One of the most interesting class - despite all of them were fabulous - was about culture shock, adjustment to a foreign culture and etc. The professor Patty, who was teaching the class, has already had great experiences abroad and been through many kinds of similar situations that required her skills to handle them.
First of all, Maggie handed us out two Patty's text that spoke about situations in which someone had a hard time understanding why such an specific culture used to act like that. If her mission was to previously grab people's attention about the topic She really did it.
Secondly, She began talking about the 'visible' part of the culture in which we can perceive easily, and then told about the biggest part of the culture which is hidden from our common vision - "blind spot" - , and it can take a while to get settled in this new ambiance. She showed so much confidence about what she was speaking about. We could make a bunch of questions and comments along the lecture. she was completely open to let us speak up about any related topics and she listened carefully to our speech in order to best solve our doubts.
I hope you continue to think about American "weirdness" throughout your stay: it will be interesting to see how your perspective changes as you come upon the part of the culture that's hidden from view.
ReplyDelete