Culture shock
When someone comes back to hearth after living in another country, this person always faces a culture shock. I am not an exception so when I had visited Ukraine after living in the US for 1 year, my home country was not perceived as before leaving. Cultural norms of my country were not estimated by me in the same way, I saw everything with more critical eyes. For two months that I had been in Ukraine reverse adaptation did not start. What was different?
1. People. Women and men with sad facial expressions and eyes that seem hate the whole world in the service sector. They were not patient and they just use intonation that shows that they do not like their job and who they are. I always do not like services in Ukraine but now it was not bad it was awful. Sometimes it could be nice, but it was more often bad than nice.
Whole people seemed to have their problems and issues did not live their mind for 24 hours so everyone tried to complain to you for something or just say how everything is bad.
2. City. The third largest city in the country seemed so small and so low and nothing have changed for this time, the new park that should have been opened 6 mouths ago steel was closed. The road that was being repaired steel continue reestablishing, time frizzed.
3. General poverty. For a year I used to see nice well maintained homes, new cars on the street, homeless people that look like normal people instead of old pensioners that try to survive for their pension. The standard of living was much lower than in US.
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Reverse Culture Shock
After living in another country, when someone returns home and comes back to earth, this person always faces a reverse culture shock. I was not an exception, so after living in the US for one year, when I visited my home country—The Ukraine—it was definitely not perceived the same way as before I had left. The cultural norms of my country were not overlooked by me in the same way, as I now saw everything with a vastly more critical eye. For the two months that I have been at home, a reverse adaptation has not started. What has charged?
1. The People: Both the women and men in the service sector have sad facial expressions, with eyes that seem to hate the whole world. They have little to no patience, and their attitude and intonation not only clearly shows that they do not enjoy their job, but also plainly who they are. I have always not cared for the level of service in the Ukraine, but now it was not just bad, it was truly awful. Admittedly, sometimes, it could be nice, but much more often than not, it was an incredibly bad experience rather than remotely being a nice one. Everyone seemed to have his or her problems and issues, which never left their mind, so everyone is always complaining to you about something, or just generally saying how bad everything is.
2. The City: The third-largest city in the country, which somehow had always managed to seem so small and so backwards, had not changed much over that time. The new park that should have been opened six months ago was still closed, and the road that was being repaired when I left, was still not finished, as if time itself had frozen.
3. The General Poverty: For the past year, I was used to seeing nice, well-maintained homes, new cars on the street, and homeless people that looked arguably like normal people, instead of older, drab, residential areas, full of beat-down houses, with older-model cars, and old pensioners who were desperately trying to outlive their meager pensions.
All in all, quite simply, the standard of living here is lower, much lower, than in the US.
Hi, Svetlana. Good job! Whatever changes I made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarify your thoughts, to add contrast, and for ease of reading. My sincerest apologies if I have misinterpreted. I hope that this helps you, Jonathan.
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The expression is “down to earth.” If I have the time, I will completely edit your post later.
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Culture shock
When someone comes back to hearth after living in another country, this person always faces a culture shock. I am not an exception so when I had visited Ukraine after living in the US for 1 year, my home country was not perceived as before leaving. Cultural norms of my country were not estimated by me in the same way, I saw everything with more critical eyes. For two months that I had been in Ukraine reverse adaptation did not start. What was different?
1. People. Women and men with sad facial expressions and eyes that seem hate the whole world in the service sector. They were not patient and they just use intonation that shows that they do not like their job and who they are. I always do not like services in Ukraine but now it was not bad it was awful. Sometimes it could be nice, but it was more often bad than nice.
Whole people seemed to have their problems and issues did not leave their mind for 24 hours so everyone tried to complain to you for something or just say how everything is bad.
2. City. The third largest city in the country seemed so small and so low and nothing have changed for this time, the new park that should have been opened 6 mouths ago still was closed. The road that was being repaired still continue reestablishing, time froze.
3. General poverty. For a year I used to see nice well maintained homes, new cars on the street, homeless people that look like normal people instead of old pensioners that try to survive for their pension. The standard of living was much lower than in US.
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