Chapter 117 Culture Shock/Reverse Culture Shock (RCS) I have always heard that when you go to other countries you can experience culture shock because some things can be so different than what you are used to in your own country. It can be difficult to adjust to the differences. There are a lot of things very different between the American and Chinese cultures. For those that have not experienced RCS, it will be difficult for them to understand what I am saying here. They may even shake their head or laugh because they won’t believe the little things that bothered me. Anyone that has not gone through it probably won’t be able to understand it no matter how it is explained to them. I didn’t realize until after I’d been back for a while about RCS. I looked it up online and realized what it was and that is what I was going through. The first time that I went to China was in April of 2002 with the LLFA-La Crosse Luoyang Friendship Association. La Crosse and Luoyang became sister cities in ...
Rick Mundt (1950-2024) lived in the La Crosse WI area and spent 5 years in China teaching English at Luoyang Foreign Language Schools. He embraced the opportunity to meet people and learn about the culture. After his return, Rick worked on a journal with 9000 photos of his experience. With over 150 chapters, we will share weekly his experiences and the friendships he made.