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CULTURE SHOCK: ADJUSTMENT TO NEW CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

CULTURE SHOCK: ADJUSTMENT TO NEW CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS Culture shock is the anxiety and emotional disturbance experienced by many people when they travel or move to a new social and cultural setting.   This article explores the issue of culture shock and offers some thoughts on how to relieve it, drawing on the author's own experiences. The term, Cultural Shock was first named by Kalervo Oberg in 1960 who described it as 'precipitated by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse'. There are myriad symptoms and signs of culture shock, including general unease with new situations, irrational fears, difficulty with sleeping, anxiety and depression, homesickness, preoccupation with health, and feeling sick or nauseous. Simply stated, any sort of mental or physical distress experienced in a foreign location could be a symptom of culture shock. Oberg creates an exhaustive symptoms list, including excessive hand washing,
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Bill Gates

BILL GATES Bill Gates is an American business magnate and computer programmer who is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. Since the company’s formation in 1975, Gates has held several positions including those of the chairman, CEO and chief software architect. One of the most famous entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution, he has been consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people starting from 1987. Born as the son of a successful lawyer, Bill Gates was encouraged from a young age to be competitive. Bright and curious, he developed an interest in computers while in school and wrote his first computer program as a young teenager. After completing his schooling, he enrolled at the prestigious Harvard College though he did not stay there long enough to complete his studies. He dropped out to pursue his passion in computers and teamed up with Paul Allen, a former schoolmate, to form Microsoft. The company proved to be highly successf
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CORRECTION OF SENTENCES

D.M.S.S.V.H. College of Engineering: Machilipatnam First Year Department CORRECTION OF SENTENCES SEQUENTIAL LAPSES (TENSES) 1.         He knew that the bridge is not safe. 2.         He sent for the doctor because I am ill. 3.         He ran faster than we do. 4.         I saw that I make a mistake. 5.         He had done all that is required. 6.         My boss asked why I am late. 7.         Buddha taught that violence was sin. 8.         The sage said that honesty was the best policy. 9.         I asked him if Ram has come. 10.      He could leave us if he likes. HOW TO HANDLE HOMONYMS 1.         He willingly excepted my invitation. 2.         My father gave me a good piece of advise. 3.         Over work effected her health. 4.         Your signature on the check did not tally. 5.         The camel is the ship of the dessert . 6.         They observed a minute’s silence in the memory of the diseased . 7.         He is the man of pri
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