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First i want to say that i really liked the lectures of intercultural management.
I have learned that it is quite difficult to perfectly understand other cultures, for example high context cultures. The struggle i have with high context people is that i become irritated very fast because most of the people talk indirectly and sometimes don't look you in the eyes.

In the lectures where we talked about Hall & Kluckhohn i have learned that i should stay more calm. So for me  this was a really good lecture, i learned how to understand more from other cultures. The other lecture i experienced as helpful in my learning on intercultural management is the first lecture about making an iceberg and describe yourself and culture. I found this assignment very hard to make because i really didn't know how i could describe my culture background and myself, because for me it seems quite logical why i behave like this.

Actually there was only lecture i found less relevant than other lectures, and that was the lecture about the Randömian Balloon factory, the lecture was a little bit chaotic and i didn't get really the point what they wanted us to achieve during that lesson. The only thing i could think about is that they wanted us to show how employees of a high context culture behave when they are at work.

Two personal strengths of me in dealing with different cultures, is that i'm a good listener so i'll listen to things they want to explain etc. And the second personal strength is that i'm really motivated to understand / learn a lot of different cultures. I'm really interested in stories how people behave in a different cultures. I think that my strengths also my weaknesses are because i'm only a good listener if you have a good story to tell about your culture. If i don't like it i'll be distracted very easily and i won't pay that much attention. The same for my motivation and interested in different cultures, if i don't like the person or story i'm not that motivated to really understand his/her culture. I don't know why i have this but i think this is just a part of my character.

Next semester, i'll train myself to understand better how high context persons think, to talk more with them and asking questions about their culture. So i will stay calm and don't become irritated for the next time when i've to work in a group with people of high context cultures. I'll evaluate the things i've done every two weeks. Then i can see after every two weeks if i made any progress in better understanding people of high context cultures.

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I chose for two dimensions of Trompenaars: Universalism – Particularism, Individualism – Collectivism, Uncertanty avoidance of Hofstede and Communication and time of Hall & kluckhohn. I think these five dimensions fits the best in this case. Below I am going to explain why I choose for these dimensions with an example of the case.

Communication

When I looked to the all the dimensions Trompenaars, Hofstede and Hall & Kluckhohn, I thought that I could use this dimension about communication to describe the ‘problems’ in the case study.

When you look at the communication dimension of Hall & Kluckhohn, you can see in this case that a person from a high context culture has to communicate with a person from a low context culture and the other way around as well.

People who are from a high context country are indirect, that means that they don’t say directly to you what they really want to say. Most of the time they say ‘yes’ to everything, just to be polite. But actually they don’t execute it.

People who are from a low context country are very direct, they will tell you immediately if they don’t like something. They are very honesty and think clear, persons from high context cultures can imagine this as rude but in low context cultures it is appreciated.

I think in this case there is a lot miscommunication because Mr. Kolman is from a low context culture (Germany), and Mr. Dinh from a high context culture (Vietnam).

Mr Kolman is very direct and clear that he wants to work together with Mr. Dinh. But Mr. Dinh means the things he says in context-bound, he beat around the bush. Because he says that he is interested in a deal with Mr. Kolman, but he had no contact with him after the dinner. For Mr. Kolman is this very annoying because he wants to finish the deal directly.

Time

When I looked to the all the dimensions Trompenaars, Hofstede and Hall & Kluckhohn, I thought that I could use this dimension about time to describe the ‘problems’ in the case study.

When we talk about the time dimension of Hall & Kluckhohn, there are two different types of time, polychronic & monochronic.

People that prefer monochronic time, only can do one thing at the same time, they think that time can only be used once, and that punctuality is important.

People that prefer polychronic time, think that time can be renewed, punctuality is relative and they think that relationships between people are important. Interruptions and changes are okay.

In this case Mr. Kolman is a person that prefers monochronic time, he likes to get things done in time, so he becomes quite irritated because Mr. Dinh didn’t call him back directly after the dinner they had. I think he got the feeling that Mr. Dinh is not interested in the deal. Mr. Dinh is a person that prefers polychronic time, they don’t think punctuality is that important that is why he probably didn’t call Mr. Kolman back.

Uncertainty evidence

When I looked to the all the dimensions Trompenaars, Hofstede and Hall & Kluckhohn, I thought that I could use this dimension about uncertainty evidence to describe the ‘problems’ in the case study.

In my opinion I think that the dimension uncertainty evidence of Hofstede fits well in this case. Uncertanty evidence is the extent people have try to avoid stressful and uncertain situations.

I think Mr. Dinh is trying to avoid stressful situations to only thank Mr. Kolman for the call and say that he is willing to visit him in Germany, he also expresses the gratitude of the company president that they are interested in doing business together. I think that he actually tries to avoid the question why he didn’t call back.

Universalism – particularism

When I looked to the all the dimensions Trompenaars, Hofstede and Hall & Kluckhohn, I thought that I could use this dimensions about universalism and particularism to describe the ‘problems’ in the case study.

When people relate themselves to universalism they place a high importance on values, laws and rules. They think that rules come before relationships and they deal with people based on those rules.

You can also relate yourself to particularism. Those kind of people believe that each circumstance, relationship dictates the rules that they live by.

In my opinion I think that Mr. Kolman is more universalism. After he and Mr. Dinh had the conversation during dinner to work together he made almost directly a business plan and wants to know more details from Mr. Dinh to start the production line. He keeps himself busy with rules to build up a ‘business relationship’ instead of building up a ‘ friend relationship’ with Mr. Dinh.

Individualism – collectivism

When I looked to the all the dimensions Trompenaars, Hofstede and Hall & Kluckhohn, I thought that I could use this dimensions about individualism - collectivism to describe the ‘problems’ in the case study.

First I’ll explain what individualism and collectivism is and then I’ll give an example.

When people feel them more as an individualist they believe in personal freedom and achievement. They think it’s good when you make your own decisions and can take care of yourself. When you feel more as a collectivist you believe that a group is more important than the individual, it always comes before the individual. And a group guarantees you safety in exchange for loyalty.

I think that Mr. Kolman is a more individualism person, he wants to achieve something to make a good deal with another company. Since his father have left the company he has to take care of the company himself, so I think this is also a part of individualism.

2. I propose the strategy to reconcile this conflict between Mr. Kolman and Mr. Dinh by using the conflict styles of Thomas Killmann that they have to be more compromising. I recommend that Mr. Dinh has to be more open minded to people from a low context culture, has to be more clear about what he really wants. And I recommend for Mr. Kolman, that he should be more relaxing when he hasn’t heard something right after their appointment from his potential co-worker, because he can have the time to make a good decision. I also recommend Mr. Kolman that he also has be more open minded to other cultures, in this case a high context culture, because he needs to understand that not everyone thinks in the way he thinks.

3. I’m going to describe a conflicting situation what I had in my own life. After the description I’ll analyse which conflict styles of Thomas Killmann I used, and the other people.

In the beginning of the school year we had to make a project for research that was related to our BSP. We discussed with everyone that we would finish the project three days before the deadline so we could take a good look at it, and improve it when necessary. Three days before the deadline one other group member and I finished our parts for the project, but the rest still wasn’t finished with it. We really had to motivate the other group members to finish it before the day of the deadline. While we kept everyone motivated they started to complain that we were acting to bossy and wanted to get our right about some specific subjects. Because of that we had a heavy discussion because we didn’t see it like that so we convinced the other group members that wasn’t what they had said. So after a while they admitted their fault and we could work better as a group.

I think in this case I was the Shark, I really wanted to get my right because I didn’t think we were playing bossy we just told them what they had to make otherwise it wouldn’t be finished on time, so I convinced them with my opinions they were wrong. Actually I think that isn’t a good characteristic of myself because I should listen more to ideas and opinions of other people. In this case the other people that were involved were avoiding a real conflict so they were the turtles.

References:
http://www.kilmanndiagnostics.com/overview-thomas-kilmann-conflict-mode-instrument-tki
https://study.han.nl/sites/ACC/utmp/GS/_layouts/15/WopiFrame2.aspx?sourcedoc=/sites/ACC/utmp/GS/Resources/1-6%20Lecture%20%201.6%20Hofstede%20and%20trompenaars.pptx&action=default

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/seven-dimensions.htm

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Thomas Kilmann conflict mode questionnaire

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For this assignment i had to do two interviews with two different people. A classmate with a different cultural background, and a person above 40 with also another culture background as i have.
So i decided to interview my classmate Spencer Wu, from China, and the woman that cleans our house for almost eight years Malika, she is from Marocco.

Interview 1.
Name interviewer: Lisa Brandwijk
Name interviewee : Spencer Wu
Date: 19th December, 2016
Location: Library
Interview questions:

1.    What does family means to you?
Family means a lot to me. No matter what my family comes always on the first place. At home I did a lot of trips and visited my grandparents.  Anything What happens family come first, do trips. Visit grandparents because I’m raised by them

2.    Why kind of bond do you have with your family?
I have a strong bond with my family. I’m raised by my grandparents because when I was born, my parents were at their beginning of their careers so they didn’t had anytime to raise me. I think I’ve a bigger family than usual Chinese families because my parents are divorced.

3.  Is family important in your culture?
Yes it is very important. Because they will support you in a lot of things even financially. In China I spent a lot of time with my family when there was a chance. I think that  in most Asian countries family is very important.

4.    Do you have family traditions, e.g meet them every month or only on birthdays?
Yes, my grandmother has two sons and every Sunday we come together with my uncle his wife their kid, my grandparents and my parents to have lunch. We also go to a Family festival to bring to family together. We also celebrate someone’s birthday with eachother.
5.   Is there a family hierarchy?

Not really, my parents treat each other as equal, my father is not the boss at home. But my mother doesn’t work (my father asked not to, it is easier if she doesn’t work to take care of the household). So my dad is responsible for the financial things.

6.    How does your family react if you make a mistake.

Depends on how big the mistake is. For small mistakes, my parents give me life lectures and we have long talks.

If I make a big mistake for example fight on school or lie, I have to talk with everyone that is involved. And sometimes my parents beat me when I don’t behave myself in the way they want to, or when I lie. I don’t think it is a bad thing because I grew up with it, and I understand why they do it.
7.  Do you share your problems with your mom, dad or other relatives?

No I don’t share my problems, thoughts or personal life with my dad and grandparents. They aren’t that open minded and stick very much to the old-fashioned Chinese culture, they also don’t understand it when I tell them I go out in the Netherlands. I only can talk about it with my mom, she understands that the Dutch culture is a lot more different than the Chinese culture. I’m glad that she is more open minded.
8. How does a Chinese family look like?

In China there was a one-kid politic so couples couldn’t have more than one kid.

Abortion is very common and popular in China. Before I was born my mom already had two abortions. My family doesn’t look like a standard Chinese family because my parents are divorced. So i have a stephbrother of 24 years old.

9.  Does your family accept you as how you are?

Yes, my family accept me just like I am. They accept it that I’m not a super smart kid, but I still think that some part of them don’t like it. Because when you attend a really good university other people will look up against you. Still my parents are very proud of me and tell positive thing to other parents/friends about me.

Personal reflection about the interview with Spencer:
I experienced interviewing someone with a different culture background as really interesting. I really like to hear how people from a different culture background look at the same thing as i do, but then from a different view. During the interview with Spencer i saw that she was quite enthusiastic to tell about how her culture deals with things in life. She got a twinkle in her eyes when she talked about her grandparents. In my opinion i thought i saw she felt a little bit uncomfortable when she was talking about her dad, and sharing problems with him.
The difference between me and Spencer is that i had a different opinion about her answer about family hierarchy. She told me that her parents treat each other as equal and her dad isn't the boss neither her mom. I didn't agree with the point that they treat each other as equal because her dad said to her mom that she isn't able to work because she has to take care of the household and kid, but in my eyes a woman can do both, take of the household and work.

Interview 2.
Name interviewer: Lisa Brandwijk
Name interviewee: Malika
Date: 21th December
Location: Her house
Interview questions:

1.    What does family means to you.
Family does mean a lot to me, i grew up with the idea that you can always rely on your family no matter what. They will take care of you when you are sick or need emotionally/financially help.

2.    Why kind of bond do you have with your family?
The bond with my family is quite strong, but only one brother of my lives also in the Netherlands. I don't see my parents, sisters, nieces and nephews that often because they still live in Morocco. Because of that i think i have another bond with them than i have with my oldest brother.

3.    Is family important in your culture?
Yes, family means a lot in the Moroccan culture. It stands above everything, when i was young i grew up with the idea that having kids is very good. Because they will take care of you when you are older and can't do that many things anymore. There are a lot of family traditions were we come to together to celebrate something.
4.    Do you have family traditions, e.g meet them every month or only on birthdays.
Yes, but because almost my whole family still lives in Morocco i only go back during the summer holiday or when there is a special occasion, like an wedding. A wedding is a pretty big occasion in Morocco. The men and women celebrate the pre party separated from each other. Most of the time we celebrate a wedding for three days. The first day there is a pre party, where the women make cookies, talk and dance a lot with each other, while the men party and drink. Second day there is the real wedding, and the third day we have an 'after party'.
5.    Is there a family hierarchy?
Yes, i actually don't call it a family hierarchy but i grew up with the idea that the husband is the boss in the house, the woman doesn't have the right to say that much or work. The daughter should stay home to take care of the household with helping the mom and the sons go to school to study and to go work.
6.    Do you share your personal life struggles with your husband or only with girlfriends?
It depends about what kind of struggles i have, some i share with my husband and other i prefer to discuss with my girlfriends.
7.    How does a standard Moroccan family looks like?
A typical Moroccan family exists of a mother, father and most of the times 3 or 4 children. It is also standard in Morocco that the mother doesn't work, but because we live now here in the Netherlands i work as well and i really like it. Because when i work i listen to the Dutch radio, and try to improve my dutch so i people can understand me easily.
8.    Do you accept it that your daughter doesn't look like the standard Moroccan female?
First i felt quite insecure about it, my sons didn't agree with the fact that she went to university after she finished high school. But after all i'm very proud of her, she does everything what she wants. I can't stop her because she is old enough to decided what she wants to do with her life. In the beginning when she started on the university i somehow felt a little bit disappointed because some of my nephews and oldest brother that also lives in the Netherlands said that she had to stick to the rules.

Personal reflection:
The interview i did with Malika was quite fun, i have known her for approximately six years so i knew already quite much about her and her culture. I think that i could have been more specific with questions but in some way i felt a little bit awkward because she doesn't understand dutch that good, so i tried to ask more complex questions but she didn't understand what i meant. When she talked about her daughter she became very enthusiastic and told me a lot of things about her. In some way she became a little bit nerveus / insecure when i asked her about if she shared everything with her husband. A similarity that Malika and I have is that we both come up for women rights. I think it's very good that she stimulated her daughter to go to university and didn't say she had to stop studying. Malika doesn't stick with the 'traditionally' family hierarchy and i think that is very good. You don't have to do everything what others say it is the best.
I didn't had the feeling there were differences about me and Malika, even that she is a lot more older than i am, and she grew up with a whole different culture, i think she became more open minded about things, because she lives in the Netherlands so she took some rules that we use. She has quite the same view about life as i have.

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In this part i'm going to tell you something about the assignment what we did in class about the Randömian Balloon Factory.
1) I had the role of a employee in the factory.
2) I experienced this role as a sort of uncomfortable because our teacher told us three rules we had to keep on.
1. Don't look the managers in the eyes.
2. Act like everything is ok and always say yes.
3. Never lose face.
I'm a low context person who always look someone in the eyes, stand up for my rights etc. So it was quite difficult for me to play this role. Because of all the rules i didn't know how to respond correctly on the questions that the managers asked me.
3) When the managers came in class for the first time they started to ask the employees questions about the working conditions about our thoughts and how we were doing. They left a little bit irritated because they wanted to hear cristism what could be improved in the Factory. But they didn't got that because we had the assignment to say that everything was good. The second time they came in, the managers started to approach us in a rude way. For example, they started to lay on the floor hoping that they got eye contact with us etc. When the assignment was finished they said that there was a boss under the employees that decided the rules but there wasn't.
4) What i learned of this simulation game is that everyone has different interpretations about how to approach a culture the best.
5) The real life cross-cultural example that i chose is about a chinese girl of my class. In the beginning of the school year I was texting with her about if she had plans for the evening. A friend and i asked her if she wanted to go out with us. We didn't got a direct answer about the going out question but she asked us if we were going to the international dinner. The interpretation that i had was that she didn't want to go out with us and was trying to change the subject. I became a little bit frustrated about the fact that i didn't got an answer on my question. Later on i thought about it again, and i came to the conclusion that the next time i could better approach her in a different way because she's from a high context culture and is not that directly as i am. I need to empathize myself more in different cultures because then i'll understand better what they really mean.

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What i have learned from this exercise is that i judge people to quickly. I don't look at the facts but i create directly my own opinion. I also learned that i draw way to often a negative conclusion of someone's behavior.
I have learned from my group members that i have to get to know them better, because then i'll know better how they behave themselves.

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In the document below you see my preferences, the preference of my country, and the preferences of my BSP group members about the dimensions of Hall and Kluckhohn. I'm going to explain the preferences on the basis of real-life examples.
1) Communication: I'm a low context person when you talk about communication. For example, when i have a problem with someone the first thing i'll say is the problem itself. I'll explain the details why i have that problem later on in the conversation. Because I think that when you first start with the main point it becomes clear for the person who i'm talking to what he/she has to improve .
Time: I'm a person that prefers monochromic time. I can only do one thing at the time and i'll be very distracted if someone is trying to interrupt me while i'm working a project. Also I focus myself on deadlines. I'll explain this on the basis of my BSP project. Most of the time my BSP group work together on the assignments what we have to do. We're sitting together but we work alone. When i work on my own i'm very concentrated and i don't like if someone in the group ask me to do other things, because then i got distracted. I'm very organized and take deadlines seriously. The other people in my group don't feel that much pressure when we've still two days left to hand in an assignment, and sometimes it's difficult to deal with that for me.
Personal Space: I like to have a little distance between myself and people who i don't know or barely don't know, because i feel myself quite uncomfortable or awkward when someone stands to close to me. I don't know how to explain why i feel myself uncomfortable but i can give an example. When i do the groceries and i'm in line waiting for the cash desk and a person behind or in front of me doesn't keep enough distance i feel uncomfortable and i'll take a step back.
Nature: I think i'm more subjugated to nature. If i choose to live somewhere where are a lot of forest fires, i'll accept the situation and don't place that much important things in my house and i'll accept it when it get ruined by fire. Because it was my own choice to live in that area.
Orientation: I'm a task orientated person. I like to set goals and achieve things. Therefore i'm very happy when i did something well at work and my boss say that i executed it very well. An other example is that i think it is more important that my BSP group achieve good results instead of take a lot of care about the relationship between each other. The relationship is also important otherwise you'll not achieve good results but in the end the result is the most important to me.

2) In this assignment  i'll give you an explanation why i'm not line and in line with my national culture.
a. I'm not in line with my national culture when it goes about Nature. I'm more subjugated to it, and i think the people in The Netherlands are overall more dominating. They build dykes to keep the water out once and for all, build polders to create more land etc. In my opinion i think that you've to accept the nature because you'll never win from mother nature.
b. With the other things about communication, time, personal space, and orientation i'm in line with my national culture.

Communication: Overall the people in The Netherlands are low context in the way how they communicate. They'll say what they really think and are always very honest. In my opinion it is very nice when people are honest to others because then you show the real you.

Time: The people in The Netherlands are quite monochronic when you talk about time. For example most of the dutch people in my class become anxious when the teacher is five minutes late. And they really start to worry when no one is there after twenty minutes. I recognize myself in this because i'm a person that is always on time and i even think it's better when you're five minutes to early for a meeting or class. I think that most of the dutch people like punctuality and appreciate it that you don't disturb them when they have a meeting or work on their own.

Personal Space: In my opinion the dutch culture prefers to keep distant of people who they don't know. For example when you stand in a bus that is very busy, and you have to stay in the aisle people don't want to stand close to each other because i think they feel a little bit uncomfortable.

Orientation: I think that the dutch people are in between a task orientated person and a being orientated person. They think it's important to have a good job and career but they also think that it's important to have a good relationship with your family and friends. I don't feel myself as a person who is more 'task orientated' than 'being orientated' because i think that you actually should have work to earn money to do fun things with your family or friends. In my opinion i think it is also important to have a positive atmosphere in your work environment and a good relationship with your colleagues. Because then you'll be the most productive instead of when you don't feel self-assured on your work.

3) In the document below you can see how my BSP group members thought about the dimensions of Hall and Kluckhohn.
a. Our group have had the biggest similarities with the dimensions of kluckhohn's nature and orientation. Almost everyone agrees that they're subjugated to nature, and that we're more task orientated than being orientated.
b. Our group have had the biggest gap with the dimensions of hall's communication and distant. Most of the group members are low context persons except for Christoffer, he is a more high context person, because he is raised in Indonesia and the other group members are raised in Western Europe. The other dimension with the biggest gap is the distant of personal space. The only one who likes closer space between people is Konstantin.
c. In my opinion until this point i can deal quite good with the cultural differences. In my BSP group everyone is raised in a western european culture/country. Christoffer is the only one from Asia in our group, so i only have to deal with one real different culture. The strategies that i use to approach Christoffer the best is, that i repeat things several times for example deadlines and BSP appointments. In my opinion my strategy is quite effective.

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I'm born and raised in The Netherlands. I'm going to describe my culture on the basis of an iceberg that has different types of layers. Above the water you will read how i think it is the best way to behave in my culture. Below the surface you will read what my norms and rules are based on my culture. And at least deep under water you will read my values, basic assumptions and beliefs that i grew up with.

Above the water:
1. Conceptions of beauty. I'm raised with the conception of beauty that Less is More. My parents always say that you don't have to wear much makeup, because people prefer to see the real you instead of being insecure and hiding yourself behind tons of makeup.
2. Music. I grew up with music from the 70's, 80's and André Hazes. I think that those music styles influenced my current music taste. I prefer songs with a real story behind it.
3. Eye behavior. I'm raised with the idea that it is important to look someone in the eyes. My parents learned me that it shows respect to the person you're talking to, and that you have nothing to hide for him/her. For me it's strange when someone doesn't look me in the eyes it gives me the feeling that he/she doesn't trust me or is afraid to say something to me.
4. Notions of modesty. In my opinion i'm raised quite modest. I'll never say often that i have much talent for something, and i feel myself uncomfortable when someone is giving me positive feedback. This is a typical example of how i'm raised, my parents are not that kind of people who tell everyone how much talent they have for something. They learned me that you don't have to tell it to everyone but that it's better to show it your talent.
5. Cooking. At home we often eat dutch meals for example stamppot. I think we eat always typical dutch meals because my parents are raised like that. They didn't ate asian or african meals at home. There is a saying in dutch that is called "Wat de boer niet kent, dat vreet hij niet" it means that if you don't know the dish you'll never eat it. And i think that's the best translation of why we don't eat that much foreign meals.

Below the surface:
1. Dealing with other people. In my culture i grew up with the idea that you always have to be friendly to people who you know and don't like because you'll not know if you ever need them for something. I'm raised with the idea that you have to be kind and helpful to eldery people because they're more fragile. And you also don't want to be ignored or something when you're old and immobile. I also raised with the fact that you have always says thank you if someone offers you a snack or service.
2. Conception of justice. I grew up with the fact that there are rules and laws were you have to keep on. If you got busted on doing something illegal you will be punished for that. For example when you are in a hurry an drive to red light and got copped for that, you'll will get a ticket. I think this is the right way to punish someone who defy the law.
3. Tempo of work. In my opinion i'm raised of the idea that you have to be as much as productive as you can be. So work hard and get things done right on time. Working hard is good but you also have to make fun in your life. There has to be a balance between work and life.
4. Relationship with family. I think that it is very important to have a good relationship with your family. They have known me since i was born so they take a kind of part in my education. I'm sure my parents asked my aunts or uncles for advice how to raise me and my brother the best because we are the youngest children in the family.

Deep under water:
1. Body Language. I think that my body language shows a lot of the way how i'm raised. For example i learned from my parents that you have to shake hands when you meet someone new as a polite gesture. I also learned from them that you have to give people who you know well three kisses on their cheeks when it's for example his/her birthday etc. I think the most important thing i've learned of them about body language is that you show yourself with your chin up and chest out.
2. Honesty. I grew up with the rule that i always have to be honest about what i'm going to do or what i have done. For example my parents told me when i was young when i had broke a glass that they appreciated more that i said honest that i broke the glass instead lying to them that i didn't do it for the reason that i didn't want them to get mad on me. The rule about that i have to tell them what i'm going to do or where i'm going to is about trust and honesty. They raised me with the idea that i have to be honest so that they can really trust me.
3. Rules. I think i'm raised with a lot of rules about behavior. We always eat together on the kitchen table, ask each other how their day went etc. I also have to ask if i'm allowed to go somewhere and keep my parents up to date where i am. I'm quite happy with these rules because i decide things in life on the basis of these rules. The rules gives me also structure in my life
4. Optimism. I grew up with the idea that there is always something positive in a negative thing, I have learned that you always have to look on the bright side. There is a dutch saying that says "Het glas is altijd halfvol of halfleeg" the meaning of this goes about if you see something always in a positive or negative way. I think that i look at most things in a positive way. Based on this value i approach things in a positive way.
5. Self-assurance. I'm raised with the idea that it's good to have much self-assurance. It will help you to achieve more things when you are confident about yourself. I think when you are confident about yourself you can deal easily with criticism of other people. In my opinion you can only make right decisions when you know who you really are. Because it all starts with yourself.

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Name: Lisa Brandwijk
Student Number: 579036
HAN email address: EA.Brandwijk@han.nl
BSP group number: 1
Teacher's name: Rob van Warmenhoven
Class: IFA-A05

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Hello,
My name is Lisa Brandwijk
I'm 17 years old and a student at ABS. In this padlet i'm going to tell you something about my culture on the basis of the assignments that we had to make.
Enjoy!