Observation

Over the course of our first week attending this class, we were assigned to observe someone who is not native to the US.

I did see several people that are foreign, but I didn't see anything that was very different or out of the ordinary. Sometimes they would dress a bit more reserved, or they would dress just like everybody else, but nothing that really stood out. The most common thing I noticed was that if they were not very good at English, they seemed more shy and quiet and avoiding of eye contact.

That's why I decided to write about someone I work with from Brazil. From my interactions with her, we've found out how funny language can be. She has lived here for two years and before that did not know any English (she speaks Portuguese). She claims that the food in Brazil is healthier than the usual food in the US. She also told me that McDonald's is pricey in Brazil at an average of around $10 per person for a regular meal in contrast to how cheap it is here.

When I think of customers at work and general interactions I have had with foreigners, they all just seemed like normal people to me, except with accents or trouble speaking English. I can tell that coming from another country would possibly imply higher importance on certain values, ideas, etc, than here in the US but I haven't really witnessed any cultural clashes thus far.