Extracurricular Activities and Dutch Uncertainity Avoidance

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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, which just isn't true. People from different regions, age groups, or backgrounds within the same country often handle uncertainty in very different ways. Also, the original research is pretty old it was based on surveys from the 1970s, mostly with IBM employees so it might not reflect how people think or behave today. Another problem is that the dimension can make countries with high uncertainty avoidance seem overly rigid or afraid of change, without considering the real historical or social reasons behind those attitudes. Plus, it tends to overlook other important influences like education, economics, or personal experiences. So while it's a decent starting point, relying too much on this dimension can lead to unfair generalizations and miss the complexity of how people actually live.

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  1. manxuan23 de junio de 2025, 23:20

    I can't agree more on the hell schedule japanese students have...And i'd say your opinions on the Dutch guy is what I wanted to say! His research was based on a quite old-fashioned data, and just as you said, individuals, even coming from the same country, don't share common sense on different kinds of issues. Thank u for posting your thought-provoking ideas!

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