reflect on cultural values underlying people’s behaviors
Think about what you have learned about U.S. Americans from the readings or personal experience:
Do you find any behaviors a bit strange?
Do they make you uncomfortable or curious?
How can you explain these behaviors from the point of view of different cultural values that you read about in preparation for this assignment?
Do you think you may need to change any of your own behaviors in order to adapt to the U.S. everyday and academic culture and in accordance with the proverb: “When in Rome, do as Romans do”?
What behaviors will you change?
What behaviors you most likely won’t change and why?
Compare and contrast the U.S. and United Arab Emirates values as evident in everyday life and academic contexts, and discuss your ideas.
