Foreign People Should Adapt To The Customs And Cultural Traditions Of The U.S.A.

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Foreign People Should Adapt to the Customs and Cultural Traditions of the U.S.A. When foreign people move to America, as they bring clothes and other personal articles, they also take with them an invisible cultural luggage. This luggage is not as obvious as the articles that they bring in their suitcases, but will play an important role in their adaptation to the new country's atmosphere. Too many times life becomes difficult for the foreigners just because they can't adapt to the customs and style life of the United States Of America (U.S.A.) I think, that as soon foreign adapt the cultural traditions and the system of the U.S.A. Their life will become easier. To start with, often when people from a foreign country don't fit with the American customs they became disoriented when they have to face a different system of living. Some foreigners come to U.S.A. and fit right in, while others develop a counterculture. New York City (N.Y.C.) is one of the biggest cities in the United States. It is so culturally diverse that you can walk down in Broadway street, got to the movies, go shopping, and go to the restaurant and hear nine different languages in one day. These foreigners hold a strong hold on their native cultures while living in N.Y.C. For example, it was very confusing for me when I went to a restaurant in N.Y.C. for the first time and had to way for thirty minutes for seats when in my country I never have done this. Adapting to a new culture is one of the hardest things a foreign people can do, because it feels like if they where living in a different world. To continue, the most important point when adapting a new country culture is the language, in this case English. It is an advantage for foreigners to learn English because their life will become easier. Is a fact the situation of many Dominicans residents I know who have been living in (N.Y.C.) for

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