Question

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Anthony is a 20-year-old Chinese American student who recently transferred to your university from the community college in his hometown. He met with his advisor earlier today to discuss his schedule. As he was leaving the office, his advisor said, in a friendly and jovial manner, “The restaurant on First Street has the best wonton soup in town!”

The more Anthony thought about this, the more upset he has become.

Question-

What sort of advice would you give to the student?

Explain why your advice represents the best course of action for the student to follow.

Answer 1

Wonton soup is one of the Chinese cuisine.It is usually made of pork,duck soup and sour sauce,mustard.If he has allergic to any of the food content previously or had a very unpleasant experience at the first time may hesitate or be irritated upon hearing its name.

He can be advised for the following

• To use a different way, avoiding the street where he hesitates the food
• To know about his likes and dislikes of the food
• Avoid talking about the food he dislikes because it may trigger his anger,frustration and depress him.
• Giving him reassurance
• Divertional therapy can help him.
• Making him concentrate on his work
• Making out time with his friends