Culture
Experiencing culture shock
Milena Berestko shares her story.
“It is weird to have so much time that is not your time,” she said. “You use your free time, but it feels like wasted time. There’s more pressure to organize yourself.”
Culture
Experiencing culture shock
Milena Berestko ’22 partly grew up outside of the United States, but she is living in New York now, therefore she is not considered an international student, but said she struggles with people trying to box her into one identity.
“I’m originally from Poland, but I am studying in New York City now. I feel proud that I spent the last three years in New York City,” she said. “If people ask me, ‘Are you an international student?’ it takes away from that experience and a lot of what I’ve gone through to get to college.”
One of the biggest culture shocks for Berestko was about identity. Growing up in Poland, then moving to New York meant that, at Lafayette, she often stood out to people, but in a different way than many international students.
“I look like a white American, but when people find out I’m not, it becomes, ‘well…who are you? Are you American or are you a Polish girl?'”
“I could not call myself Polish-American, and I do believe that I have a big part of New York inside me already,” Berestko said. “I look like a white person, but when I am speaking English, they think, ‘Oh, she’s not from here.’ I don’t fit in as a regular white American, but I don’t fit in as a person of color either.”
In addition to identity conflicts, Berestko is experiencing the universal shock of increased responsibility and workload that accompanies matriculation.
Taken and adapted from https://www.lafayettestudentnews.com/blog/2018/09/07/experiencing-culture-shock-at-lafayette-how-students-dealt-with-it/
Culture
Experiencing culture shock
Small debate answer the following questions.
a. Have you ever suffered a culture shock situation? Which one? Where?
b. As belonging to a “same” cultural context, can we suffer a situation of a culture shock? If possible give an example.
c. People from our country who travel to another country and come speaking in a different way (accent), what’s your opinion about it?
Culture shock
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Culture
Experiencing culture shock
Milena Berestko shares her story.
“It is weird to have so much time that is not your time,” she said. “You use your free time, but it feels like wasted time. There’s more pressure to organize yourself.”
Culture
Experiencing culture shock
Milena Berestko ’22 partly grew up outside of the United States, but she is living in New York now, therefore she is not considered an international student, but said she struggles with people trying to box her into one identity. “I’m originally from Poland, but I am studying in New York City now. I feel proud that I spent the last three years in New York City,” she said. “If people ask me, ‘Are you an international student?’ it takes away from that experience and a lot of what I’ve gone through to get to college.” One of the biggest culture shocks for Berestko was about identity. Growing up in Poland, then moving to New York meant that, at Lafayette, she often stood out to people, but in a different way than many international students. “I look like a white American, but when people find out I’m not, it becomes, ‘well…who are you? Are you American or are you a Polish girl?'” “I could not call myself Polish-American, and I do believe that I have a big part of New York inside me already,” Berestko said. “I look like a white person, but when I am speaking English, they think, ‘Oh, she’s not from here.’ I don’t fit in as a regular white American, but I don’t fit in as a person of color either.” In addition to identity conflicts, Berestko is experiencing the universal shock of increased responsibility and workload that accompanies matriculation.
Taken and adapted from https://www.lafayettestudentnews.com/blog/2018/09/07/experiencing-culture-shock-at-lafayette-how-students-dealt-with-it/
Culture
Experiencing culture shock
Small debate answer the following questions.
a. Have you ever suffered a culture shock situation? Which one? Where? b. As belonging to a “same” cultural context, can we suffer a situation of a culture shock? If possible give an example. c. People from our country who travel to another country and come speaking in a different way (accent), what’s your opinion about it?