Growing up in england where we had carpet on the floor all the time it was completely normal. It wasn't until i lived in japan that i started to think actually carpets a bit disgusting and wearing shoes on carpet is also pretty disgusting but my brother had no clue about any of this so for him he just felt like i was being really annoying uh asking him to take his shoes off. So reverse culture shock okay so there you go that's my episode about the stages of culture shock um i hope that you found it useful if you have something to say you know what to do teacher luke.co.uk go there and write some comments share your culture shock experiencesi'd very