Your place of residence abroad will become the main site of most of your cultural interaction. Where you choose to live abroad can determine to what level you will immerse yourself in the local culture.
The majority of your communication will not take place in the classroom, or even during your travels. Rather, most of it will happen at your residence and around the place you stay( local milk man, the grocery guy , or your cool looking neighbor next door). At your place of residence, you will experience a more close and personal form of culture-sharing, as the locals you will live with become your family, friends and roommates.
Just as it took time getting used to living with your hostel or apartment roommate(s) back home in school or college, it will take just as much effort to adjust to your new living situation abroad. Your place of residence abroad comes with challenges, perhaps even more challenges than you had to deal with when you lived with roommates back in home campus. You will face language and culture differences which can affect everything from when a person eats a meal, to what he or she eats, personal hygiene issues, study habits, likes and dislikes, etc… However, keep in mind that your own habits and views will also seem different to the person(s) you are living with abroad.So if you have been a hommie too long well its time you brace up!!!
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