COM 325 / Week #10 Discussion: "If education is not intercultural, it is probably not education, but rather the inculcation of nationalist or religious fundamentalism."

This is the opening statement in Chapter 10. What do you think about this?

COM 325 / Week #10 Discussion: Doing business with foreigners

Tell us your personal experience in doing business with people of different cultural backgrounds. For example, I am a Chinese doing business in America everyday. One big difference is that in America, you are not expected to counter-offer. In China, I can always counter the 10 bucks on a price tag with a "how about 5 bucks." In America, this is unacceptable. All prices are pretty much set-in-stone. Tell us your experience with regard to initial contact, negotiation, greeting protocols, banquet arrangement, etc.  

COM 325 / Week #10 Discussion: Let's start to be a little judgmental

People around the world all seem to have very strong opinions in regard to how we should take care of our body. Our textbook lists three traditions in health care: the supernatural tradition, the holistic tradition, and the scientific--that is, our--tradition. When I was a young country boy, my mother used to resort to chanting "spells" to get me to feel better. And it worked! So, I am a little superstitious when it comes to health care. How about you?