Thursday, February 28, 2013

week 5

This week in sociology we are learning about culture. How we are  curious about different cultures and the way we interrupt those differences.Like in class this week are teacher talked about we would interpret one of these differences compared to our culture.He talked about thee Japanese toilet and how much of a culture shock compared to the toilets we have.How thee bowl is pretty much in the ground and you would have tho kick the handle to flush or they would have a foot peddle to flush. Compaired to the toilets we have where we sit on to use it.The japanese toilet you have to go in a catcher style squat to use the toilet.It is just so different that it is hard to understand and same for some people who have different style and way of using the toilet then we do.Different cultures have different style and different ways tho use objects that we use in daily life.


when I went to the Bahamas I experienced a culture shock.When I was little we went to the Bahamas on a cruise and when we got in a taxi to go site seeing I noticed something strange to me.That the driver was driving on the left hand side of the road.Which was strange to me because in the U.S we drive on the right hand side of the road.As I got older I fond out that other places to do the same thing.I learned that different cultures preform the same tasks we do but in different ways and the away we do things are sometimes different to them as well.

2 comments:

  1. That's kind of scary when you're so use to the right side of the road but then all of a sudden you're on the left. Definitely shocking.

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  2. Yes! Kyle and Arica, you are so right! When I was in Japan it was the same and it takes a while to get used to.

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