Ceci n'est pas une endive - Tag - culture shock - Comments

What Is Your Single Story? - Ana

Ana — Sat, 16 May 2015 12:19:17 +0200

Hello there,
thank you for this post.
As part of a European project, we're producing some teaching materials for intercultural education. In one activity, in which we use Adichie's talk, we would like to add your blog post for the students to reflect on and discuss. The materials will be published online as open educational resources with a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence. We would be grateful if you could give us the permission to include the text in the activity. If you wish o tkos more about the project, please contact me directly.

Empathy, Culture and the Words You Use - Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:14:53 +0100

Wow, really excellent point. I'd never thought of it that way. Love your blog, btw.

Empathy, Culture and the Words You Use - notafish

notafish — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:15:01 +0100

No, I haven't, but looking it up really quick, this seems interessant, I'll look into it. Thanks :)

Empathy, Culture and the Words You Use - Mark

Mark — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:47:49 +0100

Yes. Very good points. Have you seen Simon Baron Cohen's research?

Mark

What Is Your Single Story? - AndreasP

AndreasP — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:58:48 +0200

My favourite American question regarding Europe was "Between which country and Germany is the wall?", asked by an American exchange student in the mid-1980s (and rightfully quoted as especially stupid in our school magazine, along with "Norway? Is that some kind of highway?").

My Very First Culture Shock - digitalfemme

digitalfemme — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:26:02 +0200

I hugged a few Germans the first time we met. Now they hate me. :o( Oh well. First impressions are first impressions.

What can you expect from a nurse who enjoyed caring for her patients? What can you expect from a nurse who was practically the only nurse who massaged her patients feet? My fingers have been inside body crevices - so hugging a stranger is nothing new to me.

It's been one culture shock after the other, ever since I landed here in Frankfurt.

My Very First Culture Shock - witty lama

witty lama — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:12:42 +0200

I remember the first time I met the other students in my class when I went to a french high school. I knew about the "bise" and was prepared for that, but I didn't know that in the area that I was (northern Ardeche) people cheek-kiss three times, not two. Furthermore, I didn't know which direction to start with.

In the end I looked very foolish doing a sort of stop-go-stop dance with the other students. They were standing in a circle and I was on the inside working my way around one person at a time. A very threatening position to be in in a new school and culture when you're in "Troiseme" (junior high)!

Holy state! the Church got me (again) - Fabien

Fabien — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:40:54 +0200

Well... next time you're asked "are your a catholic?", you know what to say... ("f**k you!")