Shaelyn Dolinski
9-24-09
American Culture
My definition of American culture is being able to say what you want, when you want, and do what you want as long as you’re not breaking a law or endangering others. Also being able to have your own freedoms, and live your life how you want to is another way to define the American culture. Our culture is a combination of hundreds of different cultures combined. The American culture can be described as a “Me” culture, meaning that we tend to be self centered. We tend to be a “Me” culture because when we are working in a group we try to get things done rather than caring about working together as a group. Another trait of American culture is that we like to be independent with what we do for example how we dance. We tend to do our own thing when we dance instead of doing the same dance that everyone else is doing.
My Culture
I define my own culture as my family and I going to church and baseball games together. Then by us sitting down every night and eating dinner together as a family. My experiences with culture compare to others by my family living out of the state and by us traveling to go visit them a lot rather than other people whose family mainly live within the state. It compares because we get to see what other states’ culture is like rather than just Michigan’s. I also define my culture as special because our family is different than the family next door to us and so on, we don’t all live the same way, we do our own thing, and it doesn’t matter what other people think. My culture is just as important as everyone else’s and no one’s’ is the same.
9-24-09
American Culture
My definition of American culture is being able to say what you want, when you want, and do what you want as long as you’re not breaking a law or endangering others. Also being able to have your own freedoms, and live your life how you want to is another way to define the American culture. Our culture is a combination of hundreds of different cultures combined. The American culture can be described as a “Me” culture, meaning that we tend to be self centered. We tend to be a “Me” culture because when we are working in a group we try to get things done rather than caring about working together as a group. Another trait of American culture is that we like to be independent with what we do for example how we dance. We tend to do our own thing when we dance instead of doing the same dance that everyone else is doing.
My Culture
I define my own culture as my family and I going to church and baseball games together. Then by us sitting down every night and eating dinner together as a family. My experiences with culture compare to others by my family living out of the state and by us traveling to go visit them a lot rather than other people whose family mainly live within the state. It compares because we get to see what other states’ culture is like rather than just Michigan’s. I also define my culture as special because our family is different than the family next door to us and so on, we don’t all live the same way, we do our own thing, and it doesn’t matter what other people think. My culture is just as important as everyone else’s and no one’s’ is the same.
