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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she finds Americans frightening, she should go home. I don't mean that to be mean. But if she finds the culture to be upsetting, she should move on everyone's sake. [/quote]

It's not about the culture being upsetting it's just that Americans can be... intimidating. Especially if you are more quiet or introverted yourself. Or if you are just used to different ways of treating "strangers".
PP is right... Americans are (stereotypically) loud and talkative and outgoing and overly friendly. You get used to it over time (having different personalities when speaking different languages is a thing - I am much more "American" when speaking English than when speaking my native language, I suddenly get all smile-y and say things like "Honey, please don't do that" and want to ask people how they are and how their day went... people I don't know - and I am a northern German! we are cold as ice, we generally hate people). But it takes time to internalize what is expected from you if you have been raised differently. You don't adapt to it just by being thrown into it. It takes time.

If you are unwilling to give that time to your AP, you should reconsider if the program is for you or at least reconsider the countries you are looking at when matching.
I don't mean that to be mean.[/quote]

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