Miki moved from Japan to Canada. The sky looked wide. People smiled. The food smelled new. She took pictures of snow and said, “Wow! I love this place!” Everything felt exciting. She felt the honeymoon of a new culture.
A few weeks later, things felt wrong. Miki couldn’t follow fast English. She didn’t know the rules for how to talk and act. She missed home. One night, she cried herself to sleep. “I want to go back,” she said. She felt the shock of a new culture.
She started to feel angry at sma...