How am I at communicating with people of other cultures?

Rochelle Angley

DCP

Self Analysis

How am I at communicating with people of other cultures?

Communicating with people of a different culture can be exciting and new and at the same time difficult and confusing. In today’s society, I find it to be very beneficial to be able to communicate with others of a different culture. As I am seeing more and more cultures interact with one another, I am searching for ways to educate myself about their morals, values, and beliefs so I am able to understand our differences.

Personally, I find it challenging to communicate with those of a different culture. It’s not every day that I run into someone of a different culture. I know that there are many different kinds of people in the world, but I feel that in the United States, there are a ton of what we call sub-cultures. As I said, we have many different sub-cultures within our culture and sometimes it is here that I am challenged by our differences. As far as communicating with those of the same culture, but inside their own sub-culture, it really depends on the situation that I am in. If I am comfortable with my surroundings, the communication comes much more freely and we begin to talk amongst one another. I find myself asking many questions wondering what it is like for them. There are many times where we are all confused about what we truly mean behind our words, but that is a way of learning about each other. At the same time that we are confused, we are learning about one another’s differences and what we can do to make our worlds fit together so we can work together and be united as one. I find out about them and their world as they do with my world and me. We then begin to compare our two different worlds. At this point I am excited about what I have learned and will hopefully allow this new experience to benefit my life. Looking back at those experiences, I am hoping that I walk away completely satisfied with what was said and understood. It would not be complete, if I was to walk away still confused about what went on in our meeting or conversation. I especially need to work hard in these situations because of where I want to go in the professional field. I need give back to society as it has given so much to me. Doing this, I believe I need to do what ever is possible to expand my capabilities. Communicating with others of a different culture is a great start.

Wanting to be a teacher myself, I need to put myself in situation that will allow me to broaden my horizons and reach out to others of a different culture and sub-culture. I have a strong desire to become an educator. I believe that putting myself in this position (teaching), I will be at my best. It is in teaching that will allow me to share so many of my experiences of my life both good and bad allowing me to also interact in the students decisions in life. Becoming a positive role model and teaching the kids how interacting ...

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Wanting to be a teacher myself, I need to put myself in situation that will allow me to broaden my horizons and reach out to others of a different culture and sub-culture. I have a strong desire to become an educator. I believe that putting myself in this position (teaching), I will be at my best. It is in teaching that will allow me to share so many of my experiences of my life both good and bad allowing me to also interact in the students decisions in life. Becoming a positive role model and teaching the kids how interacting with others can benefit their lives tremendously. Knowing this is a goal in my life, it is this that will make me commit to learning about the different cultures so that I may share my experiences with my students. I will do what is necessary to put myself in situations that will force me to learn about other cultures lifestyles. I believe travel will play a key role in this. Being able to travel to different countries and actually interact with their people, in my mind is the best way to learn to communicate with them. Getting myself out into the world is really the only way to communicate and when I can do this, I have many different ideas of what I can do to teach myself to communicate with people of different cultures. First thing is that I must understand that we might not agree or for that matter really understand what each other is trying to say, but that is the whole point when meeting people of other cultures and sub-cultures. Secondly, I will prepare myself as much as I can with the history of their culture and their different morals and values. Lastly, I must do what I can to communicate and educate myself and the other people. It is then that I can come back and help people of my culture interact with many other cultures and sub-cultures.

Communication plays a huge role in our lives and it has since the beginning and everyday I am learning many different ways, not only in other cultures and sub-cultures, but in my own as well. I think everyday is a new day and we should be excited with every meeting that will share a new experience. With these new experiences we can learn how to better communicate with others and in the long run it will benefit “us” as a society. In saying this, I will do what ever I can to reach out. No longer will I just look at other cultures and sub-cultures to compare them, I will go and interact with them so I really know what is going on. It is then that I am really educating myself and the people around me.