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Distinguished traditional customs form the country culture. The culture here in United States is unique. This is a country where people called it freedom land.

The biggest culture shock which I found here is that people can return their bought merchandises easily. If we don’t like the stuff which we purchased a few days ago, we only need to take it back to the shop , and the shop workers would help us. In this kind of ways that they are doing business can not only protect the consumers profit, but also enable the company to improve their goods.

When I first came to LA, I felt several culture shocks. Everything seemed different at first but the biggest cultural difference were the size and way that people talk to each other.

First of all, I was surprised that everything in here is big. Not only the size of the buildings but also the size of foods were extremely large. For example, I was shocked after I ordered small size Coke. It didn’t look like a small size but medium or large size of the ones we have in Korea. Also, foods like hamburgers or pizzas are also very big that I cannot eat the whole meal.

Secondly, I felt cultural difference in language when I talked to older people. In South Korea, there are polite words and if you talk to older people, you should use them. But in here, there are no such words. Thus, at first it’s been hard for me to call my teacher by her name or an older student again by his name.

However, after several weeks, I felt like I adopted to this culture more and more. So, now I can eat my whole lunch without a problem and also I can call my teachers by their names.