Assignment; Differences of Culture in Communication

Topic: Differences of Culture in Communication

Intercultural communication is really interpersonal communication between people from different cultures. Although individuals within a culture differ, some similarities in communication styles exists within each culture. In some cultures, people are generally very direct whereas in others they don't. They value free speech and express their personal opinions openly, saying exactly what they mean. For example people from countries such as the USA, Canada, New Zea land, Cameroon, and England tend to communicate rather directly relative to people from other countries. On the other hand, people from other countries like Mexico, Japan, Korea, and China tend to communicate relatively directly. In order to avoid conflict, they rarely express disagreement or displeasure in public in order to not offend someone. They value silence and tend to speak in roundabout ways that individuals from culture with more direct communication style find confusing. Sometime if somebody bought an item that is expired, his or her response to the situation situation would likely be influenced by his or her culture. A person from a culture with a direct communication style would likely show it to a customer service . He might said;"excuse me, this product is defective, I would like a refund please". If refused he/she will might ask to see the manager and repeat the request. On the other hand the person from a culture with a more direct communication style might not even return the product in the store. If he/she did, that person might show it to a customer service representative, apologize for being bother, and hope that the representative would take the initiative to offer a refund.
Written by David Lateu

Daily assignment: My Favorite Place to Study

Topic: My Favorite Place to Study

The student success depends how serious he takes his studies, in which conditions and in which area he does it. Of course the environment and the location where the student learns determines his success. Researchers have demonstrated that studying in a very quite place, a student has the highest percentage of success.
My favorite place to study is a park where I usually go to study. The first thing I see is a large gate protecting visitors from animals. There is a small narrow road all around the park that helps visitors to reach the area they want to go. Just beside the door gate, there is a small lake. Inside it, there are a lot of fish swimming. Around the lake, there are many benches on which I always study. Everywhere, there is green grass with beautiful flowers. There are few short trees around the park. Under the trees there are animals. On the trees' branches, there is a long snake. In the sky, birds are singing beautiful songs. Since the number of visitors increases everyday, the government found necessary to enlarge it and ameliorate its infrastructure. Ever year, thousands tourists from other cities visit it.
In conclusion, this very nice park is my favorite place because it is so quiet and I am very comfortable when I learn there.
Written by David Lateu

Daily assignment: How diseases Can Be Spread

Topic : How Diseases Can Be Spread

When people move from one city or country to another, the spread of disease may result. People often bring in germ that may not have been present there before. These new germs can spread quickly and cause previously unknown diseases. If a germ is completely new to a region, people who already live there have no natural protection against it. As result, they become ill more easily and died often. Sometimes, newcomers can catch disease that were not present where they come from. If they go back, they may carry the disease with them and bring about an epidemic there too. Today, the spread of the swain flu is an evidence. It may have started in Mexico a few months ago and today, almost the world population is victimized.
Furthermore, changes in heating systems of building can also lead to disease . In the 1960s, there was a worldwide shortage of heating oil. As result, hotels in the USA lowered the temperature in their heating system in order to save fuel. This lower temperature led to the growth of a deadly germ that grows in heating pipes. When the heated air was blown into the rooms of a hotel, it carried the germs . Many visitors became ill and several died.
Also, the pollution of the oceans can result in the spread of disease. Chemicals from fertilizers and human waste eventually flow into the oceans. These pollutants result in the increase growth of the tiny plants called algae. These plants can provide a home for cholera which is a deadly disease. The infected plants can stick on the ships, which can then carry the cholera disease germs all around the world.
Written by David Lateu

Daily assignment: Slavery In Africa And America

Topic: Slavery In Africa And America

Since 1619, slave traders kidnapped thousands of Africans to America where they were forced to work harder in American plantations. Human rights were not respected. The conditions on which they were brought were dramatic.Those traders were coming either from Europe or America and with less value things like salt, they went in south Sahara Africa and negotiate with the local chives or rulers taking at the end healthier and stronger people to America.
Slavery was an important part of the economy in south America. Southern plantation owners used African slaves to grow tobacco,rice, and sugar, so the cost of growing the crops was low. The southern colonies sold these crops in Europe and became very wealthy. Those poor slaves had terrible lives. their owners could sell them at any time. During their transportation from Africa, they were packed like animals in smalls boats to travel for three months in the sea. During the trip, unhealthier ones were thrown in the sea and even when the boat was too heavy, some of them were pushed in the sea to avoid the boat to sink. Once they reached in America, they were immediately put in the plantations where they had to work from sunrise to sunset. Children over the age of 10 did hard work in the fields with adults. Their living conditions were dramatic: they lived in cabins with dirt floors. Many slept on the straw beds with only one blanket each. Sometimes fifteen people lived in the same cabin.
Slaves could not leave without permission. They could not learn to read nor write. Their owner could whip them for small mistakes and hang or shot them for more serious ones. By the time the USA became independent from the great Britain in 1776, the northern America did not own slaves and were against slavery. Many religious groups in the northern like Quakers, Mennonites were against slavery. Through civil movement like The Underground Railway, many slaves succeeded to escape torture in the southern and moved to the northern where they were a little free. It until 1861-1863 that during the civil war between the northern and the southern Lincoln signed the Emancipation proclamation. That law freed all enslaved African Americans.
Written by David Lateu

Daily assignment: Busy Work

Topic: Busy Work

Working hard in the US has become an habit because without doing like that, a person can not easily survive. Many parents recommend that students are not allowed to have another work apart of school. They state that having a full time or a part time job for students is a synonym of obtaining poor grades at school. For others having a full time job for students is a good thing because it is the way to teach them the value of dollar.
Since I got a part time job after school, I have trouble managing my time. By the time I get home, I don't have much time to do my schoolwork. I have to rush through my homework and I sometimes turn my assignment late. Also, my social life is boring. I seldom have enough time to be with my friends because I am too busy at work. Some of them have even stopped inviting me to go out together. The worst thing is that my job does not let me time to breath. Not only it requires too much energy, but also I must work twelve hours a day. I don't have time to do thing that I really enjoy to do like reading magazine, taking pictures, watching movies, playing soccer and so on. After work, very tired I always sleep in front of my books. Since I really have so little time for study, my grades are continuing dropping. Although the extra money that my job provides me really helps me, I may finally give up and take my studies serious because I need eight hours of sleep like everybody.
Written by David Lateu

Daily assignment: War Around The World

Topic: War Around The world

Have you ever been involved in war, lost somebody like a friend, or a family member because of war ? War is the worst thing the world has ever known. Many politicians believe that war is the best thing to attain their goal, but in fact, they are wrong. War in any case always presents negative aspects such as massive killing, illegal immigration, starvation, and the destruction of the economy.
Since the first world war till today, thousand of thousand people lost their life. Nowadays, conflicts appear everywhere. Recently without the international organizations, They nearly assist to an open fire between Mouscou and Georgia. Every day, people are victim of war's atrocity in Africa, Europe and in other continents. Sometime, people who did not died become disabled; Vietnam war is an evidence due to the fact that many people dramatically became disabled.
I don't need to give the statistics of women carelessly harassed and raped during the civil war in Sudan, Rwanda, and in Congo. I don't want no more to show the pictures of hundred of children who today are orphans because they lost their parents and some of them have never seen their father because their mother got pregnancy after being raped by offender soldiers. Another horrible situation is the starvation. People lost everything and have the obligation to live i the refugees-camps, facing problems of health, an hungry, depending on the international organizations. In many poor countries, politicians usually use children during the civil war. Mostly teenagers under sixteen years old, gun in hand are ready to fight against experimented soldiers and consequently, they are usually killed.
In conclusion, the economic situation becomes very critical during war. Can not we imagine how many buildings collapsed two years ago during Israel and Lebanon war ? How many bridges was destroyed by sophisticated rockets fired by Israel ? How many businessmen lost their properties and some of them the entire business ? The economy which has been built many decades ago has been swept off in some few hours just like the natural disaster occurred. With all these sad events, should we stand aside looking desperately everything falling apart ? I don't believe so. We have to provide some recommendations to the concerned people.
-To all politicians, political leaders, and head of states, to stop their selfishness, to stop fighting and killing people because they want the power.
-To all scientists and industrial countries making nuclear and atomic weapons, sophisticated rockets, and other massive destructive weapons to think deeply about human being condition. Every human , no matter his gender, religion or belief has the right to live. By respecting all those conditions, there will no more war in Afghanistan, Vietnam, civil war in Africa like in Sudan, Liberia, Rwanda, and Congo. There will no more illegal immigration, starvation, and sex harassment
Written by David Lateu

Daily assignment: The cosequences of Buying a Used Car

Topic: The Consequences of Buying a Used Car

For many people, buying a used car is sometimes a little turkey because it is less expensive but I had that sad experience when I bought my first car. Before I had heard many things both good or bad about buying a used car, but I never though that it could happen to me.
My friend's brother was selling the used car that he had been driven for fifteen years. While advertising it, he reassured me that his car was in perfect conditions. He stated that he was selling it just because he wanted to buy the biggest one that could carry all his family. I made an agreement with him and we went home to see the car and took it for a test drive. The car seemed fine but of course I took it to a car shop to have a professional mechanic look it over and renew the painting. As he told me that the car seemed fine, I paid $3,500 cash for the car. Unfortunately, two months after, the car stopped starting. I went to the mechanic and paid $250 for the electric distributor changing. After one week, the steering and the front wheels started shaking. So, I spent one more time $700. I was so nervous and started finding somebody who could buy that boring car, But I didn't get anybody. The worst occurred when the engine started making an unusual noise, releasing to much smoke, and finally stopped running. I explained to the owner, but he didn't want to listen to me. I had to pay another $2, 000 to have a new engine installed. Therefore my used car ended up coasting me almost $6,500.
Since that day I discovered that buying a used car was synonym of playing the lottery and I took the resolution to no longer buy used things.
Written by David Lateu