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Greetings, I am a United States Navy Veteran, and I embraced the different cultures that I was privileged to encounter while living overseas. Living in Germany, Panama and Italy, opened my eyes to not just the cultural differences, but the social and economic challenges that humans embrace on a daily basis. I have a very diverse collection of friends, which span the globe and bring growth, humor and enlightenment to my small world of Gig Harbor. I pray that all humans would entwine the uniqueness of our upbringing and share the refinement that each culture has to offer.
Thank you,
Vickie
I’m glad that you like my little mummy. Halloween past and can you believe that Thanksgiving is coming up in less than a week? The holiday season is here Miranda! Winter is my favorite season of the year. It’s my favorite season not just because of the cozy weather but also all of my favorite holidays are in the winter time. On Thanksgiving, I will get to go home and spend time with my family and friends. What do you do on Thanksgiving? I love to help my family cook for Thanksgiving dinner. Do you like to help your parents prepare for Thanksgiving dinner? What is your most favorite food for Thanksgiving? Mine are turkey and smashed potato.
Living with different kinds of cultures around you is also very knowledgeable to many people. One could learn a lot about someone’s background or country just by interacting or spending some time with them. For example, you can learn about different foods, clothing, fashion, and the kind of lifestyles others might have. Living together helps keeps us in harmony and peace. If we didn’t get along or maybe even share some of the ideas we wouldn’t be such a diverse community. Knowing and underst...
Growing up my parents always taught my sister and I that we should always be grateful for what we had. Take care of all our toys and expensive things that they brought us. They taught us that you have to work hard for what you want and nothing is handed to you. Even though me and my sister always got what wanted we also knew that we worked for it and that made getting it even better. I believe my parents raised me pretty good. I always respected them and knew my limits, me and my sister had chores we had to do and if they weren't done by the end of the week we would have a consequence. This taught us responsibility and that in the real world if you don't do your job you would be fired or there would be a consequence you would have to pay. Lately I have noticed that a lot of kids in today's society are very ungrateful. They feel entitled and believe that they shouldn't have to work for anything. They think things should just be handed to them without any questions asked. I think I have a way to stop this rising trait in today's youth.
Whether you have experienced a lot of traveling to other countries and continents or perhaps you have never left the East coast, it can be assumed; whether through school or a work environment, you have had at least one experience dealing with different nationalities and cultures. The realization is that we may come from different places and have different backgrounds but most people, cultures included, have more in common then we could imagine.
Because of my culture, it has allowed for me to be more understanding of those that are different from me. The recognition of what it is to be different from what normal American culture may look like has brought forth a new and deeper level of empathy without even realizing. Growing up in a diverse area where my group of friends came from a wide variety of backgrounds has helped me to see the similarities we share as well as getting more acquainted and understanding of why certain groups do the things that they do. With that being said, I recognize that though I may be more equipped to related with people from different backgrounds a bit more than someone else, I know that I may still face some challenges (especially with how this nation is when it comes to race and cultural relations). As a social worker, a bit part of my profession is to create societal change.
The Special Olympics date back all the way to the year 1968. Many see these Games as a time to honor someone who is able to “overcome” a task, but author William Peace sees this as an insulting portrayal of people with disabilities. Peace is a multidisciplinary school teacher and scholar that uses a wheel chair and writes about the science behind disabilities and handicaps. As a physically handicapped individual, Peace is able to observe a negative portrayal of disabled persons. In his article titled, “Slippery Slopes: Media, Disability, and Adaptive Sports,” William Peace offers his own personal insight, utilizes several statistics regarding handicaps, as well as numerous rhetorical appeals in order to communicate to the “common man”
As billionaire, playboy and philanthropist, James Montgomery, I hereby say that this deserted island sucks. As many of you have probably already found out watching the news, the handsome and amazing James Montgomery the Third has been missing for 2 weeks, when his cruise liner, the SS Amazing James, went down in the pacific ocean. I know many of you citizens cannot contain your grief and horror about never seeing my pretty face ever again, but do not fear I am still alive and my face is still intact so you can stop worrying. Many of you might be wondering how I survived my ship going down, well let me tell you it is a story of heroism and bravery that will be told for centuries. As you may know two weeks ago I had a party aboard may ship for
The Martin Luther King helps us all to remeber the life and \of a man who brought a solution to America. We commemorate all he has taught us through his example.he taugh us the values of unconditional love, forgiveness and nonviolence. It reminds us of how good of a leader he is. The memorial reminds us of his work an dthe dream that ne had for our
Living in Hawai'i, encountering cultures different than my own is not a rare occurrence. Encountering a different culture can be as simple as walking down the street to a neighbor's house, or spending time at a friend's house. This makes experiencing different cultures a lot more comfortable and natural for me. One example of a significant change in culture I have experienced in my life recently is when I go to Ohio.
Albert Camus's "Banquet Speech" is revolved around the meaning of art. He defines art as a concept of connecting communities as a whole. Although, art is not a reason for the artist to distinct themselves from the real world. Camus stands behind this when he admits his art is to foresee the truth behind this world and to see deeper into the people suffering from the truth. For him, as the writer, he believes his art work reaches out to everyone because he does not see himself any different from the readers. They are all the same. No judgements or hatred takes place in the piece of work but only the beauty of the community.
I talked to someone from Serbia, and being that it is on the other side of the world, I thought it would be quite different. However, I found that a lot of her answers were very similar to mine. I have never been one to judge people of other races, and talking with people from other cultures opens my eyes to see just how much we all have in common. God created all of us in His image and I find that to be very true when talking to others. Talking with her also made me want to continue to travel different places and meet different people. I have been out of the country once and it was a great experience. I will be going out of the country again this summer and after this I believe it will open my eyes to pay even closer attention to how similar we are even though we have different cultures. I realized being in Mexico last summer that even though we tend to have the stereotype of them being totally different and all these views, they are not that different from us at
I am what some would call a "people-person." I love being with new people and learning about what makes them "tick." I have been lucky enought to travel through Europe and the Orient so I have seen first hand whether East does meet West or not. But the place where I learned the most about people and the way they live would have to be right here at home - Southern California. Living here in an area with a rich ethinic mixture has opened my eyes to things like: the Filipino tendency to eat with a spoon and fork while Americans tend to use mainly the fork, the Oriental's tight family ties and the growing rate of American divorces, etc. The mixture of traditional Filipino parents and growing up in California has given me a chance to glimpse how some cultures go hand in hand while others clash violently.
I built upon my cross-cultural experiences as I befriended exchange students from Belgium, Japan, and Korea. Each time, the friendships enriched my appreciation and understanding of not only my own culture, but the very concept of culture. What falls under the cultural blanket can vary from person to person, and I found it to be very interesting that while one person could claim lan...
First of all I would like to congratulate my fellow classmates Hello my name is Sarah and I am very proud to say I am valedictorian of this program. When I first started classes at this college I was afraid I wasn’t even going to pass let alone be standing here today. It had been a long time since I sat in a class room. I thought I was too old to go back to school. But I was wrong.
Going to school with many different cultures is exciting. I get to learn about cultures I have no clue about, such as Buddhism, Chinese, even Japanese. Going to a school that is very diverse makes me able to talk to others and learn about their cultures, and maybe even make friends with people I thought I would never make friends with. It also goes to show that everyone was not born the same, and no matter what a person’s differences are we should respect them and have no problem conversing with them. As with me, I consider myself a diverse person. My mom is Irish/American and my dad is Lebanese, so coming from a family where two cultures come together is really interesting. We celebrate Ramadan which is the fasting during the holy month for Islam, and we also celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ in Christianity. Getting the best of both worlds is really intriguing, because I can celebrate two totally different holidays from two different religions and now how to respect both. I know for a fact that I do bring diversity to University of Toledo because not most people know an American-Lebanese.