cross culture shock

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  • Sean in Russia
  • 21-Nov-2013
Culture Shock? You have no idea…

I cannot say that I have experienced culture shock per say. I have studied Russian Language and Culture for twoRead More ⇾

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  • Gena in Barbados
  • 15-Nov-2013
Where’s the Fresh? – Food in Barbados

I had high expectations for the food in Barbados.  Going to a country surrounded by water, I was excited tryRead More ⇾

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  • Jasmine in South Korea
  • 02-Oct-2013
Home Sweet Home

Now that I am back in America, I feel like I never left to go to Korea. However, I amRead More ⇾

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  • Nicole in Nepal
  • 12-Aug-2013
That’s all: the end from a dhal in Nepal

Week old henna stains the front and back of my left hand. Brown, beautiful, and intricate, the under part ofRead More ⇾

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  • Aliyah in India
  • 25-Jul-2013
A Foreigner of a Different Color

If I could describe what I felt in the week leading up to my journey to India in one word,Read More ⇾

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  • Nicole in Nepal
  • 25-Jul-2013
The evolution of the Magic Zone

During one of our first lectures, a brief Nepali history and culture, we had the pleasure of reawakening our newlyRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 18-Jul-2013
Anticipating a Conflicted Departure

As the end of my program approaches, I have begun to feel strangely torn between two very extreme feelings. HavingRead More ⇾

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  • Sana in Trinidad & Tobago
  • 27-Jun-2013
Cross-Culture Shock: Returning to the U.S. from Trinidad & Tobago

Rewind back to January 2013. I climbed into the sweltering heat of Trinidad, yanked off my sweatshirt, and peered intoRead More ⇾

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  • Dan in Costa Rica
  • 24-Jun-2013
Pura Vida, Costa Rica

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set footRead More ⇾

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  • Danielle in Morocco
  • 24-Jun-2013
AND LIFE GOES ON

It’s funny how the world doesn’t stop when you’re not attending to it. Coming home doesn’t mean coming back. InsteadRead More ⇾

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  • Sana in Trinidad & Tobago
  • 07-May-2013
Culture Shock in Trinidad & Tobago

Certainly, the first stage of entry into a new country (and new culture) is that of excitement. Trinidad and TobagoRead More ⇾

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  • Brett in Taiwan
  • 18-Apr-2013
So I was wrong okay? I can get homesick.

Culture shock is something I heard about all the time in the International House at my university. I saw itRead More ⇾