Post FOUR

I also expect to develop personally by attending this course - interacting with teachers and my fellow students who comes with different cultures and ways of doing things than me.
- Hmmm...I definitely have learned a lot about my self and how I react to different things. The example in the last post (post three) is one of the things I have learned.
Another thing that has been an interesting challenge and an opportunity to learn and grow is when you have to produce a product in an intercultural group. You have to take into account the language barriers, the different understandings of how to write an assignment and the commitment to the group and the process. I experienced the frustration of trying to balance or uphold all aspect and still write something worth reading at the end. In all group works you learn that you cannot get it exactly as you want – you have to give and take. That can be difficult in a ”normal” setting but in an intercultural group setting it is super difficult..well at least it was for me. Then try and imagine children from different cultural backgrounds in a daily setting where they have to negotiate, try and convince the others that this game is better than the other or ask for different things – I tell you, it can become a battlefield! The frustration of not being understood or being looked down upon because you think differently can blow up and create conflicts. Its the same for all of us.