When in Rome, do what the Romans do

In different parts of the world they have different things that make their culture unique from others. The way they drive, cross the street, and even the way they eat. All these things and more make up their culture.  and when you are in their society you might be different or feel awkward when there culture and your culture collide. This idea is known as culture shock, when you are put in a situation where their culture is all around you and you feel as if you are unrelated to everything that they do. The judging of the other culture is known as ethnocentrism. This is like saying that what they do is stupid because it is different then what your culture does. The realization of the different culture is know as cultural relativism. All of these ideals came to me when i was in mexico for spring break. The cars all go so fast and just drive through the streets as fast as possible, going through red lights and not stopping for anything except people and other cars. There was no real organization to the ways the cars moved but all of the taxis we drove in got us to our destination very quickly, somehow. Still to this day i cant figure out the ways the streets move and who has the right of way. a mystery is all it is-well, to us. but this is their culture and their used to that and we are not so it feel uncomfortable to us, so we have culture shock. And this will never change because all around the world, people are different and have different cultures that some will not be able to experience others because there are so many.