What adjustments will I need to make when I return home?
When you first came to Australia you needed to adjust to a different life and culture. When you return home it could also take time to readjust to life in your country. This is called re-entry or reverse culture shock. Adjustments you will need to make may include:
- Cultural
- Changes in lifestyles
- Family and community pressures, expectancies and performances
- Social
- Recognition of different attitudes and values
- Differences between patterns of social interactions
- Language
- Changes in the way you communicate (accent, gestures)
- Feeling unfamiliar with changes in language and expressions at home
- National and Political
- Changes in political conditions at home
- Changes in your own political views
- Educational
- Reconciling aspects of Australian education with education at home
- Differences in technology
Thinking about the kinds of readjustments you may experience and talking to someone about your expectations about going home can help with the transition.
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