comparison

There are two girls, Dita and Masika. Both of them come from different countries and now they moved to America to continue their education. All of them were excited the good chance to study in the United States at the beginning. Dita achieved full scholarship and her target is to get a B.A. degree of communication. Masika love the classes and she wanted to be a competent and effective counselor. However, after they began their American life, all of them felt tired about culture shock and couldn’t adapt the United States environment. Dita couldn’t adjust the new circumstances because her English was not good enough. That caused she couldn’t understand what professor said. And she also didn’t like the food in college cafeteria, it was too bland and fatter than her country Indonesia. Although Dita had some new American friends, she couldn’t join their conversations. Because they talked about the sex that Dita got embarrassed. In her hometown, they wouldn’t talk it so direct. Masika have been in America for a long time. While, she still felt lonely and doubted that she never fit into the culture. Moreover, she even intended to go back the place that she familiar and comfortable. Masika couldn’t fit American culture because she unsatisfied that in the library someone like forcibly occupy a table designed for four. And after lectures, everyone went home immediately. Even if she wanted to build a relationship with her classmates, that was why she felt isolated.
Nevertheless Dita and Masika selected different methods to solve the culture shock. Dita used a negative way to escape the problem. She regretted to come to the United States and thought that coming to North America was a bad decision. Comparing with Dita, I stand by Masika. She was good at summarizing and had a good attitude. She regarded her experience as a priceless adventure. Her positive attitude helped her continue to study in American and found that culture adjustment is a process, not an end. Therefore, we should realize that to be assimilated to another culture we may use our whole life. Even though you just move from New York to Texas, we should adjust different lifestyle. Although Masika thought about giving up, persistence will carve out a way to success.