Personal space Differences

All people need their space to be free and without strangers. 

Personal space is another of many cultural paradigms varying around the world from country to country.

Privacy Space comes first above all because it provides people stability and mental health. 

As this aspect of personal life changes depending on the country's paradigms, we can feel like strangers when we face a space situation and we are not conscious about it. 

I think we all have Space rules, they could be applied in public regarding, for example, the traffic, personal objects, or even the centimeters people stand when talking near to you. 

In Latin America people have a special feeling for their objects, you will always need an agreement first to use the personal objects of other people, this is an example of a big misunderstanding between two people who are from different cultures.  After all this, the best thing we can do is to observe others, ask and copy them.

As social beings, we need to respect this important principle to have a good coexistence and "respect the invisible and protective bubble around us" (Yvers). In an ESL classroom, maybe the teacher will have some students from different cultures, and getting to know and their paradigms about space will be a big deal. That will change the way students learn and how well they will be able to work in groups, or not. 

That bubble protects us and needs to be always clear of danger if others respect our sacred space. This territory could also include the area of our possessions like our home, we don't want anyone to stay where we do not permit to enter.

Why is this important to know to live in peace in society? Why is this also to wo important rk with students? Because all this has a strong effect on our minds and brains. Our mental health could be damaged and our behavior as well as a consequence. Students' behavior in classroom could be damaged and their performance in class as well, so we need to avoid that.

Specific parts of our brains alert and monitor all that happens around us "almost like a radar" said professor Yvers. 

My space is my sacred place!