Intercultural Competence

Intercultural Competence
Atakpame, Togo West Africa
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Andy of HoboTraveler.com

Good fun as the Brits say, I have been having good fun reading about a new combination of words I have discovered in the Wikipedia.org online Encyclopedia.

- Intercultural Competence -
- Emotional Competence -

I am thinking to myself, why do I feel that reading these pages is good fun?

I believe I am about a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best, I would rate myself a 9 for Intercultural Competence.

Why?
I travel to places where other travelers avoid, then I leave alive with all my possessions not paying unfair tribute to the locals.

This is not a good subject for me to write about in a public forum as the best way to explain Intercultural Competence is to explain how a person behaves incompetent or prove they are incompetent. A great way to illicit hate mail…. Hehehe

With humor and a chuckle, I read the articles below in the Wiki and tried to separate wild opinions from good solid statements. The Wiki strives to verify, cite, reference and source the information in the Encyclopedia, and overall they do an excellent job of this, it is a profound interaction.

I chuckle and laugh, and I will keep my mouth closed.

I will say as instruction,
- Stay home, and if you disagree, then I again I will say, you need to stay home, then if disobey my advice, I will say, I hope you enjoy the travel. -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercultural_competence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_competence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence

Intercultural Competence