Journal # 20

Sometimes other culture people misunderstand Korean aspects. However, if they know about our culture, they can understand Korean aspects. I'll give you some example about misunderstood situation. First,when teacher teach a student a lesson in Korea, a student usually drop his or her head and look at the floor. This mean is "I am very sorry for my fault, and I regret of this". However, It is very impolite behavior in the US. A teacher think that a student don't concentrate on him or her. Student should look at a teacher when a teacher teach them a lesson in the US. However, if a student directly looks at a teacher, it looks very aggressive to the teacher in Korea. Second, Korean usually don't talk when we have a meal. We talk after finish a meal. However, Western think that a meal without talking is rude. Third, Korean respects elder people. We shoud concede our seat to elder people when we see them in public places. few weeks ago, I went to a DMV, there are so many people in the DMV. An old woman stood up infront of youths, but nobody concede their seats to her. If they do this in Korea, It is very rude. Culture is very different each country. I think we should know it's not bad, just different.