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63The World As Ink: A Culture Shock
In March of 2009, I was 1 of 10 students to go on a trip to Turkey. Let's just say it was shock enough that I would be stepping across the boundaries of what I knew...I had already been to Europe numerous...
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60Coming to Japan - becoming Japanese
It is true that most Japanese people would not consider a white person or black person or any person of any race outside Japan Japanese, but this is not about attaching labels to people, this is about...
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65America's Best Dance Crew-Season 4 Finale
America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 Finale In the tradition of seasons 1 through 3 of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, all nine original teams reunited for the Season 4 finale. In case you've forgotten who...
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59Cutlture Shock Self-Help
I have written this publication to help all expatriates to prepare and survive overseas. You can download it for free. Below is the preface: If you are dehydrated, which is more important, to get out of...
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65The Live-Abroad Mom
Once you have physically relocated to a new house in a new country you have achieved the first big step. And a long way still lies ahead of you: You need to make your house a home for your family, - and for yourself.
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70feel the culture shock
To me, the phrase "culture shock" indicates the emotional tumult that affects a person when they are first exposed to a culture that contrasts greatly with their own. At first, someone experiencing culture...
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79The Four Stages of Culture Shock
Culture shock is commonly referred too as the stages of comfort an individual experiences when moving to a foreign culture which is vastly different from his or her own. The writings below are from the...
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42PartIIofIIAbsoultelyTops
The Saga Continues...Part II: Absolutely tops!By Nevin JeffersonLet's hear it for self-improvement, hurray, hurrah! God love it! In order to make a change for the better each one of us has to make a change...
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63Teach English in Korea: Is it for me?
What now? As a fresh graduate from university, or even someone who's been in the workplace for a few years, the economics of living have become a lot more difficult to handle these days and many people are...
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78Iowa Culture Shock: M80s, Hogs, and Kittens
At around the age of nine, my mom and stepfather decided to take a trip to Ames, Iowa to visit my stepfather's family. I had spent my entire life up to that point in a large city (Riverside, CA). This would...
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