The most interesting lecture that I found
from Adriane Stoner lecture was culture shock. When I was younger I went to
Vietnam with my family. At first I thought it was cool and awesome that I could
travel, since it was my first time out of the country. For the first few weeks
I enjoyed Vietnam, just like what Adriane Stoner said. When Adriane Stoner
talked about culture shock she talked about how people usually enjoy their
first few weeks in a new place. That what happen to me. I enjoyed the new sight
and sound that I was seeing in my first few weeks in Vietnam. However as Adriane
Stoner explain after the “honeymoon stages” is over it goes downhill. After
being in Vietnam for a few weeks I started to get home sick. Even though I was
with my family I started to miss my friends and my home. Back then I had no way
to communicate with my friends since there really wasn’t any internet café in
Vietnam. When Adriane Stoner talked about how people would deal with this, she
mention that they would go to café bar or use some form of technology to get in
contact with people from back home. I did not do these, and it made things
worst.
Part
of me wishes that I could experience the full culture shock. What I mean by
this is that when I went to Vietnam I was with my family. I wonder what it
would have been like if I didn’t have my family with me. Having my family there
lessen my culture shock just by a little. I could not imagine what Adriane
Stoner when
through. Not only do I wish that I did not go with my family, I wish that I
stayed a little longer. Adriane Stoner talks about what happen after you
downhill. She mention after a while you will go back up hill. I wonder what it
would have been like when I would go up hill in my culture shock. Maybe one day
I can experience what that feels like.
I can imagine how difficult it must have been traveling to a foreign country at a young age. I went to parts of Mexico in high school that the people only spoke Spanish and I remember how difficult and discomforting it us not being able to fully communicate with them.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has never been out of the country, I can honestly say I've never experienced culture shock before. As Andrew stated above, it must have been very difficult at a younger age, however I also think it might have been a benefit because, at least depending on how young you were, the culture shock may not have been as bad as it could have been. I say this because I feel the younger you are, the less you truly grasp the whole culture shock concept, but again, this really depends on how young you are. I also feel that being with the family probably helped as well, but even still, the fact that you did feel culture shock despite these things, just goes to show how serious it is.
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