Blog Topic # 1: Culture Shock
Hi,
My name is Tofazzal Hossain. I am from Dhaka, Bangladesh. So when I first came to U.S. in March 2004; I found a lot of things different in U.S. then the way they are in Bangladesh. I have experienced it as a whole new world which runs entirely different way than mine native country does.
Let me start off with the schooling system in Bangladesh. Students in Bangladesh graduate high school in tenth grade. They study on their parent’s expense since their pre-k to as long as their parents can afford. They have off on every Friday which basically is their weekend. Then they are back to school from Saturday to Thursday. If you have been following alone, you probably noticed that nothing is matching with U.S. education system.
Secondly, I want to talk about the transportation. In Bangladesh one of the affordable and most convenient transportation is called Riksha (tricycle). These are similar to the one that we have in central park area. People in Bangladesh uses them as we use taxi in U.S. unlike U.S. they don't need license to operate those tricycle in Bangladesh. Mostly the poor working class people do this job whereas in U.S. there is no class distinction for driving taxi. There is no underground subway in Bangladesh nor there any metro card system for buses and trains. In Bangladesh you buy the ticket up front before you get to the bus or train.
Thirdly, I want to talk about the forms of greeting that are most commonly use in U.S; not necessarily are as commonly use in Bangladesh. Such as Excuse me, I am sorry, God bless you etc. people are more polite in U.S. then Bangladesh.
