imagined and expected. I would rather call it a “positively challenging experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged to adapt myself to it but the learning process of this new culture has greatly excited me. At the beginning‚ I inevitably experienced a certain amount of cultural shock‚ given the vast difference between Vietnamese culture and American culture. Cultural shock is a state of anxiety that results from cross-cultural misunderstanding. One incident that gave rise
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Comparing between Thai culture and other culture Both Thailand and China are Asian countries with great long history‚ and therefore they share very similar cultures - concerns for family relations‚ attention to its social hierarchy - which may have contributed by their geographic‚ demographic and psychographic backgrounds. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences between the taboos and custom in these two countries in terms of linguistics‚ religion‚ social interaction and identity
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In “Caught Between Cultures: Hmong Parents in America’s Sibling Society‚” Tamara L. Kaiser‚ Ph.D. Associate Professor of Social Work University of St. Thomas Hmong Studies Journal 2004-05‚ Volume 5‚ 14 Pages‚ Kaiser address the conflict of child and parents relationship about the hmong community. I personally agreed with Kaiser‚ I don’t think the experience of being American only apply to the hmong youth from Wat Thamkrabok. In general‚ many hmong parents worry about their kids losing the old traditions
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differences between spanking and child abuse‚ and very few people understand them. Many positive effects of corporal punishment continue to show themselves today. And that’s why spanking still needs to remain a viable discipline option for parents to use to while raising their children. The definitions of spanking and child abuse vary widely‚ but most people do not understand the differences. The Oxford English Dictionary describes spanking as “To slap or smack (a person‚ esp. a child) with an open
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The two poems‚ Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out and Portrait of a Machine both talks about machines and they are related to our everyday lives. There are quite a few differences and similarities in the two poems‚ Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out and Portrait of a Machine. To start off with‚ the poem Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out is warning everyone about how the machines would take over the world and teaching all of us what we should do usually to prevent them taking over and hurting us. The poem picks out all
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Surpassing five thousand years the Egyptian culture has survived and also created inventions like black ink‚ hieroglyphic script‚ the solar calendar‚ wigs‚ and eye makeup. A lot of the Egyptian culture can be seen in the world today mainly because their inventions are used everywhere. I will compare the similarities as well as the differences between Egyptian and American cultures by examining religion‚ death rituals‚ holidays‚ traditions‚ and food. Egyptians lived a very religious life. They
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Black Culture Then and Now: What’s the Difference? Our society has changed drastically in the past year or two‚ especially black culture due to recent events that happened in our society. A death of a black teenage male‚ caused by a police officer‚ encouraged some in our society‚ mostly black people‚ to show their true colors and express their feelings. Many people rioted‚ looted‚ and protested. Those events resembled things that happened many years ago. So in some ways black culture is the same
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Within Indian cultures‚ parents take the time they have to raise their children and this tend to have greater impact on their children’s lives in today’s world. American parents are more lenient when it comes to raising their children and result of this leads to the children becoming involve in some deviant behavior at times. While in the Indian culture the raising of children involves much bond and discipline‚ in the American culture‚ bonding and discipline has little impact of the raising of children
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COMPARISON OF TWO CULTURES USA & Mexico A Comparison of Two Cultures Andrew Klupsch Cultural Psychology Ishler 2-4 Texas in it self is a highly diverse multicultural society. It takes on many aspects of many different cultures. One very noticeable culture that has a great impact on Texas would be that of the Mexican culture. Because Mexican culture is so apparent in Texas‚ that it is easy to compare and contrast some cultural aspects between Mexican and American cultures. This attempt
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ensure Shao makes it into college. “Many educators say the culture of cheating takes root in high school‚ where the competition for slots in the country’s best colleges is unrelenting and high marks on standardized tests are the most important criterion for admission. Ghost-written essays and test questions can be bought. So‚ too‚ can a hired gun test taker who will assume the student’s identity for the grueling two-day college entrance exam.” (2) This was probably one of the most
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