1st Reflection

Cultural diversity is the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region. And it is the sum of different ways in which individuals are viewed in terms of way of life, religion, racial inclination, skin color, sexual orientation and personality. The term is also sometimes used to refer to multiculturalism within an organization. For example, laughing is, in most countries, a sign of happiness and joy; in Japan it is often a sign of confusion, embarrassment or insecure-ness.

In this course I think I will learn how to deal with different cultures and to accept different beliefs from different people around the world. So when I travel or visit another country I would know to respect whatever they do and observe the way they living their life, what do they like what do they dislike or get offended by, and the way they eat and what they eat.

Well, so far, I have not learnt as much from this course as I thought I would. Just maybe how to make a blog. Nevertheless, I have learnt a lot from our experienced teacher, who I will talk about next, and what I have learnt from him.

Hedley Butterfield, as a person is one of the nicest people I have ever met. He is so patient when it comes in teaching and so friendly. Mr. Butterfield is like the British version of Ibn Battuta the explorer he has been EVERYWHERE and knows a lot of other cultures and the way they live. He taught us the real meaning of cultural diversity all from his experience of life; the stories he has been through, really I can’t think of a better teacher, nay, person to teach about cultural diversity, he is the perfect guy for it. There’s a lot more to talk about the explorer Hedley, if there was a book about him it would’ve been a three chapters book.