American and Saudi Police

American and Saudi Police

Any person living in big city should keep emergency contact numbers in mind, and write them down just in case of any danger. In America, it is no need to save any number except two numbers, “911”, and “311”. “911” is just for emergency situations such as, robbing, fighting, kidnaping, and life-threatening situations. In contrast, In Saudi Arabia people have to know every number for police, ambulance, civil defense, and so on. Therefore, I like what the American government used to unify all emergency contact into one number.

 

Also, the most important thing about all the emergencies is not the contact numbers, but it is how they respond to people. For instance, I noticed that here in America the police respond to any report so much faster than what the Saudi police do. That is because the police cars are everywhere inside any city in the United States. On the other hand, most police cars in Saudi Arabia stay near police offices. The reason for this is that Saudi Arabia has many fewer emergencies than the United States.

Emergency numbers in every country in the world have to be easy for citizens. The United States did that and made two easy numbers that everyone can keep in mind. Also, Saudi Arabia made easy numbers, but there are too many numbers to keep in mind so that is the problem. In addition, because of fewer emergency situations in Saudi Arabia, police tend to be less active. In the end, I really appreciate American police for their help toward citizens. I hope from the Saudi government to unify all emergency number into one number.

Green Spaces

Green Spaces

The green planet “the earth”, I heard this a lot when I was a kid. This phrase was nothing to me during my life in Saudi Arabia. However, most Arabian countries are located in desert areas. I was saying that why do people call this planet as a green? The answer of my question was easy because since I studied geography subject, I have known that most people in the world live in green areas except us.

I came here to the United State, and I was impressed, because it is my first time to go to a country has green lands. I can see trees and grass everywhere, finally. In contrast, in Saudi Arabia I used to see grass only at parks and beaches. Therefore, green spaces could be a positive point to me towards living in the United States. Also, the more trees around a city, the weather become nice and less hot. In Saudi Arabia, there is no grass outside cities, so the dust can rise easily to the air. Then, when the wind comes toward a city, the atmosphere would be full of dusts. In addition, since I came to America, I have never seen dust in the air, and that is because all places around Austin has plants, and that keep the sand on the ground.

I like green spaces, and when I see them, I became optimistic. Saudi Arabia is located on the other half of the globe. The rainfall in Saudi Arabia and in Arabian countries is much less than, so that is the reason for not having green spaces.

Relationship Between Children and Parents

Relationship Between Children and Parents

Because of the big distance between Saudi Arabia and the United States, there are many differences between these two cultures. How the children deal with their parents is not similar in these two countries. What really caught my attention are the relationships among parents and their children in the United States.

Parents in the United States let their sons and daughters to go out of the house and be independent at a specific age, and these children may not see there parents again, and parents will end up be alone. As a human nature, any father or mother feel sad when they are losing one of their children, so why do this happen while no one want to lose their children? On the other hand, what happen in Saudi Arabia is that children don’t go out of their parents house until they get married. However, they will visit their father and mother. Usually, one of the sons stays in the house after he get married, so he can take care of parents.

Both of the American and Saudi cultures have their own opinion towards vision of life. I found what happen in America is not right, but other may found it right because they see that the independence is more important than anything else. People in Saudi Arabia don't let their parents to go to any home for aged, so Saudis take care of their parents because parents took care of them when they were children.