Politeness

A large portion of Americans will stay in the same state that they are born, but image if you were not even born in the country. There is a growing population of so-called “Third Culture Kids”, also known are TCKs, which are children born or raised in a country or culture different than their parents’. Unlike many other people, I had the opportunity of having an education as a TCK, opening up an array of experiences across the globe, and although some are negative, they all resulted in a…

Masculinity Perceived Through Careers Masculinity is commonly misinterpreted in the sense that people assume a static set of qualities can categorize a person as masculine. On the contrary, the masculine qualities are ever-changing. Due to the unique economy, society, and trends of certain time periods, masculine characteristics are altered in accordance to what is needed by a specific place, time, and group of people, (Strickland 19). Therefore, masculine people tend to be some of the vastly…

purpose of the waltz as a representation of Hannah’s sexual emergence, Wheatley overlooks other opportunities to explore the significance behind the final waltz. For example, Hannah’s acceptance of Gus’s invitation to dance could simply be a sign of politeness. In the beginning of the play it seems as if Hannah is oblivious to Gus’s fondness of her. Chloe mentions to Hannah about how her “genius brother is in love with her” (Stoppard 33). Hannah 's response of “that’s a joke” shows that she is…

What are the respective strengths and weaknesses of the two emails? Be sure to consider tone, structure, and amount of information provided. Both emails that Kamar drafted have their distinct strengths and weaknesses, which are mainly portrayed through the tone, structure, and amount of information provided throughout the emails. In the first email, Kamar is very descriptive and provides an adequate amount of good information to convince an audience that cloud computing is better than the…

Public service workers, like firemen and policemen, are regarded as heroes who lead good lives in the city. So, it only makes sense for parents to also encourage these lessons in the home. These lessons often include responsibility, independence, politeness, and respect. These do, in fact, support a good life style throughout one’s childhood and into adulthood. American essayist, Joan Didion, recounts a memory of her childhood in which her mother chose the traditional parenting patterns that…

both of these teams one acknowledge cross cultural communication and the importance of it by multicultural knowledge on part of the leadership. Agendas and goals were made clear and accomplished. In contrast the second team showed no respect or politeness for the leadership, they did not accept responsibility or did they show responsibility because they were late for meetings, over talking the leader, holding un-meaningful conversations and allowing volunteers to do their work for them. The…

Two weeks went by in a blink of an eye. I still received no hint if she is taking my bike for grave proceeding. It seems that the drama I produced was nothing but to troubling myself. As a result of my own deed, I had to walk to the nearest bus stop every morning to catch the school bus, until Miss Rina returning my bike. When? I have no clue… Walking lazily that morning, as usual, I was late again. Therefore, I needed to wait for a public bus or a taxi. 15 minutes waiting, not a single bus…

‘well, it's a stereotype because it's true!’ You may have heard this before, but is it true or your brain is tricking you. Are we forced to stereotype by our brains?! In this article, I am going to talk about culture stereotypes, how we got stereotypes, why they even exist, why we got stuck with them and how to fix them if there's a way to fix them. But first what is it about stereotypes that's going on our brains, what's exactly happening when we stereotype?! OK…Stereotype is defined normally…

During the 20th century the rise of a communist society was a vison of a dream society, with the goal of equality and industrial achievements. During the 1920s the Soviet Union along with rise of Joseph Stalin influenced the transformation to communism. With this Chinas leader Mao Zedong adapted the ideas of Marxism and modeled the Soviets. Although the road to communism held a lot of gains and cost for The Soviet Union and China, each have opposing outcomes. The communist system promised…

In today’s society it is almost everyone’s goal to belong to a group. Everyone on this planet belongs to not only one culture, but many co-cultures. Culture and communication are closely connected, with culture having a huge effect on communication. Culture is the shared values, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes of a particular segment of population. A dominant culture is a culture within a society whose attitudes, values, beliefs and customs hold the majority opinion. Co-cultures are groups of…