Cultural Adjustment
According
to the U Curve of Culture Shock and Cross Cultural Adjustment, I think I’m in
the third stage. I feel more confident, comfortable, and competent to
developing my skills as an International student. I slowly understand the
difference between my current country and my home country. So, it is okay to
have many differences. I am the one who have to learn how to cross the cultural
adjustment. There are many things that helped in my adjustment. One thing for
sure is that Americans are friendly. They are really understanding and helpful
in my adjustment. They always help me to go through things that I have never
known before. However, there is something that has hindered me in my
adjustment: I am characterized as a shy person. My friends used to call me a
shy person because I was a really quiet person that was a mistake because I
deep inside didn’t want to be a quite person. My problem was my ability to
speak English. However, as time goes by I feel more confident and comfortable
to speak English. I don’t feel my English is good enough, but at least I am always
trying to make progress in my English. As long as I keep working on improving
English then I believe that my cultural adjustment will continue to go smoothly
as well.
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