Culture Shock; pg. 292

"Whether an individual enters a host culture as a sojourner or as an immigrant, culture shock is the first likely response" (Jandt, pg. 292).  As a Latino who lives in the American culture I have conformed to the rules of society. I have become socially adapted to the American way of living and how I present myself as an individual with given rights and freedoms. However, I am in culture shock most of the time. One instance is when I go to Mexico, which was a long time ago, I feel like I do not know anything, anyone, or what is going on around me at all. I am in a completely different world. Another example of a culture shock to me was the fact that I went to Henry J. Kaiser High School home of the Cats from June 2003 until August 2006. During that time, I was well adapted to the ways that Kaiser High School had worked. Well my parents decided to move to Hesperia, and a new high school is placed before as a Scorpion, which is Hesperia High School. I felt so out of place, so alone, and left behind. I knew no one and was really upset. Well, like in certain countries, I found a good place at my new school because of the AVID program. If it were not for AVID, I would have felt like a loner. And those are a few concepts of how I faced culture shock.