Show s Pago 4 November 22 1972 Guest writer Informal preparations for Thanksgiving by Becky McMaster Becky McMaster guest writer This Thanksgiving presents a real opportunity for the people of Cache Valley to extend the hand of hospitality to some new guests of our country The foreign students now enrolled at the Intensive English Language Institute are getting their first families or governments which If you should invite an Oriental deal directly with the United student to your house for the States Someday they will be the Thanksgiving holiday it might be policy-makehelpful to know their attitudes In a way we as college about gifts A member of a far which we are willing to try to students are offered the chance to Eastern culture will always want to reciprocate an invitation or at understand them shape future world events To understand the foreigner it least offer a gift to show their In later years foreign policy is necessary to understand his appreciation will be largely based on the atour international titudes held by culture and his expectations To refuse a gift-wi- ll deeply hurt from come of visitors Most them American informality often or even insult an Oriental student shocks them and makes them feel For this reason a gift offered to uncertain as to what is expected an American host of friend must of them be accepted to avoid misunderstanding It is a sincere effort The element of socially acto reciprocate and act of kindt ceptable “time" to arrive and to ness leave varies between different For some people of different cultures For the people of Latin cultures it is just as American countires one of the to refuse gifts or continually most impolite things a guest can For a Latin will example do is arrive on time They con- food at least twice before refuse “being observe the persuaded" to accept a second scientiously tradition of protecting the host of turkey or rice from being caught unprepared helping casserole In arriving a discreet half-hou- r To accept too redily is being later than the specified time they over-eagand a bit of a show courtesy and kindness for slightly Therefore the host glutton their host should count on offering “second at least three- - times helping IiT'some “societies it is the before receiving an acceptance custom to leave immediately If you accept your guest’s “no" after dinner is over All the the first time he may go hungry conversation is done before rather than ask for more food dinner In other cultures the after-dinnconversation is Big helpings carried into the early am hours and sometimes is carried all the Spanish-speakin- g hosts are n way to breakfast It is unfor continually derstandably difficult for a preferring food and refilling both foreigner to know when the glasses and plates As a guest in a Latin American home remember proper hour is to leave impressions of American college life and of the American people Their views of us will be primarily formed by the way we treat them and the extent to rs 27 er STP' er well-know- that once you are stuffed to the brim you can politely explain that it is not your custom to eat quite so much He will understand Since is Thanskgiving primarily a “family and food" holiday a few tips about the eating habits of the international student may come in handy Due to religious beliefs some students are unable to partake of coffee tea pork or anything fried in pork fat Some students fined very sweet things difficult to eat American desserts puzzle many students because of their high sugar content They are accustomed to eating fruit or something light after a meal Perhaps these in- sights will help some of our great American cooks when they’re planning the holiday meal Avoid Misunderstanding As Thanksgiving is a family holiday the wife is understandably working in the kitchen the children are playing and the husband is often found in front of the TV Sometimes students are puzzled and hurt when they are invited to a home to eat dinner and are from their point of view completely ignored Misunderstanding the way they are being treated they feel brushed aside and forgotten They don’t realize the extent to which Thanksgiving is a family A short explanation of the holiday and its customary get-togth- er and at ease to enjoy themselves a great many relatives are at celebration and the students observed not asking the customary “And where do you live? 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