The Amazing Race

I am currently watching the Amazing Race and watching how the Americans interact with the various cultures is so interesting.  Some of the pairs intereact very well and have an easier time communicating while others are rude and get very frustrated when the people, who speak a different language do not understand them.  

There is a one particular pair Cara and Jaime drive me crazy because they are so rude to people who do not understand English.  I just feel like they are so ignorant in getting upset when they are the ones visiting a different country and they should not take it out on the people because they do not know their specific language either.  I understand it is a race for a million dollars so that changes things a little, but how do they think that by shouting and being rude to people who do not understand them would help them go faster or do things better.  If anything the people of the other culture/country would get angry at them for being rude and just be slow and un-helpful.

On the other end of the spectrum there are many other pairs of get along really well with the other cultures and accept them for who they are and appreciate differences.  This is the type of attitude I want to bring into my classroom.  I think it is obvious that if you learn tolerance of other cultures as child you will keep this value as an adult and that shows within this Amazing Race.