We confront many different cultures as the world becomes more universal. Being able to work well together with different cultures can be a huge advantage in a universal community like this. Many things can be learned from different cultures. We will find new ways of thinking and ideas that we never thought of by interacting with other cultures. Therefore it becomes important for us to be able to confront well with other cultures.
In order to confront well with other cultures without collisions, we need understanding, respect, patience, and opened mind. First thing you need when you confront with different cultures is respect. We have to remember that different doesn’t mean worse or better. If there is respect between two different cultures, both cultures will find the good things from the other culture. Without respect, you wouldn’t see better ideas and thoughts the other cultures have. You also need to be open-minded when you confront with other cultures. Being open-minded doesn’t mean throwing your own culture and adopting everything from the other culture. When you are both open-minded and have pride and faith in your own culture, you will be able to adopt the good things from the other culture and still keep your own culture. (I’m afraid that the Sawi has lost some of the originality of their own cultures.) Understanding and patient will be needed in the process of getting to know about the other culture. Since the cultures are different, it might sometimes be hard to understand the way the other cultures do things. But we need to have patience and try to understand them because the cultures are all from different backgrounds.
With these in mind, we will be able to confront well with other culture and be the leader of this universal community. |
Lucy you are showing sound understanding of the theme and I enjoy reading your work. Mrs.Mc.