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Assignment09

When I first felt that I am an Outsider is when I moved to a school in different region in my country. The first one week in the class, no one talked to me. I could not talk to anybody so I was totally isolated. After moving around three month, I remember finally made some friends. Another experience is when I went to Canada for school. I did not speak any language and there were only white roommates. If i try to go to a party, I couldn’t communicate because of the language. Even after I got more comfortable in English I still felt that I am totally outsider because the culture they have was so different to me. It took some time to get used to the flow of the conversation. Most people were very nice to me, but I could not be as open as people in Canada. This might be because I was born in a country where has a little bit totalitarian atmosphere for 18 years without being critic about it. Of course Japan is a Wonderful country, but the country has very special culture. I had been in Japan until I was eighteen, and I still remember I barely made own choices. I only had to do what everyone does without thinking. The society has pressure to be “normal”. Since I was taught to be normal in school, I was so surprised that everyone in North America has own decisions. That’s why I felt so outsider. However, there were some people who are obviously looking down other race who actually say they don’t like specific race. I was told that directly too. Form the reading, I realize that the difference is actually a stereotypes can be advantage. Stereotype actually made me stronger and taught me how to live in countries where I wasn’t raised in.