This week in sociology we continued are studying of culture.During class this week we watched the movie "God Grew Tired of Us".This movie is about the refugees from the war in Sudan during the 1990's. How some of them got chosen to come to America to start a new life.It was really a huge culture shock to them tho experience the way people live in America. Like how they use to go to the river to get water and wash themselves.But When they came to the states They had to learn to use the shower to wash themselves, and to get water from a sink.They also got to experience different ways of celebrating things that people have in america that they don't.Like when it was Christmas, they did not have santa or Christmas trees.They did not the concept or what they mean.It was hard to understand.
I had to adapt to new thing in my life but not as extreme situations like the refugees. When I started middle school i had to adapt to having 6 teachers instead of 1,and having to move from class to class.It was a difficult process to undergo because of the lithe expense of doing this i had.
I like your example of getting the water. It's very different in the United states rather than Sudan. Sudan had to get it from the river, while we can just turn/pull a knob.
ReplyDeleteAnd all of these different ways of doing things sociologists would call norms. The norms changed for you.
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