Heelots and Hokies

All of a sudden, I found myself thinking sociology when I was in sociology class.  Everyone in the class was doing a simulation. Before Mrs. Haas even told us about how the simulation was related to our class, I knew. To explain the game a bit, ill say that there were two different groups. A few of my classmates and I were Heelots, and the other group were Hokies. The Heelots and the Hokies were completely opposite in the way they communicated. The Heelots thought that the body was private, so they didn’t touch people nor did they look them in the eyes. The Hokies were all about touching and they communicated their answers with us by using their hands and shouting our numbers. For a while, no one understood how to communicate with one another.

            After a few trial and errors, and observing the other groups, people caught on pretty fast. We worked together to try and understand one another better. In real life situations, you are faced with language barriers and cultural differences quite often. We learned that being from different cultural backgrounds can really be a nuisance. Although, if you work together, instead of against one another, more cultures would get along and understand the way others cultures function way better.