Culture, Culture, Culture
As an American Citizen I would have to define American Culture as a way of living and how we as Americans celebrate and do things. Culture is basically the way people live. American culture is made up of several smaller cultures put together over time. There are several different ways that us Americans do things different from other cultures, such as our holidays. Here in American we celebrate almost every holiday you can think of from Christmas to Independence Day and ever George Washington’s Birthday. While in other cultures they may focus on just their own religious holidays, America has freedom of religion which lets us celebrate based on our religion. Another way to describe American culture would be based on the foods we eat. In America we eat a lot of fast food including hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries. For an example, in Spain, there cultural/ ethnic food would be paella and tortillas. Two adjectives that would describe American culture would be accepting of others and mostly an optimistic country with a positive outlook.
My culture as an American teen is very similar to my family but maybe not other teens and their families in other countries and right here in Livonia. My family is catholic so we go to church and celebrate Christmas and such while other people right here in our society may celebrate Hanukkah and Ramadan. As a teen, my culture differs from other age groups, we like to text and talk on the phone, and most all of us have a Facebook or Myspace. Back when our parents were little, they didn’t have all these things we did and they really don’t do it now. In Africa, kids don’t do these things either because in their culture, they don’t particularly have the technology that America does. My culture and experiences I have to say are very similar to most kids, we may be of different ethnic back rounds but most all do the same activities and the same things.
As an American Citizen I would have to define American Culture as a way of living and how we as Americans celebrate and do things. Culture is basically the way people live. American culture is made up of several smaller cultures put together over time. There are several different ways that us Americans do things different from other cultures, such as our holidays. Here in American we celebrate almost every holiday you can think of from Christmas to Independence Day and ever George Washington’s Birthday. While in other cultures they may focus on just their own religious holidays, America has freedom of religion which lets us celebrate based on our religion. Another way to describe American culture would be based on the foods we eat. In America we eat a lot of fast food including hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries. For an example, in Spain, there cultural/ ethnic food would be paella and tortillas. Two adjectives that would describe American culture would be accepting of others and mostly an optimistic country with a positive outlook.
My culture as an American teen is very similar to my family but maybe not other teens and their families in other countries and right here in Livonia. My family is catholic so we go to church and celebrate Christmas and such while other people right here in our society may celebrate Hanukkah and Ramadan. As a teen, my culture differs from other age groups, we like to text and talk on the phone, and most all of us have a Facebook or Myspace. Back when our parents were little, they didn’t have all these things we did and they really don’t do it now. In Africa, kids don’t do these things either because in their culture, they don’t particularly have the technology that America does. My culture and experiences I have to say are very similar to most kids, we may be of different ethnic back rounds but most all do the same activities and the same things.
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