Another Week, Another Blog Entry

This week in Sociology, we talked a lot about Ms. Brownstone's experience living and working in Shanghai. It seemed to be a city of ethnocentrism. Her students also experienced culture shock by the mere sight of her curly hair. Everything about her was foreign and "not right" to them. She was constantly stared at and eventually grew tired of the experience. She said it was still a great learning experience and she recommended I study abroad. After hearing what Ms. Brownstone had to say about it, I think I just might have to! In America, we are severely ethnocentric, sometimes more than we would like to believe. I'm sure I'm guilty of this as well. I think it would be immensely powerful and interesting to be thrust into another culture that is completely unlike my own and be forced to come to terms with my surroundings.