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A 5 page paper which examines the cultural
conditions of Kenya from the hypothetical perspective of an outsider who has been living
there for two years. The focus is on adjustment and adaptation. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAkenya3.rtf
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generally restrain their natural state of behavior until they know the people and know how best to act in the given environment. We, as human beings, behave differently around different
people all the time. Most of us act differently around our parents than we do around our closest friends. It is a generally agreed upon sociological fact that we adjust
ourselves to various environments. For the most part this is simple and done without any thought for we are normally within a culture where we understand what is expected of
us, and in a culture that, overall, accepts us. But, when we find ourselves in a land, a culture, whose history and entire environment is different from our own we
often experience what is known as culture shock. We feel completely alienated and lost. And, just as we do in our own culture, our own society, we understand that we
must make some adjustments and adapt to some extent. In the following paper we examine what adjustments and adaptations would be necessary for living in Kenya. The paper proposes that
an individual has lived in Kenya for two years and is recounting what was necessary for adjustment and adaptation. In the Beginning Let us imagine that the following
is the scenario: "We arrived in Nairobi last night after a grueling 21 hour flight. There are 14 students in the program, 13 from Wash U and 1 graduate student
from BU, whose Swahili professor is an old schoolmate of Mwalimus" (Anonymous Our Kenyan Journals, 2000; news1.html). This individual states, "I have to keep reminding myself that I am IN
KENYA....Im still in a state of euphoric shock, if thats possible" (Anonymous Our Kenyan Journals, 2000; news1.html). The entire notion of being in such a grand and exotic place
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