Week 3: Post 3

After doing a presentation on nonverbal communication in my intercultural class I have always thought that it is interesting that it differs in different cultures. There are small gestures like having your thumb and index finger touching in a circle means one thing in the United States and completely different things in other places that might also be offensive in other places. But then there are gestures like holding up a pointer and middle finger that usually mean peace in most places although it was originally a V for victory. I think it’s awesome that there are also international gestures are understood by most everyone. If you need help in the water and you wave your arms above your head people will know that you need help just like if you were to point to you wrist people would understand that you were talking about the time. It’s a way of cultures communicating with each other although we might not speak the same language and that definitely comes in handy.