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Feeling like a fish out of water

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In midst of all this there are also people who adapt themselves the best they do not completely let go of their culture and also accept some trends of the new society and culture this help them in understanding the values and beliefs of other culture and it also becomes easy for them to adjust in new place society and culture (Almond and Verba, 2015) There is also positive side to this through this many people from different culture come together to share their beliefs and views, these create better harmony and relationship.

Feeling like a fish out of water

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REFLECTIVE JOURNALENTRIES
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PART A Feeling like a fish out of waterA set of values, tradition, shares, beliefs, practices etc. can be defined as culture andwhen there is difference in these beliefs and practices its known as cultural difference (Samovarand et.al., 2014) In our normal life we hardly pay any attention to our culture but when we arerequired to go outside of this and have to adjust in totally new environment. Then only we realizethe importance of our culture. Adapting to new culture or settling in totally different culturemake you feel like fish out of water. It throws people out of their comfort zone and make themadjust to beliefs and value that are totally new and different to them (Wagner, 2016)These types of changes give birth to intercultural learning where a person getacquaintance with different culture and interact with people of different culture than ours.Intercultural learning is highly appreciated now nowadays it helps person to learn totally newculture and improve their social skills. Adapting to new culture or identity is not easy. It became very difficult for a person todiscard whatever they have learned till now and adapt completely different beliefs and view.What happen most of the time is that people are unable to let go of their culture they keepholding their own views and beliefs that it become really hard for them to adjust to new peopleand their culture. But there are also few times when people lost their identity in this hustle bustleand chaos of culture many people completely forget their basic culture and adapt to new culture.In midst of all this there are also people who adapt themselves the best they do not completely letgo of their culture and also accept some trends of the new society and culture this help them inunderstanding the values and beliefs of other culture and it also becomes easy for them to adjustin new place society and culture (Almond and Verba, 2015)There is also positive side to this through this many people from different culture cometogether to share their beliefs and views, these create better harmony and relationship. It helpspeople to come out from there comfort zone and experience something new that can bebeneficial for them.This article helped me in getting better understanding of people living in diverse culture.By reading this article I came to know about different problem people occurring with the changein culture it also gave me brief glance in their life and made me realize how difficult it wouldhave been for them to adjust to totally new culture which make them uncomfortable. It helped
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me in enhancing my knowledge of intercultural and problems faced by many people in order toadjust with the changing culture and different beliefs. I also came to know about differentadvantages of inter culture and why it’s being promoted in current time. Through this I came tolearn about the best way through which I can adjust in new society with different culture it alsohelps me in getting professional advantage as it makes be easy for me to adjust in new placewithout loosing my identity.PART B Assumption of otherWatching the video, I remember an incident my friend told me he also has gone throughsame experience through this video he has also gone trough same experience which the lady invideo experienced. I realize how important role language play in communication andunderstanding of different culture, lack of proper communication can cause lots ofmisunderstanding and create wrong assumption about people. I also realized that howcommunity disregard the background culture and birth of person and assume there culture andidentity basis on there looks. In video the origin of lady was Korean but she was born andbrought up in Santiago and has accepted there culture as one of its own But most of the timepeople forget about that and made an assumption that they are different from them. This showsthat people how people directly assume the culture of people on the basis of there looks and evenafter telling them about there background they are reluctant to accept that. It shows that there isneed to create awareness regarding the intercultural and cultural difference. Culture doesn't meanthe culture of your parents or great parents but your very own where you have born and whatbelief and practices you have adopted and has great impact on your mind and view just becausethe lady's origin was Korean doesn't mean that her culture is also Korean (Yancey, Robertsonand Taczak, 2014). From starting she was clear about the place from where she belongs herculture and background. These not the problem of one person but many people assume theculture of people without getting any knowledge about them Through this I have to come to know about the new side of inter culture especially ofthose people who had settled and born in other countries and accepted there culture as one of itsown, and how people are still reluctant to accept them as part of their society.
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