Reflection 4

In my opinion, culture describes who we are. It gives us a sense of what we should be doing and what is expected from us. Our culture leads us in the direction that we believe is best for us. One thing that I can’t help but agree with is that culture is adaptable. We are not automatically born into a certain culture; we have to be raised in that culture in order to build an understanding for it. Everything that we do today, whether it be the foods we eat, the way we talk, the way we dress, has been learned over the years. Nothing has been easily granted to us. We have been able to survive throughout all these years as we continue to learn new things each and every day. It is astonishing to see what this world has become compared to what it used to be. We have gone through so much and we have all done it together. This world is made up of different people with different customs and different ways of communicating, but at the end of the day, we have no choice but to move forward as one.
I love the fact that we are able to interact with people from different cultures everyday because we get to experience something other than what we are used to. It would be quite boring if everyone shared the same interests and beliefs. If this world ran based on one culture, we would not be where we are today. We would not have the privilege of learning from each other and learning to accept others who are different from us. It would be difficult to try and learn something from someone else when they are just like you. The most exciting part about all of this is that we are not all the same and there is so much more out there for us to learn about each other.
Another interesting fact is that culture can easily be changed. This change may occur unintentionally, but it may also occur due to the changes that the group has brought forth. Culture should not be viewed as something that you are stuck with for the rest of your life. As a person, you can change whenever you please and adapt to new ideas and beliefs. Overall, we all need to learn how to accept those who are different from us. Culture is a choice and we need to be able to respect the decisions that people make. Not everyone will agree on the same beliefs and ways of doing things and that is fine. So far, it has been possible to live in a world full of different cultures and it shall remain this way.