What to pay attention to in the life of American students

Although most Americans are cheerful and unpretentious, there are still some taboos in traditional American culture that require attention from international students, and what we may find normal at home is a big taboo in the United States.

1, with the police playfully, even physical contact

In China, traffic violations police told you to stop, you are free to get out of the car, pat the police on the shoulder, and police jokes, to get close to: brother, there is a good thing to say, your high hand, tomorrow I invite you to drink a little wine.

In North America, this is an offense, punishable by jail time and even life imprisonment. U.S. law grants police officers the power to enforce the law on the spot and to defend themselves. Failure to follow police orders gives police officers the right to take urgent action, including immediate arrest and shooting, and if there is any bribery of police officers, they will be severely punished by the law.

2, nonsense about public **** safety joke big words

In China, if you are in the train station queue to buy a ticket did not buy, angry when said angry big words: "How do you sell tickets, believe it or not I'll you train station to blow up!" The ticket agent will probably just stare at you blankly, and then she'll do what she's supposed to do!

In North America, Phoenix's attempted immigration application led to her angry outburst that "I'm going to burn down the USCIS", which resulted in a case being opened by the US security agency.

Additionally, if you have a friend named Jack, don't say "Hi, Jack" to him at the airport. There's a good chance the police will hear you and you'll be arrested. Because this phrase is exactly the English hijacking (Hijack) word of harmony.

In North America, endangering the public **** safety jokes can not be made, in Los Angeles International Airport security check at the entrance to the hanging of the "Do not joke" sign, this point we must be in the United States in the life of the study in mind.

3, intimidation

In China, you can just scare people, "Believe it or not, I will cut you to death in a minute!" "If you don't pay back the money again I'll kill you!" "I'll kill you sooner or later!" Maybe nothing happened.

In North America, you could be breaking the law. The other side can sue you for intimidation, the judge may order you not to approach the defendant, not to be seen near the defendant's home or workplace, if you violate the court's decision you can be arrested, if your intimidating remarks are more vicious, the other side claims to have suffered some kind of injury, hire a big lawyer, and you may be sentenced to jail, and there will also be financial damages.

4, casually greet others eighteen generations

In China, there are many classic "national curse", the utilization rate is very wide. Sometimes these curse words do not see how deep the malicious, sometimes just a curse, we are also commonplace. There are also those who quarrel to greet the eighteen generations of ancestors, the police can not help, after all, the Chinese people often say: "cursing is not a crime, right?"

But in North America, cursing can be a crime. You can't have abusive language that invites conflict. The so-called conflict-inducing speech refers to abusive language that is strongly insulting and provocative to any individual, causing harm to others, or inviting a back-and-forth brawl, including nasty, obscene, lewd, and defamatory speech, especially in American university life, where as students we should be of a higher caliber.

5, yelling to sell things

In China, the streets, alleys, family homes can be chaotic yelling, "grinding scissors to bump kitchen knives," "selling peanuts," "selling watermelons ", "collect scrap, old furniture, old appliances are used to sell it", few people intervene. In North America, this is illegal; many city laws prohibit anyone from using a megaphone or other noisy musical instrument or loud noise in the streets and alleys to make commercial propaganda that disturbs the public ****ing peace and order.

6, peeping into other people's privacy

In China, people's definition and maintenance of privacy, it seems, is not very strict. For example, if a company is recruiting employees, it can ask the applicants to provide their identity numbers, age, medical history, marital status, birthday, criminal records, etc.

In North America, all of these are considered personal privacy, and it would be illegal for a company to ask a candidate to provide them.

7. Discriminating against fat people or people with disabilities

In China, if you call a stranger "this little fat guy", the other person may feel affectionate. In Canada, if you call someone fat, you're likely to be sued for discrimination.