What
do you think about American culture?
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John,
Malaysia I find Americans sort of bureaucratic. There is that Germanic strain in them. But bureaucratic in a way that the English are not, for example. And certainly Malaysians are not. There is this kind of reliance on the written rule and the law. Of course, it's the way the country is built. You have this constitution or, you know, if you are Protestant you have the Bible in a particular way. And, and go by the book. Sometimes, that's good. Written. But sometimes it's followed to a degree that sort of stupid. |
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Xiaoxue,
China In China, we are trying to avoid to say "no". We're trying to find substitute for saying "no", or we trying to avoid a conflict. But here, they are more straightforward, and they say "no" directly. So, the first time I heard a straight forward "no", I was stunned. |
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Mia,
Finland The American culture is a multicultural. There is people from everywhere in the whole world. And I love that, actually. That's what I love. Because you can meet people from, you name it. And, and it's very nice. And bring together our thoughts, and interact with people. I would never gotten that much of an opportunity back home. |
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Abhinand,
India Another
difference is the emphasis over here on spending money, just spend,
spend, spend. And, in another difference between the Middle East and, and America is in the Middle East everything is based on your word or your relationship with a person. Whereas here, it's a little bit more signed contract, you know, you sign an agreement and then you, you do it. In the Middle East, you sign an agreement and then you talk about it, and then you may do it or you may not. Like here's it's, you sign it and you do it, so that's like the work ethic is better maybe over here. |
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Stanislaw,
Bulgaria They promote this idea of having a career and making a lot of money. But many times what causesthose divorces are that both parents did, they have like different paths. Their careers are not crossing each other, and they separate, and the kids are the ones that suffer from this, you know, but nobody realize it since the primary aim is money, you know, having the big career. And, I think you should know where to stop, you know, and where to spend more time with family. So, I guess that surprised me. I realized that here. I wasn't aware before I came here that, that this is going on, and those are the causes for all those things. In my country, people get married at very early age, most of the time they're still students. But people believe and I believe, too, that struggle is a good thing. They are poor, there are a lot of jobless, but, and they get married and they eventually have kids, and they go through this struggle to support a family, which unites them. So some struggle is good. And even though they're so poor, more of them survive as a married couple and to the end. |
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Takeyuki,
Japan I learned from differences from Japanese culture and American culture that you’ve got to be tough, strong. For example like if you have a car accident, never say "sorry." That kind of stuff. People seeing each other all the time, little thing to big thing. It's like there's always a trap, I feel. |
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