When in Rome, do what the Romans do

In different parts of the world they have different things that make their culture unique from others. The way they drive, cross the street, and even the way they eat. All these things and more make up their culture.  and when you are in their society you might be different or feel awkward when there culture and your culture collide. This idea is known as culture shock, when you are put in a situation where their culture is all around you and you feel as if you are unrelated to everything that they do. The judging of the other culture is known as ethnocentrism. This is like saying that what they do is stupid because it is different then what your culture does. The realization of the different culture is know as cultural relativism. All of these ideals came to me when i was in mexico for spring break. The cars all go so fast and just drive through the streets as fast as possible, going through red lights and not stopping for anything except people and other cars. There was no real organization to the ways the cars moved but all of the taxis we drove in got us to our destination very quickly, somehow. Still to this day i cant figure out the ways the streets move and who has the right of way. a mystery is all it is-well, to us. but this is their culture and their used to that and we are not so it feel uncomfortable to us, so we have culture shock. And this will never change because all around the world, people are different and have different cultures that some will not be able to experience others because there are so many.

Tuesdays will never be the same.

In the movie Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches us about many things in our lives that don't always like to talk about and may feel uncomfortable discussing. Love is one of those things. I believe Americans are scared to love each other because their afraid of the end result of it. Americans are so afraid of failure that they are afraid to even try to love and be romantic. Work is another thing that Morrie discussed with Mitch. Mitch valued deadlines, being busy, and not being able to talk with his girlfriend as being successful. Mitch didn't notice the negative aspects of his work until Morrie asked him about it and told him that he needs to keep in mind the things that are important in life. People tend to forget whats really important in life because they are so set on being successful but people forget that success doesn't always mean that you have a deep pocket. Success for me, means that you are happy with your life and feel like you have achieved something better for yourself- the money that comes with achievement is just a bonus. But people don't see it that way because of the American materialistic culture and the fact that everyone thinks that money comes before everything. Another thing that the American culture can't do is to become able to comfortably talk about death and dying. Americans are afraid of death and are scared to talk about the process of dying. Death is a scary topic because people look at death as you will never be able to see or talk to that person ever again. As Morrie said "death ends a life, not a relationship" and i believe this is very true. Even though the person is not living, you still knew the who they were and what they did to effect your life. People need to expand their thoughts and begin to understand that death doesn't always have to be something to be scared of because if happens no matter what to everyone, so we should learn to accept it. This happened with my grandma. She was very sick for about two years and it took some time to accepted that she was going to die. After this acceptance, it was just a matter of time before she died but because i accepted the fact that it was going to happen, it was easier to overcome. She made a huge impact on my life since the day i was born and its like shes still here any time that i need to talk to her because i know shes just a world ahead of me chillen with the rest of my relatives that have passed.