Video Response Blog #5

"Me vs. We" ; answer the following questions: 1) In a collectivist culture, what personality traits are likely to be consideredideal? What about an individualist culture? 2) In what type of culture might elders or people who have professional distinction receive more respect and less challenge from people lower on their culture's/group's hierarchy? Explain your answer. 3) Create a specific problem a teacher may encounter when he/she moves from teaching in a collectivist culture to an individualist culture or vice versa. Explain the specific values/influences/obligations/desires caused by the clash. Propose a way for the conflict to be resovled. 4) What is an acquaintance? Does the word have a positive or negative connotation? Explain.  
1. In a collectivist culture you are expected to be kind, assistful, and accepting of others. You need to be supportive of other people as well. In an individualist culture you need to be self-motivated and non-dependent on others for help.
2. In a independent culture people won't be dragging you down and so you can't be affected by them so they will be less important. In  a collectivist culture elders will be more respected because they are the ones who will help everyone else contribute and will guide the way.
3. A teacher may have an issue moving from a collectivist culture to an individualistic one because at the past school is was all about the group as a whole but at the current school its all about the individual child, not how well the work with other kids.
4. Aquaintance has a negative connotation. It is generally used for when  you have met someone and know of them and a little about them but don't talk to them regurarly and you don't rely on them for anything.