What do you think will be especially difficult for you to adjust to in your host country?
- Not using eye contact
- Bartering
- Being aware of gender relationships/roles
What would you want to know about the culture in which you will be living in order to help guide your response?
- What are the expectations of American women?
- What is inappropriate for women to do? (in general)
- My role in society
- Senegalese values in a person
What might be some positive aspects of being in your host country, and how might these help compensate or ease some of the difficulties?
- Less of a concern with time
- Caring relationships
In order to ease the transition and adapt to life overseas, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental concessions. What adjustments or changes are you willing to make?
- Any that are necessary
What personal qualities do you think are important for adjusting to life abroad? Do you have these qualities?
- Open-mindedness (yes, I am open-minded)
- Spontaneity (I am sometimes spontaneous)
- Patience (I am usually very patient)
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