Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5: Piano: Zimerman, Conductor: Bernstein

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 second movement; Piano by Hélène Grimaud

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor): Piano: Lang Lang

Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto (Emperor) E-flat Major; Piano: Daniel Barenhoim and Denmarks Radio Koncerthuset

Beethovon Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major

Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Experiment (part two): How Labeling (a.k.a. Prejudice and Racism) Impact Our Learning

Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Experiment (part one): How Labeling (a.k.a. Prejudice and Racism) Impact Our Learning

COM 250 / Wk. #6 Discussion: Cultural Difference in Parenting Practice

   Child-parent relationship is different among cultures.  Can you offer a reasonable explanation to this difference?  Again, how dialectical thinking can help us to find a "middle path" approach so each society can overcome its shortcomings in child-rearing practice?

COM 250 / Wk. #6 Discussion: Human Nature: Fundamentally Evil or Fundamentally Good? And Its Influence on Civilizations

    There are two extremely different views in regard to human nature. One is that human beings are fundamentally evil; the other is that human beings are fundamentally good. This two views has set the Western civilization and Eastern civilization apart in the past two thousand years. Due to this difference, Eastern society and Western society has different way to organize our life. Please offer your observation in regard to the difference. Is it possible that we use dialectical thinking to design a more reasonable society?

COM 250 / Wk. #6 Discussion: Dialectical vs. Dichotomous: Pros and Cons in Dealing with Communication Problems

     Dialectical thinking can be applied to the solving of many conflicting dyads in our life.  Have you ever tried to use dialectical thinking to resolve conflicting relationships in your life?  What's your experience with dichotomous approach to contradictions in your life?  Or now consider you are facing some contradictions in your life, how could you use dialectical thinking to arrive at a different resolution?

COM 250 / Wk. #6 Discussion: How Could Intercultural Transaction Enhance Our Self-Awareness?

     It seems that the more we engage in intercultural transaction, the more we step out of our comfort zone and become seasoned with others' culture.  Some of us even adopt new cultural identity and are at the verge of breaking away from original culture.  Yet, the author states that the more we explore the cultures of others, the more we become perceptive and even appreciative of our original culture.  Do you  have the similar experience of cultural awakening after your intercultural rendezvous?

COM 250 / Wk. #6 Discussion: Why Is It That "Many, If Not Most, of Our Daily Interactions Are Intercultural in Nature" ?

    At the very beginning of chapter 8, the author makes this sweeping statement that "[M]any, if not most, of our daily interaction are intercultural in nature."  How could it be that we rarely meet and interact with foreigners/aliens and yet are involved in intercultural communication?