Interview Request: American Culture

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First of all, thank you for accepting my interview request. I want to start the interview with different kind of questions, which are about your home country and USA.
1) How would you describe American people?
2) Do you believe that American culture has any similarities with your own culture?
3) Was there anything that seemed particularly strange, confusing, funny, or hard to get used to about Americans?
4) Have you ever experienced culture shock on first arriving here?
5) What was your life in Turkey like? How was it different from here?
6) Have you ever experienced any weddings, funerals, or other events here? If so, what were they like? How do they differ from what we do?
7) When you came to America, give me an example of a time you

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