ENGLISH – Speaking country

This term culture shock expresses the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a new environment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate. We can describe culture shock as the physical and emotional discomfort one suffers when coming to live in another country or a place different from the place of origin.Culture shock has several stages. The 1^st stage is the incubation stage. During the first few weeks most individuals are fascinated by the new. This time is called the "honeymoon" stage, as everything encountered is new and exciting.
Afterwards, the 2nd stage presents itself. It is characterized by a hostile and aggressive attitude towards the host country. The 3^rd stage is characterized by gaining some understanding of the new culture.
In the 4^th stage, the adjustment is complete They realize that the new culture has good and bad things to offer.

Higner education

An institute or a university has a number of faculties, each specializing in a particular field of study. Faculties have specialized councils, which confer candidate and doctoral degrees.

Courses at higher education establishments generally last five to seven years, and they are concluded by state examinations and/or the submission of a diploma project. Students successfully completing the course can, in the light of their examination results, be awarded a master’s degree and/or the appropriate professional qualification; they also receive a diploma corresponding to the established form.

The main educational potential is concentrated in Minsk, where training and retraining of personnel take place, for practically every branch of economy, science and culture. Minsk is a centre of science, university education, and national culture.

US Higher education is given in colleges, technical institutions and universities. Students must pay for their education from 2 to 5 thousand dollars a year.The shortcomings of the US system of education are as follows. Not all parents are able to pay for the higher education of their children. There are separate schools for black and white children in some states.Schools are poorly organized in many American states.The most famous American universities are Harvard University, Yale University, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and many others.

GBHigher education (very expensive) is given in Colleges of Education, Universities and Polytechnics which prepare their students for degrees or diplomas in their own fields.The 3 terms into which the academic year is divided are 8-10 weeks. Each term is crowded with activity and the vacations between the terms — a month at Christmas, a month at Easter, and 3-4 months in summer are mainly periods of intellectual digestion and private study.The students have to live in the hostel and the rent is very high, special fees are taken for books, laboratory work, teaching aids. It is not easy to get a higher education in Great Britain.

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