During the years 2000 and 2001, I had the unique opportunity to participatein the fifth and sixth editions of the Canada-World-Youth-MINED (Cuban Ministry ofEducation) Program as a supervisor of two groups (one each year) of eighteenparticipants (nine from each country). This article is a result of the the impact Ipersonally received from having been suddenly transplanted abroad and havingbeen another victim of all the confusion caused by the “disease” of culture shock.During the years 2000 and 2001, I had the unique opportunity to participatein the fifth and sixth editions of the Canada-World-Youth-MINED (Cuban Ministry ofEducation) Program as a supervisor of two groups (one each year) of eighteenparticipants (nine from each country). This article is a result of the the impact Ipersonally received from having been suddenly transplanted abroad and havingbeen another victim of all the confusion caused by the “disease” of culture shock.