When
thinking about my international experiences abroad – whether it be living,
working, or exploring – I realize that I have had some amazing learning
moments, as well as some funny stories to share. After a seminar from Jen Reeves and
conversation with my amazing executive coach, Emily
Schmidt, I have decided to put some of my words out there in
cyberspace to see what happens. Maybe
you’ll learn, maybe you’ll laugh, or maybe you will comment and teach me
something new.
As I was
drifting off to bed last night, I suddenly realized that “Culture at Work” was
exactly how I want to describe these posts.
Many of my wisdoms have come through work situations, either in the US
working with international students and scholars, or from when I lived and
worked in China as an English teacher.
Culture touches each one of us in different degrees, but from the foods
we eat to the jokes we tell to the friends we have, culture is all around
us. For me, culture really IS at work; I
work in a university department that provides professional and academic
training to Asian students and scholars, and our staff is approximately half
Asian and half American. But for each
one of us, culture is at work in our lives whether we always know it or not.
Hi Lesley, I just check out your blog. It is interesting to your all you experience abroad. I was wondering what if you combine your stories and it could be a textbook or even a book published.
ReplyDeleteYou cross over the boundary of culture, and you experiece help you know more about empathy. You alway empatize with me. Thanks. I will keep reading your blog and comment on it. It is a good start to get to know you. Awesome!
Jenny, I love that you read through some of my posts and commented. Keep reading! And if you think of things that would be good topics, just let me know.
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