Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Culture Shock
This week and last week we learned what the word culture shock is, and how it affects people in many different ways. Basically culture shock is people getting used to a new culture that is differnet from their own. This past week we watched a movie about a couple of refugees from Africa that came to America. These people didnt know what a lot of things were. For example they didn't know what electricity was, and sinks and showers. We are so used to these things that we sometimes take those things for granted. These people were in culture shock.
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Totally agree with you when you talked about how how we take things for granted. It is so hard for people to adapt to a new place after they've lived in only one place their whole life.
ReplyDeleteGood job explaining what the sociology was and good job using the sociological terminology (culture shock). I would also like you to try and apply this to something from your own experience - have you ever experienced culture shock? What was similar about when you have been in Poland or travelling here?
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