Blog 3 managing cultural conflicts


After experiencing cultural shock on the train. After this I've noticed our group not talking as much on the train and myself have subconsciously adapted to not speaking on the train as much. I know Taylor is very sociable on the train and may be loud at times but that is her cultural identity. While on the train one evening with the group from WVU we were talking per usual and a woman poked Taylor and told her to keep quiet. The lady on the train had different view towards talking on the train and I think she did this because the normal thing to do on the train is to be quiet. I went out on my own just to explore the city and I found out that people don't stare as much but I can defiantly tell if they are looking if I am wearing clothes that make me look American I get a lot more stares. Some people even laugh, I don't notice it as much in the states. I think this has a lot to do with the context in how we were talking on the train if we were talking in a softer voice and casually not laughing a whole lot that lady would have not poked Taylor. I think it just depends on the community you come from and cultures have different viewpoints.



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