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too. When people say to me how do you get through each day, it's the same thing. To me…

to meet these goals. It didn’t matter what the African people thought, only what the Europeans thought. This was proven at the Berlin Conference, where 14 European countries decided on how to divide up Africa, while no country from Africa was represented at this meeting. The need for raw materials and markets drove European countries to take over less developed areas of the world.…

Many people think of cultures and habits of their own country when they hear the words “Cross Cultural”. Communication can be one of the example for it. According to Wikipedia, Cross cultural communication is a field of study which looks at how people communicates who has different cultural backgrounds. Sure, this affects those people to have troubles for communicating with other people, and for that, there is a way to solve this problem called the “6 stumbling blocks”. First is the language…