The Treatment of Children in the Public Places

When I visited Oakwood last Saturday, I saw a US family at the Restaurants’ section. The mom was treating her child in a respectful manner. Even though he was just a child, she was asking him about what he want his meal to be before conducting the decision by her. Back in my country, the parents usually determine what their children would eat, since they believe they know what is suitable for their children more than what the child do.

Another situation was in Chicago, I saw how the parents explain for their children about Chicago at the top of the Wells tower (the Series Tower). And I was surprised how the children were interesting to learn from their parents. Back in my country, we did not pay that attention for this kind of learning moments; however, some Saudis families tack these opportunities to educate their children.

Similarities and Differences between the Arabian and the American Family

When we conducted our first survey, I noticed that the family is so important for the American. In our Arabian culture, we highly appreciate the family concept. However, we believe that the family’s members should be together in terms of cooperation, assistance and collaboration. We believe that each member has its own role, for example, we believe that the main role for the mother is to do the house's work and raising children; that does not mean she couldn’t work. Moreover, we also appreciate the extended family, which is the family that includes aunts, cousins and so on. As a result, the Arabian family is more nuclear than the American.

The Election Day

Since we, as Saudis, don’t have that experience in election, I cannot compare a country, with 243 years of political experience, with Saudi Arabia. However, I believe that election is a good way to express the public opinion. People can vote for their candidates in a safe way. When I say safe, I mean no one will have an influence on them, and you have the freedom to say what you want to say and elect what you want to elect. The process of the Election Day is so organized, every citizen knows what he expects to face, and that make the process more smother. In Saudi Arabia, we stared to have some sort of election in the commercial sector, and in the near future, we hope that we will have the election in the political sector.

Africans Americans in Eau Claire

It was one of my best classes when we host two Africans Americans students at UWEC. One of them is a master degree student who was living in a shelter for the first 18 years of his life. He described for us, how was difficult for him and his “Brothers in shelter” to survive after been dismissed from the facility. He stated that, less than two percent of them have not completed their under graduate studies and that raise a big question about wherever these shelters are effectives or not. Furthermore, he mentioned how was difficult for him to adjust in Eau Claire.
In my opinion, since the majority of Eau Claire residents are from European origins, they feel it’s somehow strange for them to accept new ethnic group like the Africans Americans. However, I believe in the coming years more Africans Americans will live in Eau Claire along with other ethnic groups, and that will make them, Eau Claire’s residents, more familiars with them.