12 Dimensions Critical Reflection

Part 1: Choose 4-6 Dimensions and describe them in your own words.

   I will be talking about Faisal's results; the dimensions I will be describing in this reflection are Outlook, Destiny, Decision Making, Communication and Context. Outlook is either to be Traditional which you choose to be in the climate you are born in or to be Innovational which you choose to be out of the climate you are born in and go to other climates.  Destiny, you choose your own road and have your own choice which is Directive or the road you are taking is chosen for you and the choices are made by others which is Directed. Decision Making is based on following the rules or to follow the relationship, in other words, choosing the job or people. Communication is talking to other people in an indirect way or in a direct way. Context is like a dress code to be formal or informal depending on the place you are in.

Part 2: Describe what you learnt from your questionnaire results, saying if you agree with the results or not and why.

   I learnt from Faisal’s questionnaire results that he is more innovative and his results show that he is leaning away from his culture and I also learnt that he chooses his own choices. I definitely agree with Faisal’s results because long ago the people in our country they concentrate very much on their cultures and if Faisal is still following his culture the results about him will change all of it. I don’t say that Faisal’s results shows it is bad, I say that Faisal’s results are very good because his results show that he is more innovative as I said, which it is a good thing.

Part 3: Do you think your results will be different in 5 years’ time? Why/ Why not? Would you like some dimensions to change? Why/ Why not?

  Yes I think Faisal’s results will change in 5 years’ time or so because it depends on his life, it depends if he would be a father or a manager in a company.

Yes I would like some of his dimensions to change. Decision Making and planning would be better to change because in Decision Making he follow the rules more than relationship and that will make some enemies in the future depending on his culture and for planning he is more with time than with people, it is a good thing but in the culture it would be better for him lean more to people.

Exercise #5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Todd and his manger	Direct  (when the manager told Todd we don't want you here we want you in India)
Expression-Reveal / conceal	Todd and his manger	Expression-Reveal  (When Todd objected to the manager's decision on going to India)
Decision-making: rules / relations	Todd and his manger	Rules  (When the manager told Todd to go to India to make sure that employees know to speak english)
Context – Informal / formal	Todd and his manger	Informal  (when Todd called his manager by his name)

3) When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

He got a train by an unregulated way.There is no place in the train then a boy who sit next of Todd he stands and let Todd sat in his place then he sat on Todd's leg.It might be the culture solution because all children respect an old people to sit first. 

4) As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

He bought the iced drink and he was not change about the change, and he feels ill after eating the iced drink because it is the first time that he test this kind of iced drink.

7) Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

 Because the place of the hotel is very lonely.

 8) As soon as they meet, Auntie Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

 She asked him a lot of question and it was a centered on personal questions.

Exercise 4#

Amish and english people are two different types of people. They both have traditions and they both different cultures. The difference between them is that english people accepted change they accepted the developing of life and adapted to the new way of life. Amish people didn't, they are still attached and they don't want to adapt to the new developing of life. The don't mind reveling to different cultures but they avoid communication with different cultures. They don't use any technology so no telephones or cars, they still use horses and buggies. They're two different people one accepted to change their culture and adapted to the new technology and one didn't. 

     Arabic culture is a culture that doesn't mind adapting to the new way of life. It accepts new culture or different cultures. They don't mind reveling their cultures and traditions to other cultures and they're proud of it. They don't mind communicating with different cultures. On top of all that they're really proud of their culture.

Exercise #3

Mrs. Hardcastle : she refused to sleep in a room with no doors so she comprimised with the manager petel to sleep in his room instead and she is able to adapt.

Mr. and Mrs. Ainslie : Mr. Ainslie went to the temple and see india and he is able to adapt but Mrs. Ainslie she wasn't able to adapt and stayed in the hotel.

Evelyn / Mrs. Greenslade : she adapted very quickly and she went to look for a job to make her self busy and make a living.

Mr. Graham : engaged him self by playing with the childeren cricket after he found out that the houses he was looking for are gone and he is able to adapt. 

Mrs. Downelly : she traveled to india just to make a hip replacement surgeory and she didnt even want to adapt.

Petel / Manager : he was able to adapt and he wanted to countinue his father's journey to make the marigold hotel beautiful.

Exercise #1

                                              
                                         Bull Fighting


Bull fighting is a fun and a dangerous culture began in the 1800s. I think the Bullfighting culture is acceptable, but it has its limits because it is very dangerous and risky and may cause death. Young adults  look forward to risking their lives every year just to have fun with friends by running with the bulls and by the end the young adults get to laugh and have a fun memory with the bulls. It is a fun culture among many other cultures with a great experience.