"Culture shock" is the feeling of disorientation that influences our lives when we move from one place to another. As it is said in the video, people may experience different feelings: sadness, loneliness, but also happiness and excitement. International students have to deal with something they don’t know: the American Culture. It is so different from any other culture and it takes time to finally adapt and accept it. In my personal experience it was hard to fit in and understand what was going on. I like to call it the "U process." At first, I was in the “honeymoon”, as it is explained in the video. When I first arrived in the United States, I loved it. Everyone seemed so nice and I loved the country with all its differences. I was really excited, like a child can be, about everything. I was looking forward to exploring this new culture and to beginning with my new adventure. I was positive and life seemed perfect; too perfect. This is the part when I was at the top of the “U”. When the honeymoon was over, I ended up asking myself “Why did I come here?” I realized that I did not like it that much and I felt no one could really understand me. I couldn’t fully express myself the way I wanted. It was really hard to communicate and understand people as well. I went trough a lot of misunderstandings, especially with my host family. The host family I was staying with didn’t realize that I didn’t understand how the recycling works. I thought I could put all the plastic in the recycling bin, but in fact not all of it can go there. They got upset because they thought I didn’t really care about doing the recycling in the correct way. In the end we talked about it and we cleared the situation. In that period of time I really wanted to go home. I felt alone and I was worried that there would have been more misunderstanding. This is the part when I was really down at the bottom of the “U”. After a few months, with a lot o