imagine we had ”NO PHONE” zones. People might hate it. But people might love it. Going into a zone where phones are not allowed (atall/for a period of time). I don’t mean in cars or in classrooms because there is already rules there. But in a larger space where you can barely get from A to B without seeing at least 1 phone. I wonder how the public in this generation would cope.
This is really interesting for me to read as it shows how ”we” as Brits have a such a way of being distant from each other and new comers. I see African/American students on the bus every day waving or shouting ”hi” to each other. I will get on a bus and put my music in and stare out the window. It just seems natural unless someone is wearing a cool costume or I recognise them from somewhere then I might talk to them…
I found this information on http://www.shef.ac.uk/newstudents/welcome/living/culture
Cross Cultural Communication:
2. To newcomers, the British can seem a strange and difficult nation.
To be fair, any host nation can seem strange and difficult to a newcomer in any land. We have all grown up learning strict codes of conduct, rules of behaviour and lists of what is or is not polite. However, these rules and customs are quite different from country to country and few of us are ever taught them in a systematic way. We absorb them, throughout our lives, learning what is acceptable within our own culture and discovering what is not.
-whilst I was in France, The Alps, well when I first got there I knew I would have to change my ways. Every new French person I met would greet me with a kiss on both cheeks, sometimes during the winter I would forget to do this when greeting French people. A few times my friends would tell me how it is rude not to kiss both cheeks! I found it awkward sometimes and I didn’t want to be rude either. Continue reading
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