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Ibrahim kane
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cultural shocks. How to deal with them?
August 28, 2006 - 04:15 PM
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cultural shocks cause most of people troubles when they have to deal with different cultures. All i can say is: Read a lot about cultures, and introduce yourself clearly whenever you meet a foriegner, and don't analyse things according to your usual background.
I hope that would be usefull.
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Hayk
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Re: cultural shocks. How to avoid them?
August 28, 2006 - 04:58 PM
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I dont think cultural shocks should be avoided.. on contrary, if an educated person comes upon a cultural shock through an event totally out of context of his/her habits and beliefs, the person should "take it in" thus, in other words, enriching and diversifying his/her cultural experience..
One hting is to read about how different cultures are and it is totally another thing to experience them in some way..
On the other hand, for those not very educated ones, they might not be ale to understand how to deal witht he shock out of their own "system".. which might lead to different, possibly even negative, "results"..
Anyhow, as it also perhaps can be deduced, cultural shocks might have a negative effect for those uprepared to face them, that is those not very educated ones (while education gives one not only information and indirect experience, but also enhances ones ability toface new, unexpected challenged posed by other cultures), but shold have only a positive effect on those prepared...
Yes, read a lot, and not necessarily books about cultures of other countries. You migth as well read a simple fiction about other countries which will also be good enough 
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Ibrahim kane
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Re: cultural shocks.
August 29, 2006 - 07:35 AM
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I'm sorry be cause I did't mean that cultural shocks are to be avoided, but we only should be ready to understand them and deal with them the right way. Otherwise, we setainly will feel unconfortable.
I'm giving an example: In some areas, to kiss a man's cheeks is a gentel way of salutation, but in many countries it's considered as a rude action!
I hope nobody will get me wrong
This post was edited on: 2006-08-29 at 07:49 AM by: p-h
This post was edited on: 2006-08-29 at 07:50 AM by: p-h
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Azira Aziz
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Re: cultural shocks. How to deal with them?
August 30, 2006 - 12:45 AM
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Keep in mind that if you think they're weird, you're likely to be thought of as weird as well.
I remembered my first experience of watching a couple having sex on a beach with carefree abandon (it was at night, but still) in public view when I visited Australia. Shocked me from the tips of my toes to the tips of my hair. Probably my one and only hands on sexual education ever. lol.
Just read up on the cultures on the country you're visiting and smile even if you think that it's highly improper, just smile so that you'd not appear like some village idiot, as we say here in Malaysia. Be observant on how the locals perceive and react to things. *shrugs* It wasn't difficult after a while.
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