Anthropologist Ruth Benedict says:
From
the moment of birth the customs into which [an individual] is born shape his
experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is a little creature of
his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities,
its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his
impossibilities. (p.325)
I believe that Benedict is right; people perceive the world
and behave the way they do because this is what they learn from the environment.
People are dependent on others on the environment.
Growing up in a different country and into a different culture than the one I am part of today, I can recognize many habits and beliefs that are different from one culture to the other. For example, many people, in the community that I live in today, believe that forgiveness to wrongful actions can be granted by accepting Jesus as a savior. However, I grow up to believe that wrongful actions are experiences that only by taking responsibility through the process of understanding and correcting, one can be forgiven.
Growing up in a different country and into a different culture than the one I am part of today, I can recognize many habits and beliefs that are different from one culture to the other. For example, many people, in the community that I live in today, believe that forgiveness to wrongful actions can be granted by accepting Jesus as a savior. However, I grow up to believe that wrongful actions are experiences that only by taking responsibility through the process of understanding and correcting, one can be forgiven.
I agree. We are all definitely the examples of our environment. Everything that we do is linked to our culture and how our parents raised us. I have to agree when you say people are dependent on others in their environment. I can definitely respect the difference of your culture from others. I can definitely agree with you when you say when you make mistakes you take responsibility for your actions and you fix them. I have always wondered how other cultures grew up or handled certain situations. Kind of reminds me of the book The Joy Luck Club.
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