Fish out of the water

This week in class, we played a card game where each table learned a set of rules, and played their game accordingly, and then when it was time, the loser of each game had to move to a different table. When I sat down at the other table, I was really confused because that new group I was with played the game completely different than how I had learned it. I immediately started questioning everything they were doing, but just conformed to how they played the game because I didn't know what else to do. Our teacher told us that this was an example of culture shock.

We focused a lot on "fish out of the water" and culture shock this week, which I thought was a really interesting concept. I applied to a lot of colleges in the south, and am considering going to Alabama. Most people I know, however, stick more in the midwest, and tell me that the south is such a culture shock. It's so hard for me to picture Alabama having a different culture than we do, since it's only a two hour flight and short drive, but I'm so intrigued on seeing what it's like there. I've just heard that the customs in the south are much different than here, and am really experience what it'll be like. I think my family is pretty easy going...we're not religious or anything, but I know in the south religion might be really important to some people. It'll take a while for me to adjust (or maybe I won't be able to), just like it did with the card game example, but I'm really excited to see what it's like! I'll be a fish out of the water if I go to school in the south..