As a person who moved to the states with a Korean nationality, there was a cultural barrier that I had to went through. As I look back, cultural barrier was higher and tougher to overcome than the language barrier. For the first month, everything was new and I was excited to be in a new environment with new people. However as the time goes, I realized that I started to miss home, family, friends, and food. As I get homesick, I started to only hangout with Korean friends and wanted to stay in my comfort zone. More time went by and now I feel like I belong to both nations, but there still is an uneasiness in accepting american culture.
The culture shock that hit me the hardest was people wearing shoes in their house in the states. I saw my friend sitting on her bed with shoes on and I was very surprised. Now I understand the American lifestyle, but I still prefer to not wear my shoes in my room.
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