Friday, October 8, 2010
ALPHA and BETA
The two different cultures were fascinating and a great day in class. I learned so much from this simulation of two differing cultures meeting each other. One culture, the Alphas, which I belonged to was so expressive and family oriented. Our culture reminded me of Lation or Spanish cultures. The Betas were so formal and task oriented it seemed, they reminded me of a Japanese culture. This is a rough comparison but it's what I know and have to relate to. The simulation made me realize that differing cultures can have such misconceptions and stereotypes about one another that most likely aren't even true. It's a matter of understanding and being accustomed to that specific cultures way of life. A culture is mainly learned and adapted and we need to understand and experience that culture before we can have accurate interpretations or evaluations. We may be able to describe to some degree, but if we want to get beneath the surface, we must live as an "Alphan or Betan".
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In my opinion, people like to separate from other group of the people. I can see in Beta.
ReplyDeleteIn Myanmar, I was student. I had a lot of friends. My friends liked to create or invent words that we spoke totally different from our mother tongue.
These words or languages that we invent.
We use only when we had to fight with other group of students who come to our school to attack our classmates.
The words or languages that we spoke. It became gang languages in our street.
I can tell you that Beta uses these kinds of methods to separate from Alpha when it comes to communicate with Alpha to trade.
This is what I said that he or she has to know street smart.