12 Hour Cultural Reflection

When thinking back about my interactions over a 12 hour period on any weekday, I would have to say that a majority of my time is spent at my school. The culture I researched was represented in the South American region and I focused on concepts of time. In this respect, I believe that my interactions would have been about the same because though they generally regard people as more important than appointments and schedules, education is very important. If I really think about it, their view of education makes sense because what is a better way of taking care of someone and showing them that you care than educating them. That in and of itself would be more important than other schedules and appointments. My interactions with the students may have been the same as well.

Based on our discussion from the February 07, 2007 class, if I were interacting with colleagues from a different culture I would probably find myslef attempting to be more aware of my hand gestures, eye contact, tone, stance. I would probably find myself taking cues from them about how far to stand away from them for their comfort level and actually looking for these cues.

Overally, I feel that I would still be me; however, because of the class, I would find myself attempting to be more aware of the cues others from different cultures would send in regards to communicating with them. Because I believe in treating people with respect anyway, I believe that my interactions would be very similar to the way they are now.