culture shock

But at a recent gathering she had a "culture shock" when she realised she was actually the oldest attendee.

“I think it was a bit of a culture shock for me… I remember thinking how the people in Virginia just talked different.”

You grew up in South L.A. and Harbor City, and then you went to college in UC Santa Barbara; definitely a culture shock in terms of diversity.

When I was 14 years old, I went there for two months to visit relatives and it was a complete culture shock.

Where they live during this time is causing tensions between the council and parents - and it can also come as a culture shock to the young islanders.