waves-response

=Waves - Viewing Response=

Theme: Life in a new environment: Changing, Fighting & Adapting
The new environment for the Waves characters is life in a New Zealand high school.


 * Write a viewing response for Waves.**
 * Explain how Li Tao showed four different ways of adapting to a new environment.
 * How did the stories make YOU feel? Did you feel in similar ways? Did you feel sorry / happy / pleased / excited / interested / worried / confused...?
 * You MUST use scenes, quotes (see your vocabulary sheet), and other details from the film.
 * You should write about one page.

When you leave home and all the things that are familiar, you encounter many new and confusing situations. These situations naturally create stress; the reaction to this stress is called "**culture shock."**
 * Some ideas:**

Some of the differences between life at home and life in a new place are obvious: Other differences are not as obvious: These differences cause feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. For example:
 * language [[image:culture_shock.gif width="278" height="293" align="right"]]
 * climate
 * religion
 * food
 * educational system
 * absence of family and close ties
 * how students relate to teachers
 * how people make decisions
 * how people spend their leisure time
 * how people resolve conflicts
 * how people express feelings and emotions meanings of hand, face and body movements
 * "Am I speaking properly?"
 * "Will I be a successful student?"
 * "Will I find friends?"
 * "Should I discuss my personal beliefs or my political opinions?"
 * "What does it mean when someone looks directly into my eyes?"
 * "Should I trust this friendly stranger?"

All of these uncertainties. . . and more. . . are confusing. You may also feel that you don't know what to do in certain situations. Probably you did not think about these things at home because you knew what to do and what to expect. You also knew how other people acted and thought. In other words, you understood "the rules" and "the signs." Life was easier at home...

(from: http://www.jyu.fi/mclinic/cis/coping.html)