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Sharing Cultural Information

In chapter four, the Turkish astronomer is introduced.  As you probably remember, he is the one who first discovered the Little Prince's planet, B-612. 

"On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration.  But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.
Grown-ups are like that..."

The story goes on, and the Turkish astronomer presents his discovery again, and dresses in European clothing.  This time, his discovery was acknowledged.

In this passage, we might say that ignorance of other people and cultures can lead to grave consequences.   Perhaps if the scientific community mentioned here knew more about the Turkish astronomer's culture, this situation would not have happened. 

Here in our class blog, we have an opportunity to interact with people who live in many countries.  Since we have this chance, I hope we can share information about our cultures, in hopes of creating more understanding, and ultimately peace.

Students, please share one aspect of Japanese culture with our readers from other countries.  Guests, in the future, I will ask you if you are interested in sharing  information, pictures, and blog posts about your cultures as well.

Students, we're looking forward to learning about Japan and Japanese culture from you!

(Photo used for educational purposes only.  Source

posted by: MaryH at May 20, 2007 07:32 | link | comments (3) |
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