Study in the USA - Student Blog

There is something that I have seen happening in my classes that I don’t know if you have experienced. Well, while the professor is giving his lecture and the entire room is quiet, girls or people burp. Not just one class hour but in other class periods as well. I know that in Mexico it is very rude to burp, especially if it is a woman, but even more within a professional setting. None of these girls or anybody in the classroom for that matter seemed like that affected their concentration, or that it was something out of the ordinary. I turned around and tried to notice if anybody had noticed, and it seemed like nobody did.
Again, culture differences…but is it a culture difference or a personal difference?
I was very shocked by that action, and so I started asking questions to people from the same culture if burping in a classroom was normal, and actually many of them said it was rude and definitely not normal. I guess I am still learning about what is and what is not normal in a different society.
Hopefully, it will get easier with time.
If you have any other experiences like these, feel free to comment on them. Maybe you can help me to understand better if it was a cultural difference of a personal one.

I am in the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport waiting for my connecting flight, just 2 hours and 35 min away from seeing my parents. My spring break began on Friday and will last until Sunday, March 22nd. I am so excited about seeing my parents, my brother, and my house, eat the food I know and SPEAK MY LANGUAGE!
So many things have happened lately… I have been progressing a lot in my new major (Psychology), I have been working a lot, studying a lot, I have been trying to adapt to this whole new country still, even after 2 years of moving here. Things certainly get easier to understand, especially when talking about culture differences and habits, but sometimes it is not easy, sometimes the melancholy comes back and we miss home and wish we were back there.
As international students, we need to be stronger and try to overcome the obstacles that we face. And just remember, home will always be there, represent it!