People from different parts of world have completely diverse behaviors on account of different culture. Some behavior which is thought to be polite and dutiful in one country may have rude meaning in another country.
For instance, the example we have learnt in the text book shows that different culture and customs can cause disastrous misunderstanding, if the person concerned know few about it. Also, I have heard that in some southeastern countries, people nod to mean their agreement while shake their head to show dissatisfaction. That’s inconceivable for us and if we don’t know it before we talk with these people, then what will happen? You can completely misconstrue his or her ideas, which may leads to bigger misinterpretation.
To sum up, in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes and misunderstanding, it’s really important for us to learn different culture and customs as the world is becoming smaller and smaller.
I think learning different culture is really quite vital, and it may be the best knowledege we can learn in Singaore.
ReplyDeleteculture shock sometimes is a difficult barrier to get through,but sometimes,it's very interesting!isn't it?maybe we can keep a curious heart to know as much as the differences,and just do as the Romans do!
ReplyDeleteI can see we are all trying to adjust ourselves to a new culture. I think most of us managed, so let's move on!
ReplyDeleteEven as the world is getting smaller, I think we must all be careful not to let cultural norms be enmeshed with each other. It would be a shame, in my opinion, if everyone in the world started acting and behaving in the exact same ways!
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