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    demonstrates that being an American is something worthy to be proud of because Americans are tough and attain freedom for what they fight for. Moving to another country poses many challenges and one of the main trails one encounters is regression. ‘Culture shock’ is a time frame of a syndrome similar to revolting. For instance, a task that once was simple becomes difficult and an individual can engage in feelings of disillusion. While visiting Paris this past summer, one of the main challenges…

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    skills. Nowadays the young generation have become increasingly interested in studying in developed countries such as United states of America , Australia , Canada and forth. This essay will outline the problems that arise from communication and culture shock such as language, discrimination and living in a diverse society. It will then more on to examine the solutions to these problems. Firstly, a significant problem of studying abroad is the difficulty of communicating with people.…

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    from her immediate arrival in New Orleans, to the beginnings of her culture shock and awakening, to her tragic suicide. Upon her arrival to Grand Isle Resort in New Orleans she meets Robert and Madame Ratignolle, both of whom take her breath away, or as the book puts it “left her stunned in amazement”. Compared to her life growing up in the slower small towns of Kentucky, the upbeat large city of New Orleans was a culture shock. If one needs a comparison think of how it would feel to visit New…

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    Selfies At Funerals

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    in utter shock at what I saw and read, these people had no respect for all of those who passed away. Instead of being out there with their families they are in bathrooms pouting and “flexing’’ and some are even smiling, funerals are meant to mourn a loss of a person and not to take completely useless selfies and put them on Instagram or Facebook for likes or sympathy. The second article that I read was” Should Auschwitz Be a Site for selfies?” My reaction to this was that I was in shock also,…

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    Donald Trump elected as the 45th President of the United States is the unexpected election result to many people. According to the PCC courier, students are allowed to skip the midterm exam because of the shock election result. The PCC courier also states that “According to the LA Times students all across the West Coast from California to Washington state vented their classes, and marching in the streets in full protest.” Donald Trump elected as the president is a surprise to many people…

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    Cognitive Task Performance

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    According to study performed by Vytel et al., participants that were exposed to an anxiety-inducing scenario (risk of electric shock), showed a significant decrease in task performance in a series of spatial and verbal tasks. There were two shock levels, low pain to moderate pain, each with different amount of amps being produced (Vytel et al.) The threat of shock used in this study elicited anxiety, impaired auditory working memory processes in moderate anxiety-inducing groups, and impaired…

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    “teacher” or “student” on the card. The teacher then reads off a list of word pairs to the student, and if the student guesses the word wrong then the student gets shocked. On the shock generator the shocks range from 15 volts all the way up to 450 volts and it went up from slight shock all the way up to Danger: Severe shock. When it comes to the topic of the book Obedience to Authority, most people understand that people will almost always obey authority figures. Indeed, it seems like most of…

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    01. Rules and Instructions in the Laboratory  General safety • Do not eat, drink, and smoke inside a laboratory.(1) • Handling contact lenses are prohibited in areas where specimens are handled.(1) • Long hairs, ties, scarves should be secured.(1) • Frequent hand washing is an important safety precaution.(1) • Keep work areas clean and tidy all times.(2) • Clean and wipe all of the work surfaces end of a experiment.(2)  Clothing • Lab coats should be worn in the laboratory to protect you and…

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    present and in my own village, to shock the story’s readers with a graphic demonstration of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” She wanted to open the mind of the world to new horizons and a completely unspeakable topic...Gruesome Unseen Brutality. Shirley Jackson uses prolonged suspense to elude the reader into the mindset that the story will be one of innocence, and with the closure of the story leaves the reader with a feeling of shock and horror. Throughout the…

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    choose when they’re not ready, society pressures people into being a “lasting” part of society(“Allegiant Could Shock Fans of Best Selling Book Divergent Books”, 2013). Many feel as though they should fit into one category ,but what society doesn’t understand is that an individual…

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