Monday, April 17, 2006

telc students and teacher

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: TIME IN THE U.S.A AND IN MY COUNTRY.

In my country the people start to work at 6:00am or 8:00am, depending on who does the job, for which reason everybody lives in a hurry. Some people have one hour for lunch, the time for lunch is at 1:00pm. Some people don't have time for lunch, so these people have to have lunch when they can.

In my country we don't have trains. A few years ago the most popular system for transportation was the public transportation (busses), but, in the last years there appeared ane bus called "Transmilenio", the Transmilenio it is a large bus (some people catch transmilenio and other people catch the bus, depending on when the need to go). This is the same as a train but it is not a train. This transport arrives at a specific time at the stations, and many people use this transport because the last busses that the people catch are not in service in some places.

Some times the Transmilenio does arrived on time and every time it is full. For going to the stations you can catch another bus called "alimentador". some of the people in my country arrive on time when tehy have an important appointment, for example when they have to go to doctor, but sometimes the doctor does not arrive on time.
You should arrive on time at school or university. In the school the director closes the principal door at one specific time, and if you arrived later is probable that you will win a an admonishment. In the university some professors don't care if you arrive late but some professors do.

In order to make more money and not lose their job, some people are very punctual at the job or for an a apointment. This shows that you are very responsable and you know how to manage your time.

In my country the day to go to the pub almost always friday. I think that fun in some pub is most inexpensively in my country, contrast to U.S.A.
Somethings are ilogical, some people in my country don't have money to pay the rent, to buy milk,etc. but these people always have money for fun and going to the pub. Sometimes these people are poor people that not have a stable job, also these pople have many children, some times with differents women. In contrast some times the rich people don't have many children, are single and living alone in a expensive house or apartment, these people work every day and had relations with important people. This people make parties and cocktails where only the rich people go.

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