Chapter 11 response

Chapter 11 is talking about the intercultural encounter. This chapter lists a whole bunch of problems will appear in cross culture corporation. At the beginning, there is a figure shows the acculturation curve. This acculturation curve is definitely showing the real situation of our exchange student. At the initial time we came to US, our feeling was positive and we were exiting with all the things , life, activity etc. However, the feeling became negative very quickly. Then we learned to function under the new conditions, has adopted some of the local values, finds increased self-confidence, and becomes integrated into a new social network, our feeling was better and the curve was increasing. This phenomena is called acculturation. Interestingly, the picture shows the bifurcation in the stable state. It depends on different people with different encounter will have different results (a) (b) and (c).  Actually, in my own opinion, my feeling is quite good. I like the UIUC and all the other stuff. They are much better than Macau beside the food. US is a good place!