Author: CHUTCHINSON

During my time here in Sydney, a particular experience I had related to a cultural difference involved a miscommunication. In Australia, the way you go about ordering and paying at a restaurant is slightly different from the United States. Particularly, at some restaurants you order and pay at the counter before sitting down, or you…

One thing that has stuck out to me during my first few weeks here in Sydney has been the learning about the Aboriginal people and culture. In Australia, the Aboriginals are the Indigenous tribes that previously inhabited the country before it was colonized. Unfortunately (much like in the U.S.) these people were marginalized and have…

One aspect of the American culture that has become increasingly apparent to me as I grow up here is the work culture. The United States has a major ‘hustle’ culture, where we can almost always be described as “workaholics” or, the culture that works to work, constantly trying to climb the ranks and progress professionally….