Article: Cultural Shock and Adaptation By Michael Winkelman

http://www.asu.edu/clas/shesc/projects/bajaethnography/shock.htm

This article talks about that the resolution of cultural shock requires an individual plan that selects among maintenance behaviors, adjustments, and adaptations, depending on personal circumstances, resources, and goals. Resolution of cultural shock is best achieved by a proactive cognitive orientation. Learning culturally appropriate behaviors and implementing problem-resolution procedures provides the basis for effective adaptation.

“Culture Shock" Part 3: The Giraffe Women


It’s very interesting this video, Interesting, some African cultures have the same idea of beauty and the same cultural tradition! because they have a particular idea about beauty. Interesting, some African cultures have the same idea of beauty and the same cultural tradition!nteresting, some African cultures have the same idea of beauty and the same cultural traditionbecaisnbiubh This video talk about giraffe women that live in Thailand, these women have a particular strange and ancient custom around the neck, the rings shows these women beauty and elegant. Its only one piece this is very heavy like 2 – 3 kilos, they add new ring in the next every year after and they next year take it off and change it for a new one, a bigger, longer one. These people do that because they don’t want to lose the tradition, they said: “If the situation changes in the morning we will go back in the evening”

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY - MOBILE PHONES

Nowadays all people use mobile phones. Some people buy them thinking in all the advantages, but ignoring the risks. Mobile phones changed the world. As we live in a consumption society, we like to spend and spend money, and sometimes, we don’t think in disadvantages and risks.

Publicity is the main channel for the cell phone companies to sell. For example advertising show mobile phone promotions on the TV and young people watch it and download very expensive things like wallpapers, sound and games. Even if they know that they don’t need all these things, they want them, because they want to be cool.

Nevertheless mobile phones are very practical when you have an emergency call; because you don’t have to wait until you get home to use the phone or you don’t have to arrive in a store to use the phone. With your cell phone you can call in anywhere place. Although many people use others functions of the cell phones like clock, games and sometimes a MP3 player. So when you are in a bus and you have to wait for a long time, you can play games or listen to music.


On the other hand, cell phones transmitted radiation, so that helps to develop illness like cancer. People carry their own mobile phones very near to the body ignoring that they use electromagnetic radiation
in the microwave range. As a consequence, some people believe this may be harmful to the human health. These concerns have induced a large number of research programs.

To conclude mobile phones are very important in our consumption society, it is true that we need them but it is also true that they have risks. And regrettable some people don’t think in this way, because they only think in the advantages. They only think that they are the only and the best way to communicate with the other people.