One needs to mediate carefully between the group and the individual. There may be a small element of truth to certain groups conforming to certain behaviors, but that needs to be measured against that fact we are individual minds, and you need to be wary of flattening or erasing any nuance or legitimate difference that exists between members of a group.
In terms of parental pushiness, my experiences were decidedly mixed, with 2 children involved in soccer, cricket, swimming, ballet, fencing, drama, choir, art classes, gymnastics. Pushy parents come in all shapes and skin colors, as do chill parents.
This is wise words.
That being said, our work has put on 2 'indian cultural days' where the goal is to help understand the differences between Indians and 'traditional' clients and how to navigate this without being offensive.
It was run by an indian woman who has been in Melbourne for almost 2 decades now.
Summarised best by explaining India is so big and varied its best thinking about it essentially as different countries. Wealth, education, language, religion, mannerisms all change depending on where you are.
However, take home message is this. As a general rule, "if you don't ask, you don't get" and "You can't say 'no' to indians" put a lot of people offside from our end. Culturally, they are 'pushy' because they need to be. There's a billion other people they are competing with. While as a group/company, we acknowledge this, but its poor form to bow down to such demands in comparison to any other client. Why should they get favouritism simply because they are pushy??
Obviously, within that individual personalities vary, just like other cultures, but they acknowledge themselves its part of theirs. This certainly does show up in sports and with pushy parents.
For those interested in movies, 'Dangal' is an indian movie based of real events of an overbearing parent going against tradition and training his daughters up to be world class wrestlers, competing at commonwealth and olympic games as a result. A great standalone movie in its own right, but gives you a look at 'the other side'.
One needs to mediate carefully between the group and the individual. There may be a small element of truth to certain groups conforming to certain behaviors, but that needs to be measured against that fact we are individual minds, and you need to be wary of flattening or erasing any nuance or legitimate difference that exists between members of a group.
In terms of parental pushiness, my experiences were decidedly mixed, with 2 children involved in soccer, cricket, swimming, ballet, fencing, drama, choir, art classes, gymnastics. Pushy parents come in all shapes and skin colors, as do chill parents.
The US Senate and House of Representatives weren’t notified of the Venezuela military action and did not authorise it.
That makes the action illegal under US law (and international law) but I doubt whether the GOP majority has the balls to stand up to Taco.
This wasn't a military operation though.
It was a Drug Enforcement Agency operation
There was even a guy with a DEA patch on his uniform there
The military were just along for the ride and to make sure the DEA folks were OK
Seriously though, even if they would have us believe that line, there is so much wrong with the fact that a US legal system can lay charges against a foreign national, whose crimes weren't actually committed in the USA, and then their military can cross international borders to carry out an arrest without going through some type of proper extradition process.
Imagine if that happened in reverse.
And the Venezuelan government charged Donald Trump with kidnapping Maduro.
And Venezuelan military arrested Trump and took him to Venezuela.
It's a power imbalance
One side has the capability
The other does not
So for the current United States administration nothing is off the table.
Normal conventions and practices don't apply.
They've gone rogue.
The US Senate and House of Representatives weren’t notified of the Venezuela military action and did not authorise it.
That makes the action illegal under US law (and international law) but I doubt whether the GOP majority has the balls to stand up to Taco.