Culture!!

During this week in Sociology we discussed a lot about culture. We learned how people from different countries, ethnicity, religion, or race have different cultures or ways of living. It was interesting to learn about all the different countries and how they communicate. For example, Sal was telling us about his experience in Japan. He told us how him and a group of friends went there and they were waiting for the waiter for like 20 minutes. They observed that the people around them all were saying excuse me in Japanese to the waiters. Finally they said that, the the waitress immediately ran over and said, "Hei" which means yes in Japanese. In America, we expect the waiters to serve us right away without saying anything. Other countries even clap their hands or do the 'come here' sign. Also, different countries surprisingly eat differently too! Like the Asians eat with chopsticks, we eat with forks and spoons, while the Indians actually scoop with their hands.

I also experience different cultures in my family. My parents have been divorced ever since I was young and my moms catholic and my dads jewish. Although I was raised catholic, I still celebrate the holidays with my dad. This week was their New Year and I celebrate every year with him. It is so cool that I get to experience two very different religions. Like they have a different language and everything. I learn a lot from experiencing different religions and getting to know how different they are.