Week 2, question 3

The worlds we build in our society can be very different than the worlds that are built in other societies. Here in America (as a gross generalization) we're loud; we like to live large and fast; a lot of times we don't care about others in the sense of we want what we want and we'll go to extremes to get it. From our lingo to our literature, we are very different than the rest of the world. One example is how much we rely on monetary success. We go to school to get a good job to make lots of money to buy nice things. We focus on family, where applicable. However, if you go to other countries, it's not the same. Family, and education for the sake of education, is a lot of the focus. I feel in this country, through all the trials and tribulations that we've gone through, we still have a lot to learn in the way of communication. We've perfected technology to hear: the problem is perfecting our ears to listen.