Culture shock

I have been in London over 8 weeks. Instead of the honeymoon stage, I am in the fatigue life stage. Compared with the first week, I am no more looking around and observed people when walking in the street or on the bus, just keeping walking as quickly as possible to save times or having a nap on the bus to grab some shut-eye.

I change my life style to adapt to new environment. Now I am accustomed to eat cheers and pizza, to listen British music and radio, to understand the way of pronunciation by British people. It is not difficult for me to be used to the life in London. But it is a challenge to study in adaptation of the education system in the UK.

Students who are studying in UK need to do presentation frequently. But it is almost impossible to do this in the education system of Chinese. In the UK, students spent most of time on discussion with classmates or on doing reference and research in library, as we are now doing presentation and report. In contrast, Chinese students are more dependent on teachers.

In my opinion, I tend to study by yourself independently rather than didactic teaching. Although it is easy to understand the meaning of the new knowledge by didactic teaching, the creative idea may be limited and even killed. It is the passive influence in a creative way, especially in the area of design.