tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154569229380760325.post8433669575146966811..comments2023-10-10T17:07:36.114+02:00Comments on cross-cultural moments: Being particularElizabeth Abbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763064258020825441noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154569229380760325.post-85231562602382174392007-04-27T19:54:00.000+02:002007-04-27T19:54:00.000+02:00That's really interesting about the whole class po...That's really interesting about the whole class potentially walking out of the room! I thought that kind of all-for-one mentality only existed in corny high school movies!<BR/><BR/>Now that I think about it, in the final scene of "Le Notte Prima Degli Esami 2" a well-liked student turns up late to the exams and the professors don't allow him to take the exam. The rest of the class then proceed to stand up and walk out of the exam one-by-one until he is allowed to sit the exam. I wonder if that would actually happen in an Italian university in final exams.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I forgot to include this in my comment; in Italy you say that people don't get ridiculously drunk because they have to face their 'group' the next day. In Japan, the opposite happens! People spend so much time avoiding arguments and being polite to keep group harmony, that when alcohol is around every drink, drinks and drinks so they can say/do what they want. The next day, the 'group' understands/pretends that anything that happened the night before was simply a result of alcohol.Alechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424638261803382397noreply@blogger.com