CULTURE BUMP

Culture bump is a social phenomenon all over the world. As Dr. Carol M. Archer wrote in her book, culture bump has been defined as a

Take the “alcohol culture” as an example, when Snow and Lily toasted for the second and the third time, Priyanka felt uncomfortable.

We realized there are quite a number of characteristics which are shared and accepted by the majority of all countries in human history.

As newcomers from China, arrangements were made for us to live in an apartment together. Because everything is new to us; in the beginning

In China, we know that there are cultural differences between China and America. And we try to be careful so as not to bring inconvenience

While living in another culture, we find some things that are the same as in our own country, but there are some things that are different.

Japanese don’t talk to strangers. We talk to them only when we ask for directions or for help. In Japan, when a stranger talks to us, we

We went to see a history class at the University of Houston, and we had a culture bump. Our culture bump was that American students...

By the Tigers – Tony, Flo, Kay, and James… As visitors who have recently come to Houston, we are shocked by the public transportation....

Maryam Al Nahwi says, “This is a picture of a culturebump for me . In my country Saudi Arabia, we don’t have trees and grass in most of...

Sasuke, Rio, Misa, Yumeka and Saya’s culture bump was with a store! We had a culture bump with an American store. When we went shopping,...

On October 27th, 2012, I had a wonderful Culture Bump at the University of Houston football stadium. I was sitting near the stairs...

By Keith Caldwell The flight to South Africa was about 16 hours. Around hour 8-9, a woman was standing in line for the restroom...

The lessons I learned through Culture Bump sessions not only aided my recent trip to South Africa with the Auburn MBA program, but also...

When I first moved to Houston, Texas, I lived in a one-bedroom apartment. After two weeks, I met a new tenant who was 17-19 years old...

The most significant Culture Bump I experienced during my trip to South Africa was with our bus driver, Anthony. It was our final night...

By Amy Lee On Sunday, the first full day we were in Johannesburg, we toured the town and saw some museums. On our last stop we were able...

I have to admit that the more I think about and process this culture bump the more it scares me. I think…”I could have DIED!!”...

In my country, you can’t see alcohol or alcohol being sold among the people. Drinking alcohol isn’t allowed in our country’s religion....

by Ms. OzgenOktem Kose When we start to think about culture bumps or somebody asks us what the culture bump is, we first say that it is a...