Life Starts From AdaptingIn The

Life Starts from Adapting In the contemporary society, the rule is natural selection and survival of the fittest. I know many people want to go abroad to start the new life in recent years, but they are afraid of the conflicts between different cultures. Their concern is whether they should adapt to the culture or keep the original culture after they move. I believe that adapt culture is the best choice because environment can not be changed, and people can get benefits from adapting culture. When people go to a place where they have never known, the unfamiliar people, food, language, transportation system can cause many influences to them. If people try to change the environment, that is wasting efforts. According to the “Charles Darwin on Human Evolution”, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, or the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” (Michael Ruse)The original culture conflict with new culture, which makes most people feel culture shock. The four stages of culture shock are excitement, rejection, adjustment, and adaption. In the end, people have to adapt to the new culture because environment can not be changed. If someone insists on resisting new culture, he will experience more and more challenge in the daily life, like customs, food, and behaviors.
The benefits people get from adapting new culture is more than people think. The culture shock has effects on both psychological and physical. In psychological people will feel anxious and nervous; in physical, people will feel tired and uncomfortable. They will have different degrees of anxiety after they have intercultural communications. They might have reactions like avoidance and confrontation. But after they adapt in the new culture, they can live very comfortable and have a nice mood. With the information increasing, they know the laws, traditions, and languages gradually. Therefore, the depression decreased and people will not have big shock anymore.

Cited: Ruse, Michael, “Charles Darwin on Human Evolution” Volume 71, Issue 1. July 2009, page 10-19.