Feb 17, class reaction

I thought that the last class was a lot of fun. It began with the showing of three videos and each of them advertised a different country. I found each of them to be entertaining in a different way. I enjoyed the one about China because it showed many different scenes displaying both the traditional parts of China as well as the modern portions. These were made known the buildings and traditions that were shown. On the other hand, the Japanese video was quite calm and serene. The music was slow relaxing and there were many nature scenes filled with forests and rivers. It made it seem as if this was the perfect country for someone who wanted to escape the noisy life of the city. Finally, the third video, which was about the United States, was my favorite. I liked it for several reasons. The first reason is that it had the most energetic and uplifting music out of all three videos. In addition, the video was filled with smiling people from many different backgrounds. This goes to show what a diverse country the United States is. It makes me feel proud to be an American. 

After watching the videos, the class partook in an activity where each person was assigned to one of two groups. Each group had to create a poster and a skit related to power distance. My group was in charge of doing these things on the subject of how power distance related to education. I found this activity to be entertaining, especially the skit! I thought my group members were great actors when it came to playing the roles of the teacher, parents, and students. Furthermore, I think that putting these ideas into a skit for us to act out makes it easier to grasp the concepts we are discussing. I hope that we will be able to do more activities like these in the future because this one really made my day!