Reflection Paper On Culture

CULTURE

Culture influences us all. It is the basic building block of what makes us, us. Culture consists of one’s language, beliefs, values, norms, and material objects that are passed from generation to generation. Everyone comes from a different cultural background. However, culture is universal. Even if you abandon your own culture, you may convert to another culture. Culture is shown in two ways, material culture and non-material culture. Everyone shows both of these with the way they dress, the jewelry that they wear, the art that may be in their homes, and the arrangement of their furniture.

As we all know, culture is shown in many ways and to a certain degree. For example, some people put their heart and soul into their culture while others just proclaim their culture. I would say I fall in between those two. I am proud to be an Armenian and I like to show it. I display it with

Because I’m Armenian, I may have different views to many situations compared to other culturally influenced people. For example, I strongly believe that the Armenian Genocide was terrible and needs to be recognized by every country because of the atrocities that took place. Conversely, other people don’t agree with that. Just this week one of my teachers proclaimed to the class that “Armenians just have to suck it up”. I am also very stubborn as most Armenians are. I will argue to the absolute last word

My Attitude

This sent me into shock as to how someone could say that. I just have this very stern and angry attitude toward her and many of the other people who have this mind set. I also usually get very crossed with people who argue about views on a particular subject. 9/11 is one of those topics. Many people believe that it all started with horrific attacks on the twin towers. However if the U.S. hadn’t gone to those Middle Eastern countries and killed just as many of them there, then we wouldn’t have been attacked ourselves.