In My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ I analyzed the scene where Toula’s family is having a party‚ and Ian Miller’s parents are going to come and meet the family for the first time. This is an extreme clash of individualistic vs. collectivistic culture. Ian’s parents seemed to be a traditional white‚ American couple with no sense of foreign food‚ customs‚ or culture of any kind. When the parents originally start walking up to the house‚ and there have to be at least 30 people outside partying‚ it is an
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COMSTU100: Assignment 1 Location: Blackboard—Course Materials—Assignments Watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ and respond to the following questions. http://ffilms.org/my-big-fat-greek-wedding-2002/ 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations‚ please compare the U.S. American culture and the Greek culture in the following dimensions (Word limit: Short Answer): Individualism/collectivism Power distance Please use examples from the movie to support your arguments. 2) Previous
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Yum cha between my culture and our culture Yum cha‚ which is a Chinese style morning and afternoon tea‚ involves drinking Chinese tea and eating dim sum‚ which are small dishes. In expert restaurants‚ staff will commonly wheel around heated trolleys serving small yum cha dishes. Hong Kong also has some western food and local food‚ like mango pudding‚ egg tarts that are desserts. Before Hong Kong was occupied by British‚ which already had “Yum cha”. Then‚ this traditional is important for people
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My Biggest Mistake This story is about the biggest I have ever done. I was 17 years old at that time and had had four birds since I was 10 years old. By the time I turned 17‚ my parents decided to immigrate to the United States. I had had only 15 days before I flew to Vienna. I loved my birds which I wanted to bring with me. I searched about how I could bring my birds to another country before doing something wrong. I found a veterinarian surgeon who could take care of my birds’ problem
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My Biggest Mistake I never knew when it started‚ this obsession. Didn’t even realize how slowly and steadily what I thought I could control controlled me. I am not like most people my likes‚ dislikes and feelings differ from most of the crowd. When did I become someone who cared so much what other people think of me? Now that I think about it‚ it baffles me how I slowly and steadily from being an individual who preaches about being different suddenly became someone who just wanted to fit in to other
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Andrew Tyler Gibson 2-15-12 Rough Draft My Biggest Mistake So it was a cool February night just like any other. I was on my way home from hanging out with my girlfriend‚ and I decided to call up a friend. I stopped at the ATM in Poca and scrolled through my phone looking for his name‚ and finally found it tapped it and asked him‚ “Do you want to go bowling?” “Pick me up in fifteen minutes‚” Anthony replied. I went and picked him up after getting money from the bank‚ and away we went. Meanwhile
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01-08-17 “Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake” “At last‚ at long last‚ the final evening of Marge’s stay arrived… She jerked her head at Harry‚ who felt his stomach clench. The Handbook‚ he thought quickly… Aunt Marge’s voice seemed to be boring into him like one of Uncle Vernon’s drills… Harry was shaking all over. He had never felt so angry in his life… “COME BACK IN HERE!” he bellowed. “COME BACK AND PUT HER RIGHT!””(26-30). I found this very significant because in the story Uncle Vernon told
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the Compromise hadn’t been enacted‚ John Adams would have won the election of 1800 .There was also the compromise on executive elections. Some delegates thought it should be a popular vote. Others thought that people could not be trusted with such a big decision‚ partly because people could not get information about the candidates easily. They compromised and created the electoral college 2.Constitutional problems the new republic faced in the first 25 yrs centered around getting states to ratify
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If we never learned from our mistakes‚ then the light in this room would never have been made by famous Thomas Edison. If he wasn’t aware of the mistakes he was making‚ then he wouldn’t have learned what not to do and eventually make this happen. Good morning‚ I am Bles an I am the kind of person who likes learning from my mistakes‚ instead of bringing me down‚ and today I’d like to inspire you to do the same. Before the examinations came up and everyone was busy reviewing‚ if not was busy submitting
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never find more mistakes in my rough drafts until the minute I submit the paper to be graded. There is a point where no matter how closely I read the sentences and check punctuation or citations my brain starts to glass over even the really obvious mistakes in the paper. For this reason‚ I start the revision process by having several different people look at the paper in different locations like the library‚ writing center‚ Starbucks‚ or a restaurant. After I’ve weeded out all the mistakes‚ I rewrite
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