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Re: Culture Shocked
by gothicmorman (litty_klj@hotmail.com)
on Jul 07, 2004 - 01:06 PM
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people in america put a lot of stereotypes on asian countries. they make them seem third world, disparingly poor, forever in war, and overcrowded. i have leaned different by all the videos i have seen of thriving technology in japan of which i am always surprised until i remind myself that the grass huts is mostly a stereotype and that we all lived in huts at some point in time.
when i made my flight back from edmonton last year, i purposly wore the most metal i possibly could just because these officials are so high strung. a teacher of mine was telling the class about how her 7-some-odd-year-old mother, who is barely five feet tall, had to stand there for a considerable amout of time with her little arms stuck out while these guys checked her for weapons. my teacher eventually had to ask them to let her put her arms down, she was waning and having her arms fall off would be a bad thing. in the end they stole her knitting needles which ticked her off a bit - but dear lord, is that not just a tad obsesive?...
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Re: Culture Shocked
by Domkitten (saradevil@saradevil.com)
on Jul 08, 2004 - 06:17 PM
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What I really hope is that after this next jump I might be able to live here. The problem is, right now, I don't think I could live here and feel good about myself. I find that disturbing.
I want to think that America is the greatest place in the world, but sometimes it is so difficult to really believe that. It hurts.
I think the most startling thing for me has always been the realization that no matter how hard you try, or how much of a home a place should be, no matter what you do, when you come back it's different.
Or, at least, you really never can go home again.
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