Response Paper 8: Chapter Two, Peace Corps.

This response paper is about chapter two: American Culture and American Diversity at Peace Corps website link http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/culturematters/Ch2/Intro.html.

This chapter is about cross cultural understanding, and it is very useful for us as future teachers because nowadays is normal to find students from different countries in classrooms.

Exercises

Part I
1-3: No action only words.
4-6: Directness.
7-8: future orientation.
9-11: Optimism.
12: Initiative.
13: be realistic.
14-15: do not judge people for the
16: experimentation

Part II

Al buen entendedor pocas palabras similar to a word to the wise is enough
The value is directness

El que madruga como pechuga.
The value is punctuality

Cuando el río suena piedras trae.
The value is be cautious.

Mejor que sobre y no que falte.
The value is be cautious.

A Dios rogando y con el maso dando.
The value is action.

Part III

1. Attitude towards age. In C.R., companies care about the physical appearance and age, they prefer to hire younger people.

2. Concept of faith and destiny. It depends of each people, some of them believe in faith and destiny; some others work hard to get whatever they want.