Ｍy feedback

The process
First, I thought it might not be so difficult to complete this project, because I thought we could just separate the project into many parts and then distribute the jobs to each one. That’s simple and easy. But after two times of discussions, I realized that was totally different as what I thought.
In our first discussion, it was so wasting time and only got a little conclusion. It was so inefficiency. And we also decided the tasks everyone should do before next meeting.
And in our second discussion, I was surprised because only one of them showed up without any notices. And the task we should do during the first meeting and second meeting had been ignored. And after a long time discussion, we got another conclusion again, and that was everyone should create a story and potential problem the manager will face and also a solution for her before next week’s meeting. And we would combine all of them and finish it.
But in the last meeting I was so surprised that they didn’t do the story and Lili wanted to do the story online at that time. I was so upset because I thought we could just combine everyone’s story at that time and finish our project. And I think the works what we had done were meaningless because we redistributed tasks again and the deadline was very close.
Finally, we have our project done in time.

The problems we faced
I think the culture difference is the biggest problem because sometimes I thought we have consensus with them but in the end I found that they didn’t think of the way I think.
And I think compare Asian people with western people. I realize that if you give Asian people a task with vague definition or no detail description, they would still definitely give you some outcome. But to western people, I think if you don’t give them very clearly about what they have to do, they wouldn’t do it.
And in my opinion, if someone has some ideas about how to do our project or how to distribute our project I would just follow it and I would not have any opinions about it. But I think this doesn’t work in American.
And I think the reason why we always take so long in discussion is because they like to insist their own opinions. I think it is hard for western to change their mind to agree with the decision different from them. And although sometimes I might not want to agree with them, I will finally accept with them to finish our discussion more quickly.

What I have learned
Frankly speaking, I felt very upset and sometimes very angry during the process of this class.
But I think I learned to express my opinions and feelings to others, and it is not quiet usual in Asia. And I also learned that culture different really matters in many ways. And how to adapt culture difference and accept it is a big issue for me.
Therefore, this class really influences me a lot, and makes me think things in different ways. And also notice me that don’t be so arrogant because I always think my opinion is always right. And I really feel this is a very unique experience to me.