I read Mersaydes’s response and in many ways, me and her wrote similar responses. She talks about the racial difference in the way she communicates versus a person from local areas as many sentences were constructed differently. Another point I found very good that she added was about how it is important to understand cultural backgrounds. Another point she mentioned was how morals are different than that of people from the U.S. and that was clearly described in the essay from Marilyn and her grandmother.