So, how was your weekend . What weekend . Bill spent the whole time working, and i did laundry. That sounds romantic. He as preparing for a big conference in chicago. How was your weekend . I ate, slept and studied for an exam. Talk about boring. How about next week we go see a movie together . Sounds better than studying. Actually, the studying wasnt so bad. Oh, whys that . I was going to tell you. We have a guest teacher who keeps me very interested. Hes absolutely the most fan bill hi, bill. Hi, bill. Hi, everybody. What are you doing here . I just wanted to say goodbye before i left for the airport. So ill see you a week from friday. Its a date. And ill call you when i get to chicago. You better. Dont forget my bear. I wont. Is this a business conference or a hunting trip . Its for my collection. You collect stuffed animals . Yeah. Whats wrong with that . Nothing, if youre a five year old. Rosa, what is todays special . Chicken mole. And what about dessert . Im not sure yet. Maybe you could come up with something a little extra special . Are we expecting royalty . Our landlord, mr. Shuster, is coming to have lunch. We are discussing the new lease. Ill do my best. Good luck. This lunch has acid indigestion written all over it. How do you like the chicken . Its delicious. Rosa is an excellent chef. You have a wonderful restaurant. I hope youre here for a very long time. Oh, im sure i will be. As soon as i meet with my accountant, ill let you know about the rent. What about the rent . Property taxes are going up. I may have to pass on the cost to my tenants. I see. When will you know for sure . Hopefully in the next few weeks. That was terrific im glad you enjoyed it. Ill go see about dessert. Dessert . So hows it going back there, victor . Too soon to tell. Rosa, is dessert ready . Its just coming out of the oven. Ill whats the matter, rosa . Act normal just this once, please. Please. Sit anywhere you like. Well, actually id like to talk with miss rivera, if shes here. Katherine, can you tell rosa someone is here to see her . Sure can. Please. Shell be right with you. Katherine. Could you bring two desserts to the office . Sure, mr. Brashov. Go on. Mr. Collins. Please. Call me andrew. I hope this isnt a bad time. No. We have a wonderful chicken dish today. Its in a special sauce with spanish rice and black beans. And for dessert actually, actually ive already eaten. Oh. You look different when youre not standing in front of a blackboard. Really . No, no. You look fine. I mean, its just strange to see you when you are not teaching. Actually, i came to ask you a favor. But if youhink itd beasier if i did it in class thats okay. I know that this is short notice, but are you free tonight . Tonight . Yeah, ive gotten myself into a bind. Excuse me . Im meeting with some businesspeople. Were trying to put together an International Chain of restaurants. That sounds like quite a challenge. Two of my guests are from south america. And my translator cancelled out at the last minute so i i thought of you. I dont know if i would be the right person. Well, of course you would. You speak spanish. Youve learned a lot about business, and youre obviously familiar with restaurants. Come on, rosa. Youll do fine. Can i get extra credit . Thats very funny. Well, here is the address. Seven oclock, okay . Sure. See you tonight. Yes. Maybe we could visit your accountant together. My schedules a little busy right now. My sons coming home from school next week, so im trying to plan a few things. Oh, you mean like going camping or maybe a ball game . Hes not really the athletic type. Actually, hes writing a paper on how to run a small business. So hell probably spend most of his time in the library. You should bring him by to visit crossroads cafe. What do you mean . Well, we are a small business. And it would be a pleasure to help your son with his project. Thats very kind of you, mr. Brashov. He could see how we do things and ask questions. It would be fun. He might even give us some advice. Thats great. Hell be thrilled. Thank you. Como les he estado explicando, este trabajo no es complicado. Y si me permiten me gustaria demostrarles con esta grafica. Como pueden ver en esta manera el resultado de los edificios seria mucho mas facil. Y el ultimo resultado seria que no se gastaria tanto. As you can see, in this manner the construction of the buildings will be easier and the final result will be that we dont spend as much. ¿ entendieron . Si. Thank you, ricardo. Its a very interesting proposal. Why dont we take a little break . Gracias, rosa. My grandfather brought that back from china. Its beautiful. Are you a fan of chinese art . Not unless you count wonton soup. Try one. What are they . Foie gras. Ah, goose liver. Very fancy. I practically grew up on this stuff. Yeah, me too. Andrew, may i have a word . Gracias. I was very impressed with your translating skills miss rivera. Thank you. Rosas a student in the Business Class that im teaching this month. And who says theres no point in Higher Education . Max is one of my investors. Andrew. This is quite a little gathering youve put together here. I see lots of dollars coming your way. Lets hope so. Well, youve certainly caused a fuss over that painting. Sure looks like it. So, are you going to introduce me to your new friend . This is rosa rivera. Im libby flanders. Hi. Hello. Its nice to meet you. So, what do you think its about . Excuse me . The painting. Libby, please. Please what . Id really like to know what she thinks of it. Im sure everyone is interested in her opinion. Well, its obviously a statement about chaos. Nonsense it represents the clash between reason and passion. So, rosa, what does this painting say to you . Maybe i should ask my tenyearold sister. She draws like this all the time. Andrew. Do you have a minute . I hope you wont take this the wrong way, but youre way out of your league. I can take it any way, because i dont know what youre talking about. How can i put this delicately . Andrews world is expensive art antiques, fine wines. Do you understand what im saying . Perfectly. Gracias. Youre never going to push your way into this world by talking to the help. Cubism and consuctivism can bshown to have. Vital connections with postimpressionism. Excuse me, professor. But why the sudden interest in modern art . Its hard to explain. It cant be any more difficult than what youre reading. I just wanted to be able to carry on. An intelligent conversation with andrew when we go out tomorrow night. Wait a minute. I thought you were just translating for him. Well, i was. And . And one thing led to another and he asked me out. You mean, like a date . Sounds like it to me. But that doesnt explain the new Library Section of the cafe. Andrew and his friends are so sophisticated. They know all about art, music, wine. I never learned any of that stuff in school. But you learned other things. Not the right things. Come on, mr. Brashov. Ask me a question about fine wine. All right. How many bottles would i have to order to get a ten Percent Discount . Thats not exactly what i had in mind. So whatll it be, jess . You should try the chicken special. Youll love it. Ill tell you what. Ill start with a cup of coffee, and ill think about it. Ah, mr. Shuster. This is stu . Its stuart. Nice to meet you, stuart. Mmhmm. Well, ill see you later stuart. Take your time, father. I have a lot of ground to cover. Okay. Good luck. Dont worry about a thing, mr. Shuster. By the end of the week stuart will probably be running the place. No doubt. So, stuart, what would you like to do first have a milk shake or a piece of pi . Why dont we take a look at your accounts payable . Right this way. Professors, im afraid are in the habit of telling students what to study. Its an occupational hazard. But you should pay close attention to this segment. At least, thats my advice. Another way to give advice is to use the phrase you had better but sometimes advice with had better threatens people. So you had better be careful when you use it. And now, ihabetter get you back to the story. Or yll be giving me advice i may not want to hear. Thank you. Excuse me. It seems to be saying something about the environment. Actually, i think its a statement. About the rise of technology at the expense of the individual in todays society. I agree. Oh, absolutely. That wasery impressive. I hope so. It was a lot of work. I mean, thank you. Rosa. I see you know your wines too. All in a days work. Digale al sr. Collins que le deberia de aumentar su sueldo. What did he say . He says you should give me a raise. I didnt think i should tell him i dont even work for you. Well, maybe thats something we should lk about. Federal safety rules are very strict. You really should be wearing gloves. If there were a safety hazard, i would know about it. Well, you dont have to be so defensive. Excuse me. Your landlords son doesnt need to learn about running a small business. He needs to learn some manners all right, jamal take it easy. Its almost the end of the day. And the end of my patience. Yesterday he told me my fingernails werent clean enough. He told me i carried too many plates at one time. Oh, come on. He told me he didnt like my hair. Anyway, all i know is this worlds in trouble if that kid survives to adulthood. If you ask me, this kid was born an adult. That gives me an idea. Come on, henry. I think i know how we can put an end to our misery. You arent going to do anything violent, are you . Dont worry, mr. Brashov. Leave everything to me. Okay. Hows that . You ready to go . Yeah [ narrator ] very few people are formally trained to be parents. And yet, their approach to raising children is often shaped. By the culture in which they grew up. I find kids here very a little bit loosely brought up. In colombia, we tend to have a stronger sense of respect. Adults are to be respected. Your parents are figures of respect. Your teachers are figures of respect. And, s respect becomes a big issue in raising children. If they have respect for the age, they have respect for the family and, in turn, theyll get respect from others, too. Jay turn that down teenagers can be particularly challenging. For immigrant parents. Jay jay turnt down. That conflict that you would have wityour parents. In iran its the same as here. Its an attitude of, im 16, im 17 im 15 or im 18. I can get out and do my own, whatever i want to do. That type of attitude. And your parents really do not have that backing. Or backup of the rest of their family in dealing with you. In many cultures married couples are expected to have children. Even if theris little money, having a family is of primary importance. In mexico, we need money. We need money to survive but its not a primary issue for us to live. There is the family. Therefore, usually mothers stay at home. The children are revered. And even though there may not be money to raise them theyre welcomed into the home. Newcomers to this country often worry about the emphasis on material goods. And how this will affect their children. When you have things to offer them especially material things its very easy to spoil the kids that way. And then they kind of lost they kind of they lose the discipline. They dont know how to strive to get what they want. They want instant gratification. In northern ireland, i was able to be a child. And i just dont think that American Children are allowed to be children. They immediately have to go from being born to being grownups. In some families that may be true. But within this country, there are many different approaches to raising children. You know what this is . Its sweet basil. Basically, the colombian culture is colombianorns. Married to colombian borns raising colombian borns. We seem to have a more homogeneous way of raising kids. Whereas, in the united states, you have people from all over the world bringing all types of styles. And its making a salad of all these styles. And creating what we think is right. Mr. Shuster will be here any minute. Where did jamal and henry take stuart . Im sure theyll be back any second. Did they take rosa with them . She had to leave early today. Something about an emergency trip to the hairdresser. Just relax, mr. Brashov. You have nothing to worry about. That is easy for you to say. You do not have a landlord. Who will make life very difficult if anything happens to his son. Finally where is stuart . You promised you wouldnt get violent. We were just showing stuart a few soccer moves. Just look at him. What will his father say . Take him in the back and help him clean up. Quickly. Whatever you say mr. Brashov. Hi, mr. Brashov hi, dad. Stuart . What happened to you . Well, it just got kind of boring working on my homework project. So we went to the park and played soccer. You played soccer . He plays very well. I think he could become an excellent goalie. Jamal, please. Im sorry, dad. Why dont you wait for me outside, stuart . Ill be right out. Its stu. Excuse me . I dont want to be called stuart anymore. I want to be stu. Stu shuster. I like the way that sounds. I just wanted to say thank you. You mean youre not angry . Are you kidding . Youve done in one day what i havent been able to do in years. Anything we can do to help. Say, lets get together on monday. I think i might be able to find a way to return the favor. Oh, thank you, mr. Shuster. Hi, andrew. Hi, rosa. I got here as soon as i could. Whats going on . Rosa, its happening. I got word this afternoon that the financing has come through. I still cant believe it. Thats great news. But why are you packing . Well, my plane leaves for switzerland tonight. Oh, when will you be back . Hard to say. I mean, if everything works out, i i could end up in europe indefinitely. Congratulations. Thank you. Rosa, i cant tell you what a tremendous help youve been to me. And i could keep helping you. In fact, ive come up with a really great idea. For a marketing plan. Rosa, you are very bright. And i dont know what i would have done if you hadnt come to my rescue with those investors. I hope youll keep taking more classes. Get some experience as a manager. And who knows, maybe next time im here youll have your own restaurant. Yeah. Who knows. Well, anyway, i wanted to give you something to show my appreciation. Thank you. Thats an 82 bordeaux. Andrew, theres just one thing i want to ask you. Sure. When we were going out i mean, when we werent talking about business i just wanted to ask you if you ever thought about me as a traffic is awful. Wed better get an early start if oh. Im sorry. Hello, rosa. I dont know what i was thinking. Senora. Rosa, your wine. You need it more than i do. And by the way i hate goose liver is that burger ready yet . It should be ready in a minute. Rosa, youre not still thinking of that jerk, are you . He wasnt a jerk. I just was so naive to think that there was more going on than there really was. So what else is new . Hi, bill. Bill what a nice surprise. I caught an early flight. Looks like you carried your mission out successfully. Youd better check to make sure. What mission . Its great. Wait a minute. Whats this . Looks like youre trying to get on my good side. Whats with the bear . Dont ask. Its beautiful. Will you marry me . Is that a yes . Yes. Closedcaptioned by captions, inc. Los angeles crossroads cafe is a series that tea youd think it would be easy to tell which kids had trouble with their eyesight. Here, kitty, kitty but thats not always the case. 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