de which ones were a complement to my own methods. For example, the attention to detail and the efforts to perfect whatever tasks they were performing was conclusive when I watched them. I could choose to perform tasks incompletely and carelessly but now I pay greater attention to everyday tasks and ritually complete them. The time that I spent in Japan has proven to be advantageous because everything that I do takes a combined course from their culture as well as my own. During my stay in Japan I found myself adapting to this new environment with out a great deal of difficulty. If for any reason I might not have been interested in the culture it might have been more strenuous for me as a person to understand, appreciate, and learn about the culture. I find myself using the language ( although not fluently) even today when I come across Japanese people whether they are tourists or they live here. I am confident that the knowledge I gained while in Japan will aid my future career in the importing and exporting business. As you can see there is an abundance of reasons why it is great to learn in a new culture. There are, however, a small amount of disadvantages to learning in a new culture. The leading disadvantage would be the evident language barrier. It may be extremely difficult for the new student to learn the language of the culture, but once learned I feel that being able to speak the new dialect is a great reimbursement of the difficulties it took to learn it in the first place. Another disadvantage of learning in a different culture would be adapting to the different teaching styles. A teacher in Thailand might teach concepts visually instead of orally. This might be hard for the student to adapt to. A persons typical mode of perceiving, remembering, thinking , and problem solving might have to be adjusted by he/she in order to grasp the concepts of that particular lesson. This "adjustment" may be easier for some s...
