For this entry we were asked to read chapter 2 of the website Peace Corps, chapter 2 is divided in 16 subdivisions, those are:
2. Dear Todd
3. The things we say
4. The things we say (part two)
5. Thirteen cultural categories
6. Thinking about my job
7. Sources of American culture
8. How Non-Americans see Americans
9. How Non-Americans see Americans (part two)
10. Learning about America
11. Now what?
12. On being different
13. Parting advice
14. Interview with a PCV
15. Dear Todd- An analysis
In a summarize way this chapter talks about Cross-cultural, they mention that in order to understand this, we have to know our own culture, also they said that the trainees need to understand their own values and beliefs in order to be able to see how they may differ from those of the local people because this differences are the source of the majority of cross-cultural problems. To avoid these trainees will do a number of activities that will help them see their own culture's basic assumptions, values, and beliefs, they also will explore the ways in which they may personally be different from the typical, or generic American described herein.
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