Culture Shock

First, I wanna share with you a story also a joke: There was a Chinese guy in America for the first time to rent a room. He glory in his English, he talked with the homeowner: "I eat you, sleep you, how much a month?" (the equivalent meaning in Chinese is how much a month for the rent including lunch and dinner?) Surely, the house lady was shocked by his word and felt embarrassed. This case shows us a very common situation which widely happens in the communications within different cultures. This is what we call Culture Shock. Culture shock is something that many new immigrants experience whilst adjusting to a new culture. Many things brings in culture shock- different languages, different foods and ways of eating, shops and prices, attitudes of people, etc. It's strangeness, uneasiness or even worried about when we move from our home country and familiar surrounding, to live in a new and different society.

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Thank you for visiting my home on the web. My name is Wenjing Tang. I'm come from China,I'm studying in Baruch College and I transferred from Borough of Manhhanttan Community College with associate degree in Bussiness Administration. I'm currently majoring in Finance. Happy to meet all of you here. Here you will find out a little about me. For more information , please contact me: wenjing.tang@baruchmail.cuny.edu