3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that has not already been discussed during this discussion week, that you found useful or interesting, and discuss it.
I found the concept of "culture and goals" very interesting, because I had the privilege of growing up in two very different cultures and experienced it first hand. Back in Bosnia, teenagers believe that their hard work will usually not pay off, because they will be met with another hardship or another person that has a family with more money than theirs will become more successful.
In United States, kids definitively have more optimism about their future and they are thought to think they can be whatever they want and aspire. In countries where there are far less resources, kids are more timid and self-aware of their surroundings and know their own limitations, where as kids here are more self-free about their future.
To most people Americans are too ambitious and that even shows in popular slogans such as: "Just Do It" or "No Pain, No Gain" which is normal to us, but to people in other countries this might be absurd and going over the line with pushing people over their limits.
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Hey there,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your post this week and I agree with you on the sense that people from America are very optimistic. America has a connotation of being the land of the free and the land of opportunity. Other cultures flock to that idea and build their lives here for that very fact because their native lands don’t have the opportunity America offers. But at the same time American society have teenagers, like in Bosnia, that work hard but will forever feel like there will always be people who are more privileged than they are. There will always be advantages and disadvantages in every culture and it really depends on the person if they want better or not.