SDLC 105: Learning Journal 5

[Tenaya Bien]

I really liked how the Culture Shock video talked about culture shock on the U of R campus because it made me feel like I could categorize my experience here. I've definitely experienced culture shock when I studied abroad in Spain, but I knew that would happen and I was prepared to be challenged on everyday things. When I came to Richmond, VA from Bellevue, WA, I didn't think there would be much of a difference. Besides, on a college campus with a population of people my own age, how different could things be? I think for me what was so hard about coming to Richmond was that A) it was really different in subtle ways from home and I wasn't prepared for that and B) it seemed like everyone else knew what was going on or was on the same page except me.