Visit of Dutch Students

Today we had a class from Utrecht visiting our Cross Cultural Management class. One word: OVERWHELMING.. There where two teachers from Utrecht who did take over the class of our Spanish teacher as soon as they went into the classroom. I was sitting in the back surrounding the students from Utrecht. The first thing I notices was that the students where talking about people from our class in a negative way.. I totally not miss this part of our culture. Beside I noticed that the students had no respect for their teachers, they where talking while their teacher was explaining something.

It was a little shock to see my OWN culture.. I realized that I really adapted to the Spanish polite way of teaching. Me and an Italian classmate had prepared a presentation about the different way of teaching between the Spanish way and the Italian & Dutch way. My teacher came to me and asked ''do you still feel comfortable to do this presentation?'' I told her that it was oke, but thought that it was so nice of her that she even asked this.

The students from Utrecht did also prepared several presentations about the Dutch way of education. There where two student presenting and they where making a lot of rude jokes. The international students and my teacher where a bit overwhelmed.. Maybe I am a bit negative about this all. Of course there where also positive things about this visit. They had humor, so the class was having fun!

It was just that they did not adjust to the Spanish/International way of teaching. Therefore I think that it is very important to learn about other cultures before you collaborate with them.