a Taiwanese student asks, what should i know about USA cultures before going to study?
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the answers are complicated!
to begin on a positive, you will have an amazing opportunity to be yourself, and to find yourself, in USA.
USA cultures value individuality, ‘freedom’ (defined very differently across the different USA cultures), and self-determination. this means that you can and should be you, your individual self. being a student in USA is a process of finding your individual self, inside you, so that you can express who you are.
you are expected and even required by the (USA educational) system to do this: to find yourself and express yourself individually.
