Learning Journal #2

[Wonjun Kim]

The reading on Figuring Foreigners Out talks about the difference in culture in foreign countries. Such cultural differences are non-verbal communications or physical signs that people can give, which could be different from culture to culture. Also, things like masculinity and individualism are different from culture to culture, and I understand that understanding this can be very difficult. For example, if you were to go up to a stranger in Korea and ask them for directions, they wouldn't really tell you anything; however, in America, that is something very common, and people do it all the time. I agree with the reading as there are cultures that are extremely different from each other. In Korean culture, strangers are very cold to others, but friends are almost like siblings. So it is very different compared to America where everything is kind of at a middle ground.