The Book Project Experience

The Kite Runner novel is my first book in English and one of the best books that I have read. I love reading any kind of books, especially those books that lead me to think, learn and understand others way of life or thoughts. Particularly, I enjoy reading the Kite Runner because the narrative employed by the author is easy to follow or maybe because the novel is a genuine and emotional story today that one cannot stop reading. There is any doubt that my next book that l m going to read, right away after finishing this course, is “A Thousand Splendid Sun” I believe that this Book Project is very helpful and effective. One not only learns vocabulary but also develop many skills such as, to summarize the story, to present it and to write no the way that one is accustomed without to spoil the tale.

Argentina Population

The population of Argentina was reckoned in 36.1 million inhabitants in the 2001. Of these, a 50% concentrates on the province of Buenos Aires and in the Federal Capital. The population growth rate in 2008 was estimated to be 40.5million. The Argentina population has the lowest growth rate in all Latin America, about 1% per year, likewise, it has the smallest infant mortality rate. The median age is approximately 29 years and a life expectancy of 75 years at birth.

This pyramide represents the argentinan population and as you can see it has an extensive base due to the great number of births and it tightened gradually by the cumulative and growing mortality to the extent that enlarges the age of the population.

Argentina is a unstable country, its economy vary constantly each 6 years, each time that Argentina suffers economic crisis such as it ocurred in 2001 led people to leave the country, to migrate from the rural zones to big cities looking for new opportunities and to rethink about having children. Once the crisis is over, people start to invest again and come back from abroad, however, people from the rural zones do not return to the farms. Likewise, international firms take advantages from this peak and they set up temporarily while it lasts the prosperity. All this reasons lead that the pyramide expands in determined periods or it shrinks when all it seems to indicate going into recess.
All these imbalance led to increase the poverty and the differences between the high class and low class is huge, meanwhile the middle class is disappering.

One of the reasons why I migrated to Canada is due to this lack of estability. These repeated economic depressions led me to think seriouly not only to leave Argentina but also having my own family. I wish Argentina will be able to bring security and estability to its citizens but this will be take long time. People deserve the best because Argentina is a rich country, it should not suffer these crisis but unfortunately it happends.

Gender or Cross Cultural?

I believe that the difference between male and female communicating is quite similar between people from different cultures due to the communication in any language involves intonation, volume, emphasis, and non-verbal signals such as, gestures, eye contact, touch, posture, and not just words. All these features may lead to misunderstanding, over reaction, insult. Let’s see some examples; Western countries speakers tend make use of eye contact to show sincerity while in Asia this approach is a sign of aggression, disrespect. Those from cultures that have the propensity to touch by acting in a natural way may cause indignation. Some cultures go move quickly to the point; others talk long enough to establish a relationship with the other person.

All these dissimilarities do not mean that people from culture different cannot get married. Learning from exchanges cultures and moving slowly instead of jumping to the conclusion in base what one think or feel are some tools that people use in order to establish a good marriage.