Thursday, March 17, 2011

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when I was volunteering at the hospital. A Hispanic family came in to visit a patient and they weren't very fluent in English. So I decided to help the receptionist by helping to translate. But while I was translating, I found myself stumbling or thinking about the letters in both English and in Spanish. The family later thanked me and so did the receptionist.

I found this to be a culture clash because two different cultures met and couldn't interact successfully because of a language barrier.I have seen this happen many times and never really thought about it until now. I now understand why some people may not like or feel uncomfortable. It is because they are experiencing some sort of culture clash because of a language barrier or a restriction one culture has but the other one doesn't. But what about me getting confused with the letters in Spanish and English in my head? Would that still count as a culture clash?

1 comment:

  1. I think that it would be more of a culture shock (the letter mix up) because it's dealing with how you FEEL about the differences in culture.

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