Application Assignment 1: Greeting Differences
Greeting Differences & Yanomamö Tradition
Application Assignment #1
Juliana Pineros Chaucanas
Greenville Technical College
February 4, 2015
Greeting Differences & Yanomamö Tradition Remember that time when you travel to other country and noticed that people didn’t speak your language? Or when you were greeting someone and they greeted you differently. When you experience this, you are experiencing cultural shock. Cultural shock is when you are feeling disoriented, uncertain, out of place, fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture. I came to America when I was eighteen months and I have no memory of my native country which is Colombia. But the thing I most remember is my culture and that is because I grew up in the culture. …show more content…
When I started walking and talking, my parent’s immediately taught me how to greet people. They said it was the polite and respectful thing to do. How I got taught to greet people was to kiss them on the cheek while leaning in for a one-shoulder hug. At first, it took me a while to remember to kiss people’s cheek and not just walk in and say hello. But after a couple of birthday parties, I finally got the hang of it. I have never been so proud of myself.
By the time I enter head start academy, I had already master the skill of greeting people. When I came into to school on my first day, I was so happy because my teacher was going to teach us how to greet people. I already knew how to greet people, so I was so happy to actually know something important. When the teacher asked for a volunteer that knew how to greet people, I immediately raised my hand and she called on …show more content…
I thought I had master the greeting skill but only to realize I had only master the Colombian way of greeting. But just like learning the Colombian way, I learned the American way, which was much simpler. I practiced and practices and after a couple of tries, I finally had master the American way of greeting. This experience was my cultural shock since I experience confusion and uncertainty about the way of greeting. This was also the first time I realize how different these two cultures are but also how similar they are too. Since learning the cultural shock at such a young age, I was already used to it when it came to other cultural differences, and grew to adapt to them in a faster way than
Application Assignment #1
Juliana Pineros Chaucanas
Greenville Technical College
February 4, 2015
Greeting Differences & Yanomamö Tradition Remember that time when you travel to other country and noticed that people didn’t speak your language? Or when you were greeting someone and they greeted you differently. When you experience this, you are experiencing cultural shock. Cultural shock is when you are feeling disoriented, uncertain, out of place, fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture. I came to America when I was eighteen months and I have no memory of my native country which is Colombia. But the thing I most remember is my culture and that is because I grew up in the culture. …show more content…
When I started walking and talking, my parent’s immediately taught me how to greet people. They said it was the polite and respectful thing to do. How I got taught to greet people was to kiss them on the cheek while leaning in for a one-shoulder hug. At first, it took me a while to remember to kiss people’s cheek and not just walk in and say hello. But after a couple of birthday parties, I finally got the hang of it. I have never been so proud of myself.
By the time I enter head start academy, I had already master the skill of greeting people. When I came into to school on my first day, I was so happy because my teacher was going to teach us how to greet people. I already knew how to greet people, so I was so happy to actually know something important. When the teacher asked for a volunteer that knew how to greet people, I immediately raised my hand and she called on …show more content…
I thought I had master the greeting skill but only to realize I had only master the Colombian way of greeting. But just like learning the Colombian way, I learned the American way, which was much simpler. I practiced and practices and after a couple of tries, I finally had master the American way of greeting. This experience was my cultural shock since I experience confusion and uncertainty about the way of greeting. This was also the first time I realize how different these two cultures are but also how similar they are too. Since learning the cultural shock at such a young age, I was already used to it when it came to other cultural differences, and grew to adapt to them in a faster way than