Intercultural Paper I interviewed Kotryna Klizentyte‚ who is from Lithuania. Kotryna’s family is from Lithuania‚ where she was born. Unfortunately‚ when Kotryna was young‚ her parents separated and got divorced‚ her mom went to America with $50 and made it and was able to save enough and start a new life bringing Kotryna and her sister over to America. Kotryna was about three years old when she came to America. Though she has lived in America for the majority of her life‚ she feels attached
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Critique of “Momma’s Encounter” Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri (1928) as Marguerite Johnson; however she grew up in Stamps‚ Arkansas where her grandmother ran a general store. Angelou has acted and written several plays‚ poems‚ and a six-part autobiography “I Know Why the caged Bird Sings” making her one of this country’s foremost black writers. In this story Angelou tells about how her grandmother (momma) triumphs over a pack of taunting neighborhood children. I feel very strongly
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An Encounter with Character The word character is often mistaken for something it is not meant to be. Character to me‚ means that something or someone has a personality and that everything about it tells you all you need to know about it. It is a word that has little meaning now a days but when you experience something with real character you begin to see what the word’s true meaning is. I used to misconceive this word as well‚ until a few week back when I experienced something that had real character
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Name of service firm: Air Lingus Type of service: Airline Date and time of encounter: 03/06/10 10.00 am Price of service: 105.00 euros Brief Encounter: After a year in Australia‚ it was time to face the 24 hour flight home‚ so my friend and I booked our tickets which consisted of travelling with two airlines. We flew with Quantas to Germany and the second flight was on Air Lingus direct to Dublin. On the second flight home proved not so pleasant.. We boarded the flight which was
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For this assignment‚ I decided to interview my best friend Cindy. We met while working together and have been best friends for about 8 years. She is the person I can confide in‚ trust‚ and have open honest conversation with. Many people find it hard to believe‚ but we have not had a fight‚ that either of us can recall. I believe this is because we have always had a high level of respect for each other and we respect the other’s opinion. We may not always agree on something‚ but we respect the each
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distinct kinds of alien contact. a. “According to Hynek’s system a close encounter of the first kind is when someone merely sees a UFO (Note Card 10). b. “A close encounter of the second kind is when a UFO affects the environment around it in some way- for example‚ by leaving a burn mark on the ground” (Note Card 11). c. “A close encounter of the third kind is when someone sees aliens around a UFO” (Note Card 7). d. A close encounter of the fourth kind is when someone is abducted by aliens and‚ as many
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Cousins During the 1960s and 1970s‚ the encounter group phenomenon‚ a heady‚ robust social movement‚ swept through the nation. There are several reasons the contemporary group therapist should have‚ at the very least‚ some passing knowledge of them. First‚ the proper training of the group therapist must include some personal group experience. Secondly‚ the form of contemporary group therapy has been vastly influenced by the encounter group. Lastly‚ the encounter group or at least the tradition from
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Intercultural Experience Communications 1 My friend Julie invited me to go to a family gathering with her and her boyfriend. I was a little reluctant to go because her boyfriend is Chinese and I was afraid I wouldn’t have anything in common with the people there. Eventually I decided to go. This is my experience: There is a difference in nationality‚ since I am an American. There are also distinct differences in religion (I am a Christian and they are Buddhists) and language (they speak Chinese
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ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve
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Actual Intercultural Events It was my very first time in Malaysia and a failed intercultural communication occurred when I joined my college here. By someone in the International office at my college where I was informed that I will be required to get my medical check-up done together with other three students who were waiting in the student lounge for the person who was going to take all of us to the clinic. Whilst waiting with the other three students‚ one of the male students looked at me with
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