Rudeness

between themselves and their tourists. Many American tourists don’t realize that the French place a high priority on good manners that may have a different meaning for Americans. The French are also extremely formal, which can also be interpreted as rudeness or snobbery to tourists coming from countries that are more casual. If you’re planning a trip to this beautiful, historical country, here are some essential traveling etiquette guidelines for traveling in France. Greeting Protocol Unlike…

In the movie The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock plays Leigh-Anne Tuohy. Mrs. Tuohy takes in Michael “Big Mike” Oher and transforms his life while he simultaneously transforms hers and her family’s. Throughout the movie, Mrs. Tuohy’s personality traits and characteristics are displayed by her actions. Mrs. Tuohy’s character traits cause her to make decisions that completely alter the plot, their stories, and the Tuohy’s family's lives as they know them. Mrs. Tuohy inspires me to be just as caring,…

in a positive or negative way. For example, if someone begins the day with feelings of frustration, angry or any other emotional feelings everything and everyone within the vicinity of that person will be affected. As in poor production of work, rudeness,…

microassault. This is primarily characterized as old fashion racism by verbal or nonverbal attack such as referring to someone as “colored” or “oriental.” On the other hand, you have microinsult which is characterized by communications that convey rudeness and insensitivity and demean a person’s racial heritage or identity. I think this form of racism is something that may be difficult for a victim to encounter because it could be done in a workplace by colleague or supervisor; someone implying…

Megan Meier was a 13 year old teenager living in Missouri. Meier wasn’t enjoying a normal teenage life filled with friends. Instead, Meier battled loneliness and depression because she was obese and for years had tried to lose weight. She also had attention deficit disorder. Meier’s dark and depressed days were finally over when she made a friend through her MySpace account named Josh. Josh was the most friendly, and cute boy she ever met. Moreover, he was the first boy who called her pretty. As…

In Pat Carr’s book The Death of a Confederate Colonel, she tells the story of the Birdsong family. Geneva is married to Ian Birdsong, a confederate colonel in the Civil War; Saranell is their only daughter. As Ian is away serving, Geneva, Saranell, and their carriage driver slave, Renny, are on their way out of their plantation, fearing that the Yankees will come and invade. But as they make their way through the country, Carr tells of the many occasions where Geneva clearly shows she is…

other. In the novel Grendel, he's described as a bear like monster who finds himself as an outsider compared to everyone else. Grendel says “why can't I have someone to talk to?” I said. “The stars said nothing, but I pretended to ignore the rudeness.” (53). All through the novel, Grendel feels like he's out of place, which puts him in a lonely state of mind. He isolates himself from others because he thinks he's just a creature that shouldn't exist. The only person he has attention from is…

I woke up in the corner of my room where I had made a small bed on the floor last night, for the second time. I remembered the reason why I slept on the floor and looked over towards my bed to see the boy still sleeping. I got up and changed his bandages and moved his stuff and the towels from in the washer to the dryer. After I finished putting everything into the dryer and starting it, I went back into my room to grab my writing assignment that was assigned in class yesterday and I went…

Imagine a jury in a room recounting a trial, a trial essentially of black or white. Imagine the doubt running through their heads of the innocence or guiltiness of a black man. Now imagine the trial ending and the verdict being guilty, guilty even though doubt was present, this is a picture of racism. Racism is a very prevalent issue in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. As racial prejudice persisted in Maycomb more African Americans were made to feel useless and of less value. The white people…

I conducted an interview with Angela Fong a family friend, our cultures differ in our race. Angela is a middle-aged woman that has lived in Singapore, where the Buddhism religion is most prominent. Preliminary to Angela transitioning her beliefs to Christianity, she grew up practicing the Buddhism religion. For attaining cultural competence in providing healthcare I preceded the interview to understand our cultural differences. “Understanding a patient’s cultural background can facilitate…