Who wants to help me with my homework?

[dumbdiety]

Hey all! Ok, for a class I need to interview someone that immigrated to the United States, preferably recently (but really, doesn't much matter), and attended a school system in the US. So, if you'd like (hint hint) to help me you can e-mail me at dumbdiety[@]yahoo.com (take out the brackets around the @), or post here. Anyway, all I'd like to know is the following:
[1] Where you are from
[2] Any problems you had with surface culture and deep culture

Now, surface culture is the 'stereotype'. Think Looney Tunes with Pepe LePew as the smelly Frenchman always falling in love, or Speedy Gonzalez as the Mexican in the sombrero that did the Hat Dance. Deep culture is pretty much everything else, like how Spain has a Siesta while people in the US just work all day. Thanks for anyone that can help me!

[me]

dumbdiety said:

how Spain has a Siesta while people in the US just work all day.

my understanding is that the Spanish tradition of Siesta has largely fallen by the wayside. a victim of globalization.

[dumbdiety]

Be quiet David! My teacher may not know that.... ;D

[LHR02]

Couldn't prove that by my recent visit there David! 'Everything' was closed from 2-4 for the most part, except grocery stores and restaurants that stayed open till 3.

[jennifer]

Maybe people just don't siesta during that time, they party lol

[stanncie]

Doug, i can help you if you wish but I immigrated here a long time ago, it was an adjustment though when I first started school here.

As far as the siesta is concerned while it is still in effect in europe, it has fallen by the wayside as david said in latin america. You only see mildly observed in very small towns and villages and nowhere else really.