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ORIENTATION By AYUNANDA PUTRI

Ringkasan To The Student American Education : Contrast with Other Countries Teach a Man How to Fish Culture Shock Whats in Your Intellectual Baggage

Career Goals
Conclusion

Paper ini adalah tentang hal hal yang harus kita pelajari

mengenai budaya di kehidupan masyarakat luar negeri, terutama Amerika Serikat. Sering kita dapati banyak pelajar/mahasiswa yang bersekolah di luar negeri sering mengalami kesulitan beradapatsi dengan kebiasaan kebiasaan yang terdapat di sana. Apalagi dibandingkan dengan budaya di Indonesia, budaya di Amerika sangatlah jauh berbeda, jadi tidak ada salahnya kalau kita mempelajari budaya mereka. Disini dibahas tentang sudut pandang masyarakat Amerika dalam pendidikan, kebiasaan sehari hari, cara berbicara dan juga dalam menentukan karir untuk masa depan.

Many foreign students, enter college and fail, even though they had high marks in their own countries. There are many reasons why this happens, including the following : Their background in English is not adequate They have not chosen a college that fits their educational preparation and their career choice They lack the know how of study habits to help them cope with the American system of education They have problems with a new style and tempo of academic life They have problems adjusting to American life in general

There are five characteristics that set American

education apart from other countries, They are ; Education for all, not for an elite Decentralized Control A secular, non-religious base Opportunity open to both sexes A methodology based on the philosophy of pragmatism

The Chinese philosopher Kuan - tzu wrote : If you

give a man a fish, he will have a single meal. If you teach him how to fish, he will eat all his life. Translated into modern terms, it is better to teach a man how to think for himself than to do the thinking for him. Teach him how to think and handle any situation, he will be self reliant.

Americans themselves going overseas to work or study

often go through a state of what called culture shock. It has become so common, in fact, that both government and business have given it serious study. Psychologically, it is state of an anxiety that arises when familiar signs of the home environment are taken away and new ones are put in their place. It is something like being a fish out of water.

The students coming from abroad brings a lot more

with him than his suitcases. Someone has said that he brings a lot of intellectual baggage too. Many students , even though coming from countries where there are restrictions on their age or sex group, arrive at their chosen college expecting complete freedom of choice regarding their plans. How they get this idea is an interesting mystery, but it is often so.

The tradition and conditions of employment open to

the foreign student when he returns to his own country are different from those of the Americans. Career goals are the base for a successful college experience. The most realistic approach to each course you pursue during each year of college is to relate it to what you plan to do with your life

The point in this paper is to teach us how to survive as

a foreigners student in foreign country such as US. Even though we had high marks in our own country, but if dont learn habits and cultures of our destination place study abroad, we will through a state called Culture Shock.

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