Spending time with my family and traveling are things I truly care about. Time spent with my family makes me stronger for life; and travelling teach me how to appreciate my own culture even more, and also understand and respect other people’s cultures.
On chapter 14 of textbook we see that “when we are faced with sharply different beliefs or values, our own assumptions suddenly stand out. Travel can have this effect, as when a North American confronts a radically different pattern of living, in say, Latin America…is likely to encounter more collectivist, inherently social conceptions of values, mores, and notions of correct behavior.”
Breaking down this citation, I perceive that whenever we interact with people from other cultures, we tend to make some comparisons with our own culture. Brazil, for instance, is very family-oriented. Usually people do not always move out their parent’s house as soon as they turn 18 years old. Instead, they move out when it is time to get married or live with a partner or friend. Having family around is one the strongest characteristics of Brazilian Culture.
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Yes its very true. Even in other parts of the world traditions and cultures are very different. In Pakistan people even try to live with their parents even after getting married. Its just that they dont leave their parents alone when they get old. Even sometimes if the parents get old and children are in their own houses, they usually go live with their children and visit one after another just so that they are in touch with them. In old age instead of leaving parents in old houses children take care of parents by themselves. So I agree with you that when we meet people from different cultures we try to compare them with our own.
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