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     Mugurel Patrichi
    Mugurel Patrichi

    Have you ever had difficulties to cope with different positions in behavior or values of other persons? 


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    •  Carolin Rothemeyer
      Carolin Rothemeyer

      ​When I was living in Belgium, I was staying in a student dorm in which a lot of Indian and Pakistani People lived in. It was the first time I had a longer contact and friendship with people from there. We got along very well, but culturewise there were differences between the cleanness, timing and loudness. As Germans tend to be more quiet, clean and organized, they were really loud and not clean. I learned to "deal" or adapt to this. I really got personally very good along with them, but living in the same dorm started to be a difficulty. 

      •  Niko Visulaaka
        Niko Visulaaka

        I was in Italy in 8th grade from my school. I stayed in the Italian host family for that week. Going with group of Italian people was little different for me coming for like more country with people who are more quiet and more accurate on time than Italians. They were much more spontaneous, active, louder and more talkative so it took a little time for getting used to that. But i think that was great opportunity to adapt and get something from their culture and see new people from culture thats quite the opposity the culture i know. Finnish people are quite family friendly but Italians are on another level with their whole family dinners with grandmothers and grandfathers and even more. ​

        •  Gopi Krisshna Tuticorin Harihara Subramanian
          Gopi Krisshna Tuticorin Harihara Subramanian

          ​​Not really. Because I always played it safe and with the people I talk to I know if I want to talk with them or not. And sometimes it is not always the case. If I am in a situation to collaborate with someone whose values do not match with mine, I have no other option but to come up with some strategy wherein I could find a way through it. For example, if I find my friend's values to be something nonsense or irrelevant, I tried to understand the situation before I start arguing or offering relevant feedback to his/her opinion. 

          •  Erika Lorena Stöver
            Erika Lorena Stöver

            When I was in Spain, I lived in a shared apartment with people from Sweden, England, Hungary and Italy. It was an incredible experience and I was more then happy. Nevertheless, I noticed that because of the cultural background, everyone was used to a different everyday life. I wouldn't say it was just cultural values, I'm sure it was also personal values, but for example a italien girl was used to sing while cooking in the kitchen. For me it was not a big deal, but for some others it was kind of annoying. Especially because she sometimes cooked quite late and some others liked to have their tranquility. 
            ​​​​Personally, I always try to understand others before I judge something, but with cultures from the Asian region (e.g. Japan, China) it is not always easy for me to directly understand what they are thinking. I think I can deal better with people if I can also read their face. Some asian people that I met in my life were very calm​ and I wasn't able to read there â€‹mimic​. â€‹

            •  Charlotte Creach
              Charlotte Creach

              I currently live in a residence with only foreign students from all over the world. Although there are slight differences with people from neighbouring countries, I would say that the culture shock is most noticeable with Asians. Especially the Koreans and the Chinese. Indeed, for me it is hard to understand them and to get in touch with them because they are not very expressive in terms of their emotions and are not very open to discussion (they prefer to stay within themselves). Moreover, the cultural shock for them is so strong that it is complicated to adapt (food, traditions..)

              •  GLADUNEAC M. MIHAELA
                GLADUNEAC M. MIHAELA

                Personally, for me, it is very difficult to get along with people who by their nature are very slow, think hard, act hard, are always late, etc. I simply don't have much patience with them and it's very difficult to work with them, for example at college I often do group projects alone because of these people who take any task too calmly.​

                •  Jesse Torni
                  Jesse Torni

                  There have been multiple situations when it has been difficult to cope with other peoples behavior or values. When I served in the navy I had to learn how to deal with different people, because there was no other way. In my early days there I had to cope with different people by being part of a team that followed orders. We used to live in these small rooms that housed 8 people with different ambitions and it was hard to work as a team. If one of the team members should get punished then all of the team members will suffer at the same time. I did get quite numb to all the things that annoyed me such as lazyness and acting unresponsibly, but I found the real struggles to begin when I was later promoted to be a platoon sized team leader. Some were easy to cope with and understood why things must be done in a specific way and us leaders had also a hierarchy to follow but some fully lost all the motivation to do anything good for the performance of the team. These same situations has been repeating later in life and now at school when doing team work. The most important lesson here is to learn to understand other peoples point of view and cope with all the difficulties as well as possible. I tend to confront â€‹diffiulties once they occure to not build up any unnecessary tension. People tend to be understanding when they get a good reasoning from others.

                  •  Katarzyna Sawicka
                    Katarzyna Sawicka

                    Yes, I have, many times. There were many occasions in which I did not understand the behaviour of others. This has happened with both: people from different backgrounds, but also with Polish people. There are certain aspects of behaviour of others that I cannot tolerate and values with which I do not agree.​

                    •  Alissa Kasurinen
                      Alissa Kasurinen

                      In my experience, I have noticed that Finnish people are not very tolerant of people from other countries or cultures. They can be very mean and treat you differently just based on the fact that you are an immigrant. To me, this is very hard to understand or endorse because in Sweden we are accepting and equal towards everyone. 


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                      •  TOACA S. ALEXANDRINA
                        TOACA S. ALEXANDRINA

                        Not really, because I can easily adapt to any situation. I never choose the people to talk to, I can talk with anyone, but I always choose the people with whom I want to continue the collaboration. If I am in a situati​​​on to discuss with someone whose views and opinions are not compatible with mine, then I do not rush to give my opinion and try to convince that person, first I listen to him and express my point of view and I try to understand the attitude and opinion of the person I'm talking to.



                        •  Joonas Pulkkinen
                          Joonas Pulkkinen

                          ​Yes, I am a very punctual person. When I have agreed on a time to meet someone, I'll be ready at the place at least a bit before the time we agreed on. However, I have a friend who is Columbian and sometimes it can be hard to cope with him being late to meetings etc. ​It sometimes feels like he is not even trying to show up on time, but then again it might just be the culture where he is from. I've had to just adapt to his behaviour.​​

                          •  Miina-Stiina Tanskanen
                            Miina-Stiina Tanskanen

                            ​I had this relationship with person â€‹â€‹from islamic culture and there was a lot of disagreements in ideology and misunderstandings in intentions​. I tried to maintain his values and way of thinking as I wanted to please him but that only made me feel sick. In the end I realized to hold on to my own values and not to let anyone on the earth â€‹get involved in them. 

                            •  Ho Bao Cat Anh
                              Ho Bao Cat Anh

                              ​Students in Vietnam usually gather to get their group project done together​. I used to find this a good way to get myself productive. 

                              However, German students tend to devide the work and complete it individually. They will in the end go through the complete project together and give feedback to others' work. 

                              At first I had difficulties with this way of conducting group work as I had always been used to the Vietnamese way. However, after some group projects, I find it convenient and time-saving. ​

                              •  Atomei Alexia
                                Atomei Alexia

                                Yes, I met a lot of spanish people and they tend to be so loud and they like to show their emotions.They are so outspoken so when I was not used to it I found it rude and inappropriate.



                                •  Kristian Ndahambelela Lengweni
                                  Kristian Ndahambelela Lengweni

                                  ​I have first-hand knowledge of how challenging it is to work with people from different cultural backgrounds because they spend too much time eating and interacting with coworkers instead of getting work done. In contrast, in my culture, you should be able to ask yourself at the end of the day, "Did I work for you for this salary?"​Due to their poor time management, the group of employees I was managing failed to provide me with daily reports, which seriously hindered my ability to complete my duties.​​

                                  Even though I had to accept the challenge, I was able to do so for three months. However, at the end of the tunnel,  they totally adjust  the way that work must be done despite our cultures.​


                                  •  McDonald Shevaughn Fizstroy
                                    McDonald Shevaughn Fizstroy

                                    The Japanese enjoy giving self-introductions. In every situation upon meeting a new person for the first time, it is customary in Japan to give a Jikoshoukai (Self-Introduction). Considering that I am more introverted, I do not appreciate the cumbersome process of introducing myself over and over again. What is unique here is that in my country where I would just say who I am, in Japan however, it is more of a formal event. ​

                                    •  Foroughian Vafa
                                      Foroughian Vafa

                                      I consider myself as someone who is very adaptive. I lived in 2 countries with completely different cultures, each for 3 years. I adopted myself so fast to those cultures that I cant even recall any specific behavior that I found difficult to cope with. Although just not to leave this comment without an example, I can say majority of people in "Seychelles" lack proper "time management" and/or punctuality and for someone like me who does not like waiting (impatient) I found it a little disturbing at first.

                                      •  Dlomen Roshni Victorina
                                        Dlomen Roshni Victorina

                                        Worked with an extremely polite and sensitive and religious boss who struggled to fulfill his KPAs because it was more important for him to be nice and sweet and kind to others than offend them by getting his projects done in cooperation with them. He was eventually asked to resign. 

                                        •  Osei Kyerewaa Abena
                                          Osei Kyerewaa Abena

                                          ​It was challenging  working with a male colleague who found it demeaning taking orders from a female boss because in his culture, men are considered superior than women and as such must not take orders from them. Though difficult for him, he had to learn to submit to authority  because the money was more important than the beliefs he held on to.

                                          •  Nekundi Rosalinde Nasaantu
                                            Nekundi Rosalinde Nasaantu

                                            I consider myself  a Third Cultured Kid as growing up I was around several diffrent cultures from all around the world which in turn made me more adaptable to situations especially with relation to people. When confronted with a situation wherby I have to work with people of different backgrounds and values I tend to observe first how they interact overall and find ways to bring strengths to our differences if there are any.

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