Exercise #7

There are multiple dimensions that the article represents; first obvious dimension I can see is Accountability/Individual in the second paragraph where Sultan Al-Kubaisi said “Ministry of Education was not seriously addressing issues” which indicates that he is holding individual accountability to the Ministry of Education.  

The fifth paragraph I can see there is Connecting/inclusive dimension when she said that everyone should be part of patriotism which means including every body in nationalism.

The sixth paragraph represents Outlook/Tradition dimension when Mrs. Al-Hosali said “return to basics and force student to research in libraries and using books and not only computers” which indicates that she wants student get back to tradition (old way) bedside innovation.

Importance of Dimensions that it can show tendencies of countries culture as a whole  and used as a guide in understanding the difference in culture between countries.

Exercise #6 - 15 powerful Quotes From the World's Most Humble president

Quote	Dimension	Polarity	Why you think so?
1-On revolutions and revolts.	Accountability	Community	Because his community is on top of his priority and wants all share in building a better society.
2-On legalizing divorce	Outlook	Traditional	Afraid of change of conservative and traditional opinion
3-On materialism	Destiny	Directive	He believe that Allah (God) who Organizes lives.
4-On global consumption	Accountability	Community	He is directing his people and country to be other self-sufficient countries.
5-On Abortion and same sex-marriage
6-ending conflict	Connecting	Inclusive	Because he tries to include people to peace
7-On staying humble in  office	Status	Ascribed	Because people suddenly become kings without effort
8-On redistribution of wealth	Growth	Personal	Because he emphasized the importance of investing in human resources.
9-On Age	Outlook	Innovation	In some part of life grandpas should be open minded.
10-On Addiction	Context	informal	Because rarely we see presidents talk about love in such official position.
11-On poorest president	Expression	Revealing	Because he did not feel shame to talk about his hard time.
12- On donating	Decision making	relationship	His decision of donating 90% of his salary was based on relationship with his nation.
13- his goals	Outlook	innovation	Leaving behind a political way of thinking
14-On being a president	Context	Very informal	Because of his humbleness he want to live like the vast majority of people not like a president
15-On the secret of happiness	Outlook	Tradition	Because one his secret of happiness is to be yourself