Levine and Wolff’s article seeks to show the existent differences in various cultures with America being a nation that considers time in terms of a specific point in time. For instance, the writer goes on of how on the first day he learnt that Brazilians’ “timepieces are consistently inaccurate. And nobody minds.” Albeit scheduled to teach in a different setting and culture where time measurements are not undertaken on a specific point in time, he goes ahead to judgmentally conclude such. It is vivid that cultural differences between American’s and other cultures show the bias that exists in terms of time measurements and delineation. I feel that time is what you make of it. Back in Saudi Arabia, I would arrive to an unofficial appointments a half hour later since I am more concerned with the results rather than the specific time I get there. When I was a child, I insisted to my father that we should arrived on time to my uncle’s house. It was a lack of understanding the meaning of being late in my community. I thought that if you came five minutes after the arrive time you are
Levine and Wolff’s article seeks to show the existent differences in various cultures with America being a nation that considers time in terms of a specific point in time. For instance, the writer goes on of how on the first day he learnt that Brazilians’ “timepieces are consistently inaccurate. And nobody minds.” Albeit scheduled to teach in a different setting and culture where time measurements are not undertaken on a specific point in time, he goes ahead to judgmentally conclude such. It is vivid that cultural differences between American’s and other cultures show the bias that exists in terms of time measurements and delineation. I feel that time is what you make of it. Back in Saudi Arabia, I would arrive to an unofficial appointments a half hour later since I am more concerned with the results rather than the specific time I get there. When I was a child, I insisted to my father that we should arrived on time to my uncle’s house. It was a lack of understanding the meaning of being late in my community. I thought that if you came five minutes after the arrive time you are