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How to Act

  • Writer: Carrie Xue
    Carrie Xue
  • Oct 14
  • 1 min read

Updated: 6 days ago

As one who has moved many times from many places, I must choose how to act. Pick from my basket of cultural standards and deviations. The likelihood of picking the right one lies in my social competence. Though to me, I have the experience of one hundred percent accuracy, to others, I have not. I do not know if I’ve shown my weakness, but only hope that I haven’t yet revealed it.

 
 
 

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