Globesmart Self-Assessment

This assessment is a good one for me. I could see clearly how much I have changed since I tried to understand and assimilate myself to the US cultures. Obviously, I have become highly interdependent. For this trait, I used to be around the middle between the independent and interdependent. One of the reasons is that my family interacts with one another even more in the US. Thus, I became more interdependent. Another noticeable value is my long-term perspective. My long-term increases dramatically, compared to my native born culture and the US. I don’t know whether this is good or bad, but I feel that I set up my goals all in long term perspective and achieve short term goals along the way. The other four elements, status, restraint, indirect, relationship, change greatly compared to my own culture.

First, my tolerance for risk drifted further from Vietnamese. Right now, I feel that I’m willing to take more risk to achieve my goals rather than wait for fortunate things happen and take initiation. Another thing is that I become more and more direct in giving my ideas. Often, I limit using circular communication toward people that are not from my culture. However, I still try to save others’ face when it comes to confrontation. The next thing I notice is that I focus less on relationship now and more on task. It’s true since my schedule everyday is going to school and finishing my readings and assignments. The environment is much different here and harder to build a relationship even at a friend level since everyone seems too different. For me, the task is much easier to deal with. The last important thing is that I value equality more, although not as much as an American does. This might also be the influence from the US cultures.