Diversity and Communication While Some

Diversity and Communication While some Americans might live to work, enjoying a high degree of creative and practical freedom in their careers, most work to live. In fact, many Americans live in poverty. Granted, the connection between work and self-sustenance is not as direct in America as it is in other countries in which individuals truly live from hand to mouth. The degree of poverty in developing countries is far more severe than it is here.

The word "living" takes on a whole new meaning when a child hasn't eaten anything in two days, or the family has no clothes except what they wear on their backs. The poorest Americans generally have more opportunities and more material goods than the poorest people in a developing country. Many middle-class Americans really do live to work in the sense that they work longer hours or more intensely than they need to just to make ends meet. Work becomes their passion, part of their creative self-expression.

For many people, work is less about the means to acquire food, shelter, and clothing and more about the means to acquire knowledge, self-sufficiency, freedom, and other intangible goods. Still, few people in America could stop working and still live. Government handouts and family support would run out fast.

The proliferation of homeless people in American cities is testimony that many people in America are on the brink of death for lack of work and that work is still directly connected to life in one of the wealthiest nations on the planet. 2. It is impossible to reach 100% understanding about all things at all times with another individual. Personal experience supports this claim, but logically it can be proven because no two people hold the exact same thoughts and feelings, values and beliefs, hopes and fears.

Even identical twins with the same DNA who were raised by the same parents in the same social environment will not agree 100% of the time. Nuances in psychology will create the essential differences that make each twin a unique individual. The differences between two unrelated individuals will be even greater because of the added impact of issues like class, religion, and ethnicity on forging value systems and beliefs. When we first meet someone it may seem we are 100% compatible.

An engaging conversation peppered with moments of "Wow! Me too!" might trick us into thinking that that 100% understanding is possible. As soon as the relationship deepens, though, issues come to the surface that prove that 100% understanding is impossible. It could be a trivial topic such as whether tofu tastes good, or it could be a meaty issue like abortion. Another person might get upset about something that would never occur to us to be a problem, and vice-versa. 3.

Body language differs greatly from culture to culture and is almost a nuanced as spoken or written language. For example, some cultures condone staring at strangers or pointing; others strongly discourage such gestures and label them as rude or aggressive. In some cultures, personal space means leaving strangers.