Coming to Terms With Cultural Differences Lesson 3 for Help! My
Father Is Coming! and The Visit to Vijay'sPrint this Page -
Subject(s): Social Studies & Geography, Cross-Cultural
Understanding - Region / Country: Asia & Pacific Islands /
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Grade Level(s):
6–8, 9–12 - Related Publication: Uncommon Journeys Students will
discover that it is possible to be challenged and "culture-
shocked" by the norms of one's own culture when returning home
from having been away and living in another culture. They will
also examine and compare the customs of modern marriages with
the customes of traditional, arranged marriages. About the Story
"Help! My Father Is Coming!" and "The Visit to Vijay's" are
excerpted from Chapters One and Six, respectively, of Jim
Toner's memoir, Serendib. Toner's book is an engaging story of
how a largely estranged father and son came to understand,
accept, and respect each other under the most unlikely of
circumstances. The curmudgeonly, elderly judge fro