AMSTU 0250-2
Personal and Cultural Values
Fall 2010- J. E. Seibert -- Tokyo International University of America

Warm-up: Review of the First Day (culture, behavior, beliefs, value)

A: HEY. HOW'S it GOing? It's a BEAUtiful, SUnny DAY toDAY, and HERE we are in CLASS.

B: YEAH. HOW are YOU? Are your CLAsses GOing oKAY so FAR?

A: [answers] .... HOW about YOURS?

B: [answers] BY the WAY, I'd LIKE to MAKE SURE I underSTAND what we LEARNED TUESday in THIS CLASS. So ... CULture is like an ICEberg. The MOST imPORtant PARTS are invVIisible, so we Usually DON'T THINK about them.

A: RIGHT. The MOST imPORtant PARTS of CULture are beLIEFS and VALues, which are beLLOW the SURface. BeLIEFS are what we THINK is TRUE and FALSE -- things like there IS or ISN'T a GOD, HUmans are BAsically GOOD or BAsically EVIL, CERtain NUMbers BRING GOOD LUCK or BAD LUCK, MEN and WOmen are Equal or NOT Equal, and SO FORTH.

B: Hmm, YES. And VALues are things we THINK are GOOD or BAD, or coRRECT or INcorrect, or POsitive or NEgative -- for eXAMple, a PERson may THINK CLEANliness is imPORtant or LAZiness is BAD.

A: I THINK I underSTAND. HOW about YOU?

B: [answers] Well, enJOY CLASS. SEE you LAter.

A: BYE.

AMSTU 0250-2
Personal and Cultural Values
Fall 2010- J. E. Seibert -- Tokyo International University of America

Warm-up: Review of the First Day (culture, behavior, beliefs, value)

A: HEY. HOW'S it GOing? It's a BEAUtiful, SUnny DAY toDAY, and HERE we are in CLASS.

B: YEAH. HOW are you? Are your CLAsses GOing oKAY so FAR?

A: [answers] .... HOW about YOURS?

B: [answers] BY the WAY, I'd LIKE to MAKE SURE I underSTAND what we LEARNED TUESday in THIS CLASS. So ... CULture is like an ICEberg. The MOST imPORtant PARTS are invVIisible, so we Usually DON'T THINK about them.

A: RIGHT. The MOST imPORtant PARTS of CULture are beLIEFS and VALues, which are beLLOW the SURface. BeLIEFS are what we THINK is TRUE and FALSE -- things like there IS or ISN'T a GOD, HUmans are BAsically GOOD or BAsically EVIL, CERtain NUMbers BRING GOOD LUCK or BAD LUCK, MEN and WOmen are Equal or NOT Equal, and SO FORTH.

B: Hmm, YES. And VALues are things we THINK are GOOD or BAD, or coRRECT or INcorrect, or POsitive or NEgative -- for eXAMple, a PERson may THINK CLEANliness is imPORtant or LAZiness is BAD.

A: I THINK I underSTAND. HOW about YOU?

B: [answers] Well, enJOY CLASS. SEE you LAter.

A: BYE.