105 Learning Journal #5

[Xiaoting Sun]

It is normal to experience culture shock, which is the personal disorientation a person feel unfamiliar and uncomfortable to get involved the surrounding. For me, living in the different culture is not easy because of many reasons. When I arrived US from China, I found there are a lot of things that I cannot accept or be accepted. For example, first talking and communication with people speaking English is tough and inconvenient. Once I joined a group of people, there were talking about something and laughing. After they stopped laughing, I start laughing. However, I am not supposed to laugh. This made me ashamed. Or when people here were talking about some traditional festival, such as St. Patrick Day, I had no idea why people wear in green because of lacking of investigating and knowing about American history. Even though Korea and China have the similar culture, there are still culture shocks. Taking course 105 is the efficient way to understand different culture from each backgrounds.