My mother graduate high school and did not have any qualifications. I got the idea, to prepare to be optimist, from my mother. I am not a person who says “Tomorrow is another day”. When I become over 40 years of age and try to find a job, if I did not have a degree or at lease special skill or knowledge, it would have been very difficult to work as a full-time worker in Japan. Japan is an academic background-oriented society. I do not say I will get married to a rich guy! I wish I could though. To take my life’s rosy view, I study to get a degree, and I got qualifications such as a secretary certificate, TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication), driver’s license, and etc. However, I also believe the words “Chance never helps someone who does not ready” by French chemist Louis Pasteur. I believe bad things never happen to me, and even if it happened, I could learn something from that and it is good for me. Next, my ascribed identity is, I am an optimistic person. If I went to a public school, this ascribed identity might have been different. They considered I was hard worker because I did not ask my parents, and earned money by myself. They asked their parents for pocket money when they wanted something. When I became a college student, some of my friends never had a part-time job. For my friends, I was strange because I already got a ticket to go to a college, but I was still listening to lectures. My high school had a university admission system by recommendation and students sometimes take only ten minutes interview to enter a university.

However, I went to private high school and college, and many my friends did not have to study hard or work hard. Another friend worked at night because it was better-paying job than a daytime one. For example, one of my friends worked at a cram school because her dream was to be a middle school English teacher. If I was a true hard worker, I would choose the job which is related to my dream job, or good paying job. I had two part-time jobs but these were easy and boring, and I got nothing except money from those jobs. However, I am lazy after exams and never open text books again. I had two part-time jobs to get what I want.

This is partly true, because I study hard to get good grade.

My first ascribed identity is my friends think I am hard worker. On the other hand, when avowal identities and ascribed identities do not agree with each other, you may not be able to evaluate yourself correctly, or you may act to lead a wrong image of yourself, consciously or unconsciously. This is because you may think that you should be a person who is thought by others, or you may tell others who you are through your attitude, and people would agree with that image. Avowal identities sometimes agree with ascribed identities and vice versa. I got this result from what people said to me and/or how they treated me. Define and list the components of Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC)? Identify which component you feel most competent at and which one needs the most work.Female, Daughter, Sister, Young, Student, positive person, a person who believes in oneself How does this dialectic help you understand or analyze the situation? 4. Apply at least one of the six dialectics to a recent intercultural interaction that you had. Define Dialectic and list the 6 dialectics of Intercultural Communication. Use specific examples of media representations. Choose either race, gender, sexual orientation or ability and discuss the ways in which these cultural identities have been shaped by media portrayals. Why do you think the person ascribed the identity to you? Were there any stereotypes involved? 2. Describe a situation in which someone ascribed an identity to you that didn't match with your avowed identities. Define ascribed identity and avowed identity.

Ascribed and avowed identity