105 week 4

[malory rodriguez]

Culture shock. That was the focus of this weeks class. Watching the video on how international students felt coming to America. It was actually really interesting to me to watch this movie. You would assume there would be a little bit of getting used to but you don't realized how much these students have to deal with. After I watched the movie I asked some of my international friends if they thought they felt culture shock when coming here and a lot of them said no. But then as I went on to describe in the movie a lot of students went though a honeymoon phase of loving it and then became somewhat depressed questioning why they were here, a lot of my friends said that is exactly what they went though. So I think almost everyone going to a new place goes through a bit of culture shock whether they realize it or not. It also made me slightly nervous. I plan on studying in Sweden for a year if not more, and naturally I guess I will go through a period of culture shock. Mind you it might be a bit easier for me because yes they speak Swedish there but almost everyone speaks English as well. But still just the slightest little differences do add up.