ENG 263 Studies in the US Culture, Spring 2010: Anisa Ismailaj

Welcome to the ENG 263 Course Blog

Welcome to the ENG 263 Studies in the American Culture, Spring 2010 course blog.

Please feel free to express your impressions, views and opinions based on what has been happening during class.

The Blog is open to all who wish to participate in a respectful exchange of thoughts, ideas, positions, proposals, and anything else that comes up as long as the subject is about the issues that concern the U.S. culture as a whole.

Nevertheless, I must ask the authors to identify themselves at all times.

I hope you enjoy this education experience.

E. Prifti, Course Instructor

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
PACE
PEOPLE
SIZE
CLIMATE
DOMINANT AMERICAN VALUES
EGALITARIANISM
DIRECTNESS
SILENCE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SELVES
SOCIAL DISTANCE AND TOUCHING
AMERICANS IN MOTION
CONTROLLING NATURE
PERSONAL PROGRESS AND CHANGING JOBS
MATERIALISM
PAROCHIALISM
AMERICAN COCULTURES

ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
AFRICAN AMERICANS
LATINO AMERICANS
NATIVE AMERICANS
ASIAN AMERICANS
AMERICAN SOCIAL LIFE
FRIENDSHIP
PARTIES
INVITATIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WHEN TO ARRIVE AND LEAVE
DRINKING ALCOHOL
DINNER IN A HOME
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
AMERICAN CIVIC LIFE

THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
MAJORITY-MINORITY
POLITICS
THE AMERICAN WAY OF GIVING
VOLUNTEERISM
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIFE
AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE
WHATS IN A NAME
GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES
SINGLE PARENTS AND BLENDED FAMILIES
AMERICANS AND THEIR PETS
AMERICAN BUSINESS LIFE
LABOR UNIONS
WOMEN IN THE WORKING WORLD
JOB SHARING AND PART-TIME WORK
ATTITUDES TOWARD FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE U.S
RISK TAKERS AND EXPERIMENTERS
TIME
LETTING EMOTIONS SHOW
DIRECTNESS AND CONFRONTATIONS
COMPETITIONS AND DECISION MAKING
NEGOTIATING
TAX COMPLIANCE AND CORPORATE FRAUD
LIFE IN THE OFFICE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
FOOD AND FOOD CUSTOMS
HOTELS
RESTAURANTS
QUICK AND CHEAP
BARS AND PUBS
HOURS OF MEALS
AMERICAN FOOD HABITS
THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD
SMOKING
OBESITY
HEALTHFOOD
TRANSPORTATION
ON FOOT
BY BUS
BY SUBWAY OR METRO
BY TAXI
TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ISSUES
THE EFFECT OF SEPTEMBER 11,2001
THE IMPACT OF WAR IN IRAQ
THE RISE OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
SEGREGATION
POLARIZATION
PERNICIOUS DUALISM
GLOBALIZATION AND CORPORATE POWER
HEALTH CARE AND RETIREMENT
WORLD LEADERSHIP
ENERGY, WATER, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
PRIVACY
THE WEALTH GAP
CONCLUSION
MEETING REGIONAL PEOPLE
MEETING RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
MEETING THE AMBASSADOR JOHN WITHERS
MEETING AMY' MOTHER AND TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD IN AMERICA.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE AMERICAN CULTURE . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US!