Culture Shock

Last week we watched a film about the lost boys in Sudan. They walked many miles without their parents. Once they were settled in a new area, a refugee camp was set up for them, and some got to come to America. Living here, it seems like everything we do is normal but after watching this film, I realized we have a very different culture. The lost boys had never used electricity or had eaten simple foods such as chips. I never thought such simple things could be so confusing. This movie taught me that we as Americans take so much for granted, and don't realize how good we have things. The lost boys sometimes had to even drink each others urine just to get by. Yet we eat what we want, and then throw out the rest. It just doesn't make sense. This was a complete eye opener.