Being five years in the United States I decided to talk about American culture. The reason why I choose this culture is because this is like my second home. To tell you the truth I had a culture-shock when I first got here but now I value my independence and privacy, something that has stemmed from living in this society. My informant, Cheryl Samuelu, was born and raised in the

From my point of view, and according to my informant, the United States has a really weak education program. High schools are harder to attend than the colleges and universities because one has more freedom at these latter institutions than in high schools. One does not have to go to a class if one does not want to attend class. The disadvantage is one cannot make up any missed work. In high school, if one missed three or four days of school, one got the same amount of time to make it up. For example, at college or university one can get up and leave the classroom at anytime. The reason for that is, one is paying for credits, and if one does not pass a class one would not get any credit for a particular class. That is a waste of time and money according to my informant.

I was most impressed with technology in the United States. I was lucky with this topic because Mrs. Cheryl works for a little company which requires a good knowledge of computers. She introduced me to a lot of new things that I have never heard before. In some countries would be enough just to mention the name of the owner of Microsoft, Bill Gates, but in some countries that name would be just a name. There is no doubt that United State is the number one country in the world when we talk about technology. The operating systems, different computer programs, different skills, different types of technology, and the different speed of the Internet, are just a few examples among all that come to my mind. I was impressed when I found out that people can download things from the internet in less than one hour. In some countries people need two to three hours to download one simple song, but in the United States that is not the case. Thanks to advanced technology every light on the street is synchronized, every bus is on time to pick up the passengers, every underground train is going fast. All this was nice to hear especially from a person who is in that field.

Religion to a human is one of the most important factors in one’s life, as well as their own being. People practice religion for several reasons. Throughout the world it is practiced as being a part of a country’s heritage. However, many people seek religion for the feeling of security. There are hundreds of different cultures throughout the world; some who believe that everything, including their health, is left up to the Gods to heal, while others believe in praying for the advanced technology of today help them to survive. This is their feeling of security, it may be seen different in someone else’s opinion, but to some it is what has made them the person they are. I believe everyone should have the freedom of religion and the state should respect this stance. When it comes down to the state and the practice of religion, I feel it is the right of the individual being to believe and practice whatever faith he or she chooses, as is stated in the first amendment.

Popularity and artificial intensity play a big role in American high schools. Dress codes in high schools are one good example of stopping students from expressing their own individuality. At college or university there is no such a thing as a dress code; individuality is encouraged. Individuality is something that everyone has and is very special and unique to them. By depriving the student to abilibty to be an individual, many Americans believe the government is trying to interfere with their right of free expression. Government involvement in the individual’s life will be discussed later on in this paper.

The biggest difference between my country and the United States was family living. In the United States most of the people live in nice houses or apartments and they usually pay monthly rent or take a credit from the bank. This is definitely what I would like to happen in the rest of the countries around the world but, unfortunately, I do not think that this will ever happen. I would venture to say that lower and middle class

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