2025 Emiliano's Blog

 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...

 Last week we learned about how the Culture is conformed by methods that can be verbal or non verbal the verbal ones can be songs, poems, language itself and literary expressions, on the other hand the traditions and different ways of inculcating the values of the culture itself changes depending on the background and in this case the education. Japanese education as a whole has different focus and the expectations are completely different the requirements and stress is something present everyday , which is interesting and concerning at the same time, complementing the education with the work and the sleep hours, japanese students and people overall seems to have an overload of work since they are childs, acconditionating their minds to high stress. In contrast, mexican education is more relaxed, parents are strict but the responsibilities of the students are not even close to the overkill that japanese students do. Not trying to make look one better or bad, just different styles o...

 The last class we learned about work in japan and the amount of time Japanese people focus on their work, we saw a very interesting video that reflects the amazing amount of time they spend working. For me the most interesting point I could identify was the hierarchy and how the newbie in Japan has to do so much more job than the senior.  For me the job responsibilities and conditions are excesive, to contrast with Mexico, the wages in Mexico are less excesive but the payment is worse, to contraargument the life expenses in Mexico is lower and the amenities it offers in general are more generous. Bigger homes, cheaper food, etc. Returning to Japanese work culture, it is impressive but also concerning. While discipline and commitment are admirable, the pressure placed on workers may come at a high cost to their health and personal lives.

The last class we learned about the rest schedule and sleep of the japanese culture, it was really interesting to discover they don't sleep that much, in comparison I could say that the mexican culture sleeps more definetly but is not more than the average world sleep hour schedule. Personally I sleep 10 hours each day but it is not in one single sleep, I use to sleep in the bus, in the metro or even in the table at restaurants or coffee shops, I think is an skill I adquired by the mexican culture. I usually sleep 8 hours at night and then after meal I sleep around 30 min. And during the day I sleep 15 min whenever I can. My work as a cooker is pretty demanding so I need to have energy to last and don't cause any accident. The rest is important to each person because is the way the body recover their strength the brain restores the energy and develop unique activities like the segregation of ATP. Stopping from medical terms, rest is important to get to achieve our best performa...

 Last week we discussed the topic of cultural others awareness, and it turned out to be a truly engaging session. What made it particularly interesting was that it shifted the focus away from ourselves and instead required us to step into someone else’s culture. This process naturally encouraged the development of empathy, as it asked us to see the world through someone else’s eyes. It pushed us to think outside the box and reflect on how our own actions, words, and attitudes might be perceived by someone from a different background. This experience led to a noticeable increase in our awareness of others and helped sharpen our sensitivity to cultural differences. The class was not only informative but also personally meaningful, as it made me reflect deeply on the importance of understanding, respecting, and appreciating the many different positions and viewpoints people hold toward life. Overall, the session reminded me how crucial empathy and open-mindedness are when navigating ...