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    Living in Latin America relationship than they would have with thei owa family inthe United States. They tend to think ofthe phrase, "They teat me like a member of the family,” as beng treted as his own patente tried him when he ‘wae 14 years od, boeause while abroad he sometimes needs some ofthe ‘me kindof suppor. We have noted that some hosts were often puzled {bythe spparent inconsistency inthe American who wants adult freedoms sd privileges in some ways wile beng so dependent in others. [Leck of knowledge. The American is often caught off guard because he doesnot know when and wher to expect which obligations. He may rot know far enough in advance to be prepared to pay his share ofthe ‘Expenses, nor does be know when and how to rexprocat when be bas Incurred obgains. “Budgetary pressures. A person who would be quite willing to pay bis share ofthe expenses inthe Sates suddenly Becomes tght-cted when be {s abroad because he wants to make the mest of his “one and only” ‘opportunity inthe foreign country by traveling on weekends and vaca- tons to see and do as many thing as possible. In addition, there was the acute problem of rapidly obtaining additional funds from the United Sates ifhe ran over his budgeted spending money. Therefore, many ofthe ‘American students obtained part-time jobs teaching English or working in travel bureaus or other establshients where they could wee thet ‘lingual ski inorder to be able odo the things they wanted todo during action breaks. Lack of enfcation. 1 was clear that in afew cases the American 4id not deat wit or have enough empathy with) Colombians strongly ‘enough to care wheter they thought of him asa “tghevad” or not. This is comsistent with the data we gave sbowing that a lage proportion ofthe Colombians fle thatthe Americans “dnt care about thee reputation ‘mong Colombes.” In @ sense this was a breakdowa of the ordinary focial obligations which would have moved the American to be more ‘eperous among his acquaintances inthe United Sates. (Cross-Cultural “Bobbing” ‘We ae all Familiar with one “bobbing” situation within our own culture when two pecsons simultaneously passing through a doorway in ‘opposite directions try to gues which side the other one going to take. ‘Then each “bobs” tothe eft and right in such a way a o unintentionally block the other ‘This same reciprocal micalculaton occurs between the North ‘American andthe Latin American when each tiesto calulte the others 18 General Role in the Family behavior in terms ofthe others cultural background. Thus, the American tries to pay the whole check while the Colombian testo let him 20 “Dutch teat" Or the Colombian knowing the American's reputation for Pnctuality might infor him hat arty wil begin at 10:0 pm, instead fof announcing it formally for 9:00; then the American, knowing that parties donot beg atthe angounced time, wil allow an hour and ave 21:60 pm In the meantie the Colombian assumes thatthe American is not going to come since he did not arve on time. Or a Colombian Selng fresh vegetables in the steet markt might have learned thatthe North American is alvays in a hurry and has litle patience with parpaining” when buying produce; 3 when the North American asks the pce, the merchant immediately gives his “seling rie” rather than his king pice” to save time. The the North American knowing tht its castomary to bargin ove fresh produss, es to persuade the seller to Tower the pric il rhe. ‘Nenilss to say, thre are many specific forms of eross

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