2025 Emiliano's Blog

 So, hellooo readers, I noticed you are prettier today! Today let's talk about parenting, in class I think we didn't get that much in depth about parenting, we just touched the surface and it was in general, Mexican parenting is complicated, some families have a lot of kids even when they are not that financial stable. So it causes some troubles that lead to poor condition of child development, but, the attention and love is given, from time to time, the discipline is also shown, not as a phase instead as a reward/punishment system, where the affection is the status quo until punishment is needed. Kids in Mexico are encouraged to go out not only literally, also in the sense of explore the world by having sometimes to do stuff because parents are not always there, usually the oldest brother takes the responsibility of taking care of the younger brothers. Hofstede's indulgence versus restraint dimension of national culture oversimplifies and ignores the cultural complexity of...

 So hello dear readers, Hope you had an amazing week, again your coffee addict came to talk, and this week we will be talking about love <3 So, love in Japan is an interesting topic, the culture around it is really secretive in the sense that they don't use to show off the affection in public, Yet I have seen some couples kiss in starbucks. On my own experience I can tell that Mexico is a way to open country on love terms, love in Mexico is shown since kids, hugging, kissing in public our parents is so normal that on the future is reflected on the teenagers,  So in most public places there are at least 1 couple "eating" themselves. Also is interesting, Japanese people also do confessions. In Mexico is the same usually you ask her dating to be clear, sometimes is not the case, but usuallly is because something shady is going on. The important dates are also there, except for white day which i think is unfair, makes men too safe, In Mexico valentine day is mutual so both...

 Hello pretty readers I hope you enjoying your week and are ready for me talking while being in a coffee intoxication. Last week we about clubs in Japan and extra curricular activities, the most impressing thing was the hell schedule they have. It was really interesting though, on the other hand in Mexico we also have this extracurricular activities though they are different in the sense that they don't consume that much time nor dedication and life. It's interesting and worrying the way the society makes them push their limits and give everything for their team, in Mexico the study is firts even though is not reflected on the grades. Changing the topic a little bit it's my moment to throw hate on the dutch guy again  cause while Hofstede's idea of ​​Uncertainty Avoidance can be helpful in understanding how cultures deal with the unknown, it has some real limitations. One big issue is that it treats entire countries as if everyone in them thinks and acts the same way, w...

 Last week we talked about shopping culture, it was interesting to see that some people want to be treated almost like gods, as I am also a customer service related career I don't ask much from staff, as long they are polite and friendly I'm happy. In Mexico for example people is really nice and the workers and shop owners just start talking with you and asking about your day and how is life going, It's a really close and warm relationship with the seller that gives you more fidelity top the shop. On the other hand it seems that Japan has a more cold blooded service, but I think this only applies in some cases, I personally have experience warm experiences with Japanese vendors, luckily to be honest. I have some friends in Family mart and when I travel I have became friend with local sellers, sometimes even receiving presents and courtesies from then. Maybe because I'm a foreign that happens to talk their language, or maybe they like to be warm and are just shy about wh...

 This week we learned about inviting guests, it was interesting learning how Japanese people prefer to hang out outside as they find complicated or even annoying having to prepare their homes for the visits. To contrast this in Mexico we always invite people without thinking about anything, we usually have the house clean or we clean it before the visits, there's a saying that goes "mi casa es tu casa" that means my home is yours, so we offer everything we have just to make others comfortable, we don't find this weird, as friends are part of our family.  Changing the subject a bit, let's talk a little about the model of individualism and collectivism. This model establishes that the higher the profitability of a country, the higher its level of individuality will be. As far as I'm concerned, this seems a little incorrect because there are some countries that have strong sense of collective and make high profit  like china with the needing of increasing populat...

 Personally I've never gone to a cram school in my life, even though I'm not the smartest I never needed it, that maybe is because Mexico is not the strictest country in terms of education, which is good to be honest, I think the distance between different classes is not that big, you can hang up with anyone if you have the charisma you can make any kind of friends, on the other hand there's countries with higher standards and that make complicated hierarchies. That brings us to the power distance theory by the Dutch guy, I think it's a little dated, as you can use it as reference but you shouldn't use as a rule. I understand the concept but measuring a culture that way is kinda closing the perception to my own perception. I really like the class of last week, it was amazing learning and understanding about the cram schools the fact they are based on the objectives is really messed up, it reflects a lot the objective of education of each country sometimes overlappin...