that U.S. American culture is measured by is the level of individualism. This dimension addresses “the degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members” (Hofstede‚ 2003‚ p.1). The United States scored extremely high in this dimension‚ making it one of the most individualistic cultures in the world. This score suggests U.S. Americans are self-centered‚ looking out for their own personal interests before the interests of the group. In all areas of U.S. American culture there is a strong
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thought about the word “culture”‚ what it meant to me‚ and how it related of coming of age. I discussed on how culture to me meant the customs and beliefs of your past generation passed on to you and creating that to your image. This week I’ve now realized there are many other factors of culture that influence our way of life. Pop culture plays a big role if not more on who we are and how we behave. I discovered that many aspects like television and social media affect culture and change it frequently
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Mitchum 1 Mary Mitchum Mrs. India Richardson Composition and Rhetoric 26 February 2013 Couples that Play Together‚ Stay Together What is the definition of “couple?” The dictionary describes it as “Two individuals of the same sort considered together.” Is that necessarily true? Just ask the openly experienced singer/songwriter Taylor Swift; not all relationships are the same. Having a relationship status has almost become a must-have‚ so people take what they can be comfortable with. This results
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struggle in deciding whether they should or should not move in together before marriage. I believe that especially young people moving in together before marriage cannot be helpful because they become unsatisfied with marriage; they can have a higher risk of divorce‚ and they can also have frequent arguments and disagreements. People can become unsatisfied with marriage because they are living together before marriage. Living together seems reasonable‚ but then marriage does not seem like it is anything
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the Internet‚ they don’t have real relationships there. Sherry Turkle‚ a professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in MIT brought an interesting idea‚ “People bend to the inanimate with new solicitude and people’s concern (Alone Together‚ 217). We fear the risks and disappointments of relationships with our fellow humans. We expect more from technology and less from each other.” One day I used to have a talk with my roommate who lived on the second floor; I was too lazy to climb
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develop their individual capabilities. Deborah Harrington-Mackin cites the example of a fourth grader‚ who wouldn’t be allowed to say‚ "Hey‚ Joe‚ you’re good at word problems and I’m good at multiplication tables‚ so let’s get together for this test" (137)‚ yet the adult equivalent of this is seen in the workplace when teams are expected to come up with a group solution to a problem. This is an odd practice for most people‚ as well as the fact that trying to reach a consensus in
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Ourselves The day and the life of a teenagers‚ is consumed with text messages‚ Face time‚ Instagram‚ Twitter‚ YouTube‚ and Face book messages. Many of us watch TV‚ listen to music‚ and “live chat” with our friends by way of the “smart phone”. I’m sure our parents wished for once‚ we would “look up” from our phones and have an actual conversation with them‚ but we can’t. We’re addicted to our phones. And sadly‚ this is typical living
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Advantages between large and small towns. Living in a city or a small town can have many differences. Some people may prefer to live in a city rather than in a small town or the opposite. There are a few advantages of living in a large city over living in a small town‚ but yet living in a small town may also have some advantages. The first advantage a city over a small town is that it has large quantities of shopping stores such as Wal-Mart‚ Target‚ and malls. On the other hand‚ in small towns
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Kaina Santana Professor Kevin Coogan 28 July 2014 Alone Together Today social media has become one of the most important parts of people’s lives. The word social in its name can be considered deceiving. Has social networking really made us more social? Or has it made us alone together? Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ Instagram and twitter are all used as getaways‚ whether it be at a party‚ a business meeting or even at home. Social networking can be used as a way to keep in contact
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Alone together : A Peter Pan and Wendy story "mother Wendy! We’re back !" Slightly cried as he and the lost boys scrambled into the Underground Home after a day of fun and adventure in Neverland . "welcome back boys ‚ " Wendy smiled‚ standing before the boys with quiet dignity . " Did you have fun ? " Lots ! I fought a pirate with my bare hands ! " Nibs bragged ‚ grinning up at Wendy . "No you didn’t‚ Nibs ! We did " the twins said in unison . " No! I did" Curly shouted‚ advancing towards the
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