Final Individual Cultural Diversity Course Reflection

Culture diversity is a subject that is been taught at some schools and universities. This subject teaches you about cultures and how to contact with the people from that culture and know about them and make you combine with them easily in your real life.

This subject is very important in everyone’s life and this subject was only founded at universities but when they saw it’s very effective they started to put it in some schools to make students know it since their child’s and take it with them till they grow up.

To start with, this subject have been the first subject that made me love to attend the classes such as and I studied a similar subject as this subject but it was only about the Emirati culture but this subject is about all of the cultures, languages and religions. I liked all of the classes but I have three that is my favorite and the first one is the class that we have been told to do our first reflection and that was about doing a video about our own culture and we went to many places and made many researches and knew new things about our own culture and we had to ask visitors from outside the country that are coming to visit the UAE. The second class was the class the we saw the movie of the American guy that was taken to India to do his job and he didn't like at the beginning but he couldn't do anything because he was going to get fired if he didn't go to India but anyway he went and he suffered at the beginning but after that he was good with everyone and made himself like them not higher than them and after spending a lot of time there he was supposed to go back to America but after that they told him that they will close the part that is in India and go to japan so he didn't go and made his friend to go instead of him. The third class that I liked is when we saw the video about the people who went to Everest mountain and how did they meet and that everyone is from a different country and how did they stay together and survived.  

Harmony Day is a good way to learn about culture. Mostly, it is an event that lets all the cultures in a country to show more about their culture and heritage. For example, food, clothes and special things that describe one’s culture. So, UAE should have a harmony day because we are already a multi-cultured country. It will help enhance the respect between cultures and reduce racism in our country.

To conclude, Culture Diversity is an important subject. It must be taught since the one be a child to make him understand and know what is so the ministry of education must put it in education program for all students.

#12 - Final Presentation PP Slides

Exercise #10

 Blog Exercise 10A: Write a reflection of 50-100 words (#10A) about modern slavery today. What do you think?? Figure out how many slaves work for you.. and post on your blog..

Slavery exists since long time ago but nowadays the slaves has the highest rate of slavery in the human history because of the modern cities bring people from outside to work with a certain salary but when they arrive and start working they don't give them the same salary they told them they will they give them less and they cant say anything and that's called slavery and its happening in many places in the world that has not human rights  running after them.

 i don't want slaves to work for me but the website that i build my house on gave me the result that 45 slaves work for me 

Blog Exercise 10B: Add 50-100 words (#10B) to your reflection about 

What else has the UAE done to try to ensure human rights for its workers and to stop human trafficing? Why is this important for the (your) government to take this stand??

In the United Arab Emirates human rights apply to anyone, the government gives people the freedom to speak and say anything they want if they were treated in a bad way and give them the freedom of religion. The UAE gives the workers a yearly brake if they want to go their families and such as, in summer they give the workers brake from 11 am till 4 pm because the sun is very strong at that time and its gonna make them sick and get in a bad situation or maybe die. 

Exercise #10c:

Ways to fight discrimination:

     There are many kinds of discrimination and the most important one is to educate people and teach them about it and if some sees anything relates to discrimination they need to speak up and tell everyone to make people take actions 

Exercise #8a

·         Low-context and high-context culture.

Low-context	High-context
My maid is a low context.	My mother is a high context.

·         Individualism and collectivism.

Individualism	Collectivism
Teachers	Engineers

·         Low power distance and high power distance.

Lower power	Higher power
Todd and his Boss	India’s family

·         Uncertainty tolerance and uncertainty avoidance.

Uncertainty tolerance	Uncertainty avoidance
Singapore	In Germany

.          Task orientation and social orientation.

Task orientation	Social orientation
China	UAE

Exersice #8b

“Outsourced” - the movie study guide

You are going to watch and create a reflection on the film "Outsourced".

These questions will help you. If you miss watching the film in class, you may get a copy from the library and watch it at home. Here are some clips from "Outsourced"

http://www.outsourcedthemovie.com/Clips/ms_educlips.html

Cultural Dimensions in Outsourced

As you watch the film, answer the questions and write down any examples of different cultural dimensions. This will help you with your reflection.

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd	Class
High-context culture	Aisha	Class (Aisha)
Individualism	Todd	He wanted to stay lonely
Collectivism	Aisha	Family Pictures
Low power distance	Todd	Talking to his boss
High power distance	Puro	Asking every time he wants to talk
Uncertainty tolerance	Todd	Cursing his boss
Uncertainty avoidance	Aisha	Asking every time he wants to talk
Task orientation	Puro	Manager
Social orientation	Aisha	Good talker

Reflection

Create a reflection about the movie Outsourced using the PowerPoint I give you. Show that you really understand the above cultural concepts.

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What happens at the airport? Chaos, He didn’t find someone waiting for him so he missed his original transportation and every taxi wanted to take him but he went with the guy that was standing far  

2. When a friendly traveller helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do? “Jump into 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? In every place it’s known that kids must respect people older than them so a kid gave his place for him and sat on his leg

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens? Enjoyed it at the beginning then puro told him that you have a good stomach but after that he suffered a bad stomach ache.

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? Very clean and nice

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? Very nice guy

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? That he will be lonely by himself at the hotel

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? Do you have a girlfriend or married

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they? He ate with his left hand, and putting his hand back into the food after eating 


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? Extra of everything.

11. How does Todd figure out why one does not eat food with the left hand? Because that indian guy showed him that they clean themselves at the bathroom by their left hand


12. What is ethnocentric about his statement "You need to learn about America"? He wants to make customers think that their talking to Americans

13. Why do they disagree on how a "native" speaks English? Because they pronounce the words differently so he is scared for some misunderstanding

14. What doesn't Todd understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"? that cows consider as holy in India

15. What is Todd's reaction to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture
shock might it represent? He was shocked and didn’t understand why Aysha said that.

16. He calls home several times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke
calls home? Because he wants to go back to America and he had homesick

17. What mistakes in language usage are represented in the recording of the call about
"a rubber"? Rubber means eraser in English – British accent, as it doesn’t mean the same in the American English. It means condom.

18. Why is he so eager to go to McDonnells? Because he was craving his homeland’s food.

19. Todd doesn't understand bargaining. How does the Indian respond to this? He gave him a high price.but he kept decreasing the value himself

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? Don’t ask for meet

22. When Todd develops the incentive system, he has begun to adapt to India. How
has he adapted? Holy day / he celebrated the color festival with them

23. When he looks at the cow in the office the second time, why is his reaction so
different? He got used to it and respects the Indian culture

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. Indians are more attached and close to their families but American families lives separately and doesn’t meet frequently as Indians

25. What cultural values are involved in the exchange between Aunti Ji and Todd
about ironing his underwear? It shows the difference of how the mother works in America and India and at India they iron all the clothes but America they don’t iron the underwear

26. How well does Todd handle himself when he is invited over the wall to an Indian
home for a meal? He made himself as one of the family members and enjoyed it

27. In what ways does he show he has adapted? When he dance with the employes and wear Indian clothes also when he had lunch with indian family and get sad when know that he have to go to China 

28. When the call center floods and they are shut down, Todd finds an "Indian"
solution. What is it? He asked the poor Indian man that invited him over for a lunch from over the wall for his help with replacing the wires as he saw in his place how they all surviving on a public source of electricity by extending wires from it. And that’s an Indian way as the economy is very bad and people try to survive in many ways in that was one of them

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 ate with his right hand.

And he called his family and will visit them soon