Case
Katherine came to Beijing and found a job as an English teacher in a foreign languageinstitute. Soon after her classes began, she found that her students showed nointerest in her teaching style. Quite a few of them avoided attending herclass. She was feeling quite upset and discouraged so she decided to ask theDirector, Prof. Wang, for help. Prof. Wang reviewed his timetable and suggestedthey meet at ten o'clock on Thursday morning.
When Thursday came, Katherine arrived at Prof. Wang's office at the exactly ten o'clockfinding him talking with another teacher in Chinese. Seeing that she had come,Prof. Wang smiled and gestured her to sit down. Katherine sat down and theprofessor excused himself and continued to talk with the other teacher.
After fiveminutes, he finished his conversation, and apologized to Katherine, and beganto focus his attention on her situation. Prof. Wang showed great concern andasked her what the problem was. Just as she was discussing her problem, anotherChinese teacher interrupted, with a form that required the Director's signature. The Director smiled, apologizedto Katherine again, and turned to talk with the Chinese teacher in Chinese.
Katherine becameimpatient, and wondered why their discussion should be interrupted since shehad made an appointment. Also, she was upset and frustrated that they continuedto speak Chinese in front of her. Although their talk continued, she wasapparently unhappy about what had happened.
凯瑟琳小姐抵达北京后，在一所外语学院担任英语教师。然而，在授课初期，她发现学生对她的教学方式并不感兴趣，甚至有些学生根本不来上课。这让她感到十分沮丧，于是决定向主任王教授请教。王教授查看了自己的日程表，提议他们在星期四上午十点见面。
到了星期四，凯瑟琳在十点整准时到达王教授的办公室，却发现他正在与另一位老师用中文交谈。看到她进来，王教授微笑着示意她坐下，并继续和另一位老师交流。
5分钟之后，王教授结束了与另一位老师的对话，向她道歉，然后开始关注她的困境。王教授非常关心她，询问她遇到了什么问题。就在她谈论自己的问题时，另一位语文老师打断了她，递给她一张需要主任签名的表格。王教授再次向凯瑟琳道歉，然后转过身用中文与中文老师交谈。
凯瑟琳开始变得焦躁，不明白既然已经约好了时间，为何他们的讨论会被打断。此外，她对于他们在她面前继续说中文感到困惑和沮丧。尽管他们继续交谈，但她显然对这种情况感到不满。
It is understandable that people of different cultures have different viewstowards time. Do you think life should be carefully scheduled or be Free andflexible?
