Student 1
Hi, regarding the theme that you most identified with, not knowing the culture or language puts an immigrant in an awkward position. Such a person is most likely to experience culture shock. Moving to a country where one lacks knowledge about the resident’s way of life subjects a person to disorientation due to unfamiliar culture and set of attitudes ( Mesoudi, 2018 and Van der Stuyft et al., 1989 ) . Experiencing new customs and traditions in a new environment is intimidating and scary. I can quite relate with your post through a personal experience on the gap of not being knowledgeable about culture and language. Having been born in Mexico, I had a difficult time integrating with the American ways of life, traditions and language. I grew up speaking Spanish, and not at even one time had I been in an English class. After moving to the United States, the new environment felt confusing to me. I had a hard time interacting with residents and learning the new social norms which created a negative effect after settling in the new country. Your post is indeed engaging and at the same time interesting.
Student 2
The area of economical migration sparks my interest most because of the challenges that immigrants encounter upon crossing international borders to new countries. To add on your assertions on assimilation and culture shock, the immigrants contend with more changes associated with coping with high living standards, racism, and inability to secure employment opportunities (Mattar & Pestana, n.d.). After reading your post, my other concern pertains the integration of immigrants to the new health systems for example Medicaid in the US which provides health coverage. Immigrants may at times take time to be incorporated into the health systems which takes a toll on their health. I agree with your postulation on the risk of increased migration regarding mental health and untreated disorders. In reference to Lee and Pratt (2016), due to the culture shock and other pertinent challenges faced by immigrants, there is a higher probability of development of mental health issues such as depression. Your post on economical migration is quite insightful.
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References
Lee, E., & Pratt, G. (2016). Migrant worker: Migrant stories. In Geographies of mobilities: Practices, spaces, subjects (pp. 237-250). Routledge.
Mattar, S., & Pestana, M. T. (n.d.). Intergenerational Narratives of Migration and Acculturation. Gendered Journeys: Women, Migration and Feminist Psychology . doi:10.1057/9781137521477.0023
Mesoudi, A. (2018). Migration, acculturation, and the maintenance of between-group cultural variation. PLoS ONE, 13 (10), 1-23. https://doi-org.tcsedsystem.idmoclc.org/10.1371/journal.pone.020557 (Links to an external site.)
Van der Stuyft, P., De Muynck, A., Schillemans, L., & Timmerman, C. (1989). Migration, acculturation and utilization of primary health care. Social Science & Medicine , 29 (1), 53-60.
