Please read the case and answer the question that follows. My daughter is a senior middle school student. She has a foreign classmate from the Philippines, who is staying in the Friendship Hotel, near our home. Very often they come back from school together. The following is what my daughter told me one day:It was a fine day. On our way home, the Pilipino said, “There is a new McDonald’s nearby. Let’s go there.” You know, I like McDonald’s very much, so we stopped in. She immediately bought a hamburger and asked me, “Would you like one?” Of course I wanted one very much, but I had no money on me that day and I knew it was quite expensive. So I automatically said, “No, thanks.” On our way home, she was eating the delicious hamburger and my mouth was watering, but I still felt grateful to her for her invitation.Question: Did my daughter really mean it when she refused her Filipino classmate’s offer? What can we learn about her culture?
Please read the case and answer the question that follows. My daughter is a senior middle school student. She has a foreign classmate from the Philippines, who is staying in the Friendship Hotel, near our home. Very often they come back from school together. The following is what my daughter told me one day:It was a fine day. On our way home, the Pilipino said, “There is a new McDonald’s nearby. Let’s go there.” You know, I like McDonald’s very much, so we stopped in. She immediately bought a hamburger and asked me, “Would you like one?” Of course I wanted one very much, but I had no money on me that day and I knew it was quite expensive. So I automatically said, “No, thanks.” On our way home, she was eating the delicious hamburger and my mouth was watering, but I still felt grateful to her for her invitation.Question: Did my daughter really mean it when she refused her Filipino classmate’s offer? What can we learn about her culture?
