{"id":115,"date":"2017-02-05T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T16:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/oliviastudyabroad\/?p=115"},"modified":"2017-03-16T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:52:33","slug":"le-choc-culturel-culture-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/oliviastudyabroad\/2017\/02\/05\/le-choc-culturel-culture-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Choc Culturel! ~ Culture Shock!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c0 l\u2019a\u00e9roport au France, j\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 Emma, une autre fille dans mon programme de voyage qui a le m\u00eame vol que moi. Ensemble, nous avons attendu dans une tr\u00e8s longue queue pour embarquer notre avion. J\u2019ai apport\u00e9 beaucoup de choses dans l\u2019avion dans mon grand sac a main, mais c\u2019\u00e9tait une grande erreur. L\u2019avion pour notre vol \u00e0 Yaound\u00e9 \u00e9tait petit et vieux, donc il n\u2019y avait pas beaucoup d\u2019espace pour les bagages. De plus, mon sac \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s grand et j\u2019\u00e9tais un des derniers passagers \u00e0 embarquer, donc c\u2019\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s difficile de trouver\u00a0un espace disponible pour mon sac.<\/p>\n

Et puis, j\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 mon premier choc culturel.<\/p>\n

J\u2019\u00e9tais dans un avion rempli des Camerounais, des autres Africains, des autres \u00e9trangers, et tous leurs bagages. Il a fallu que je parle avec les autres passagers en fran\u00e7ais pour ranger leur bagage et faire place pour mon grand sac. La premi\u00e8re fois j\u2019ai essay\u00e9 de mettre mon sac dans la bo\u00eete au dessus, la femme propri\u00e9taire dont des bagages que j\u2019ai boug\u00e9 \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s perturb\u00e9e \u00e0 cause de mon effort. Donc, j\u2019ai essay\u00e9 un autre espace, et apr\u00e8s beaucoup de choses ont commenc\u00e9 a tomber sur mon t\u00eate et beaucoup de passagers perturb\u00e9s m\u2019ont dit \u00ab\u00a0il n\u2019y a pas plus d\u2019espace\u00a0\u00bb, un homme gentil m\u2019a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 trouver un espace pour mon bagage. Cette exp\u00e9rience m\u2019a montr\u00e9 qu\u2019il faut que je sois assertive, confidente, et ne pas avoir peur de l\u2019inconfort pendant mon s\u00e9jour au Cameroun.<\/p>\n

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All my luggage!! (Way overpacked!! )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The AirFrance plane that brought me from Paris to Yaound\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

English translation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At the airport in France, I met Emma, a girl in my travel program who had the same flight as me. Together, we waited in a very long line to board our flight. As usual, I brought\u00a0way\u00a0too many things onto the airplane in my carry-on luggage. This was a huge mistake because the plane for our flight to Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon was extremely small and old. Making matters worse, I was one of the last passengers to board the pane, so it was beyond difficult to find a free space for my huge bag.<\/p>\n

And then, I encountered my first culture shock.<\/p>\n

I was in an airplane filled with Cameroonians, other Africans, many passengers\u00a0from countries different than my own, and all of their luggage. It was necessary that I speak to the other passengers in French to rearrange their carry-on luggage to make space for my own. My first attempt was unsuccessful. The woman who’s bag I had to move to make space for my own was very bothered by my attempt, so I tried another space. After many things had fallen on my head and many bothered passengers had told me “there is no more space” (when there clearly was), a nice man finally helped me find a space\u00a0for my bag.<\/p>\n

This was a learning experience that showed me that it was necessary that I be assertive, confident, and unafraid of the uncomfortable during my stay in Cameroon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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