Week 5 Reacion (Esther)

  This week, we watched two videos, one of which was about the attractions of Portugal and the other one was about Brazil.  I have to say every time I watched this kind of videos; I really wanted to visit these places.

    Besides this, we did a questionnaire about the individualism and collectivism.  I was not surprised to see my score of individualism was higher than my score of collectivism, although the gap was not that big.  Undoubtedly, my score of collectivism was high, since I am from China, which is a collective country.  I think the reason why the gap was not big was because of my educational background.  We were educated in a traditional way.  Not only in family, but also in schools and workplaces, we have to obey many rules.  However, I am also raised in a more democratic way.  I value what I really want and what I really love.  Especially this time, I can come to the US for studying and experiencing western culture, an independent culture.

    It was the first time our classmates led the class.  They did a good job and it’s time to think what our group plan to do next class. : )