Diagnostic
Xiao Ting Ma
Clip 3a
2/8/2013
Draft#5
According to Robert Kohl, Americans shows 13 values by the way they act. They are personal control over the environment, change, time and its control, equality, individualism, self-help concept, competition and free enterprise, future orientation, action/worker orientation, informality, directness, practicality and materialism. He says that these values are ‘deeply’ in most Americans. But, I think the second one “change” and the third one “time and its control” are the most valuable for most American. In my experience, In the United States, most American people’s life tempo is fast, for example, They are eat food fast and walk fast because they do not want lose any second. They are also not like traditional people that never change. They like do everything as they want.
Most Americans prefer new things in new ways or buy new things from anywhere. They like to buy any one that is new. For example, I have one American friend. He has three Apple phones. Even though those phones are all new and useful, he still bought IPhone 5 last year. I asked him for the reason sometimes, but he always has one answer that is he just wants get new stuff. The new thing make he interested. So, at that time, I started to understand why Mr. Kohl says that most Americans value "change".
Some Americans also like to control their time. Business meetings usually begin and end on time. My new teacher name Mr. Kelly. He is an American. He says that he has been New York City for eight years. I am not pretty sure is he also has Values of Americans, but until there are one thing happened that is Mr. Kelly came and finish class on time. At that time, I start to think that his action are shows the people who lived in American They are really like to control their times.
In the end, I think there are some American values that we need to learn, I hope I can learn English fast, than i can understand American culture. I think i can be a real American because American values deeply affect me.
Clip 3a
2/8/2013
Draft#5
According to Robert Kohl, Americans shows 13 values by the way they act. They are personal control over the environment, change, time and its control, equality, individualism, self-help concept, competition and free enterprise, future orientation, action/worker orientation, informality, directness, practicality and materialism. He says that these values are ‘deeply’ in most Americans. But, I think the second one “change” and the third one “time and its control” are the most valuable for most American. In my experience, In the United States, most American people’s life tempo is fast, for example, They are eat food fast and walk fast because they do not want lose any second. They are also not like traditional people that never change. They like do everything as they want.
Most Americans prefer new things in new ways or buy new things from anywhere. They like to buy any one that is new. For example, I have one American friend. He has three Apple phones. Even though those phones are all new and useful, he still bought IPhone 5 last year. I asked him for the reason sometimes, but he always has one answer that is he just wants get new stuff. The new thing make he interested. So, at that time, I started to understand why Mr. Kohl says that most Americans value "change".
Some Americans also like to control their time. Business meetings usually begin and end on time. My new teacher name Mr. Kelly. He is an American. He says that he has been New York City for eight years. I am not pretty sure is he also has Values of Americans, but until there are one thing happened that is Mr. Kelly came and finish class on time. At that time, I start to think that his action are shows the people who lived in American They are really like to control their times.
In the end, I think there are some American values that we need to learn, I hope I can learn English fast, than i can understand American culture. I think i can be a real American because American values deeply affect me.
A proverb
XiaoTing Ma
Class 3a
3-4-2013
Mr. Kelly
Draft #3
“You should never answer a letter while you’re angry” (Chinese proverb) reminds us that anger can make people lose their mind because sometimes they are really angry and that will affect their moods. Some words that are not usually used will be used while they are angry. Spoken words are like water, once they go out. We never have the chance to take them back. I would like to offer a suggestion, I think maybe we can answer a letter, but we should not send it out. Try to take time to reread what you write. Try to think about whether it is really the words you want to say. If you decide to send it, you should be pretty sure that you will never regret after you answer a letter.
This proverb does not just show us we should never answer a letter while we are angry. It also tells us we should never to do anything while we are angry because we will regrets for it in the future.
Class 3a
3-4-2013
Mr. Kelly
Draft #3
“You should never answer a letter while you’re angry” (Chinese proverb) reminds us that anger can make people lose their mind because sometimes they are really angry and that will affect their moods. Some words that are not usually used will be used while they are angry. Spoken words are like water, once they go out. We never have the chance to take them back. I would like to offer a suggestion, I think maybe we can answer a letter, but we should not send it out. Try to take time to reread what you write. Try to think about whether it is really the words you want to say. If you decide to send it, you should be pretty sure that you will never regret after you answer a letter.
This proverb does not just show us we should never answer a letter while we are angry. It also tells us we should never to do anything while we are angry because we will regrets for it in the future.
Xiao Ting Ma
Clip 3a
Draft #1
4/15/2013
The Tiger’s Whisker
“The Tiger’s Whisker” is a Korean story. This story talk about a young wife asked an old man to solved her problem that is her husband did not talk to her often and he did rude to her when he talk. Later,the old man answered young wife to get tiger’s whisker. This order was really hard and danger for young wife, but she did. After she got it, the old man told her if she knew how to tame a tiger, she also can do the same things to her husband. According to this folk story, I agree with old man’s advice because I believe everything is possible. First of all, a young wife did not care about her husband a lot because she thought a lot reason about why her husband didn’t talk to her often. But she never thought about maybe she also has some problems that make her husband doesn’t want to talk to her. So, I think if we want change someone, we should change ourselves first like young wife gave tiger food every day for tiger’s whisker. If she doesn’t give tiger food first, she never could get tiger’s whisker. Secondly, I saw a sentence in the internet that is a boy talk to his love girl" If there are 1000 steps between us, as long you just stand out one step, I will be in your direction the rest 999 steps". This famous remark remind me that if we really care about someone , we must struggle more than others. In sum, The old man also give me a inspire that is never give up , everything will be have way to settle.
Clip 3a
Draft #1
4/15/2013
The Tiger’s Whisker
“The Tiger’s Whisker” is a Korean story. This story talk about a young wife asked an old man to solved her problem that is her husband did not talk to her often and he did rude to her when he talk. Later,the old man answered young wife to get tiger’s whisker. This order was really hard and danger for young wife, but she did. After she got it, the old man told her if she knew how to tame a tiger, she also can do the same things to her husband. According to this folk story, I agree with old man’s advice because I believe everything is possible. First of all, a young wife did not care about her husband a lot because she thought a lot reason about why her husband didn’t talk to her often. But she never thought about maybe she also has some problems that make her husband doesn’t want to talk to her. So, I think if we want change someone, we should change ourselves first like young wife gave tiger food every day for tiger’s whisker. If she doesn’t give tiger food first, she never could get tiger’s whisker. Secondly, I saw a sentence in the internet that is a boy talk to his love girl" If there are 1000 steps between us, as long you just stand out one step, I will be in your direction the rest 999 steps". This famous remark remind me that if we really care about someone , we must struggle more than others. In sum, The old man also give me a inspire that is never give up , everything will be have way to settle.