Comments on: How is American culture different from that of your country?

By: Juli - Argentina

Juli - Argentina — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:20:17 +0000

This is a very interesting blog, it’s useful not only if you want to know about the US but also If you want to know about the culture/custom of Mexico, Korea, Japan, China, Costa Rica, Canada, etc! LOL… Some of the differences are really funny. I hope it keeps growing.

By: Eduardo Torres

Eduardo Torres — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:20:52 +0000

Hi, I am Mexican. Some of the major differences that I found are how our schools are managed. For example, in Mexico there are afternoon classes for middle school and high school. This is done do to the fact, that some young children have to work in the mornings to support their families, or some children just don’t like morning classes, which I find hilarious. In United States, obviously, the economy is great and some children don’t have to work, until they are 16 or 18 years old. Now that I’m on the topic of work, I remember I started working when I was 12 or 13 years old, which that makes a great difference for me between Mexico and United States. Other major differences are the holidays, the government, the food, the music, how society interacts with each other, how crimes are handled with in society, popular trends, services available to people, the climate, paying to use the restroom (because in Mexico you do!), and most simplest things like how Coca Cola has a thinner taste in Mexico, than United States Coca Cola does, which to me it has more gas in it. Anyways, I miss my Mexico!

By: Natty Dred

Natty Dred — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:40:07 +0000

Also, right now we have a student from COLUMBIA. I didn’t realize that columbians don’t eat tacos or burritos. That is all Mexican Food. OF course, now that he is here, we realize how much Americans are taught more of the evils of Columbia, like the kidnappings and drugs, than the positive things of Columbia. For example, Columbians are very proud of their “perfect spanish” in Bogota. They claim they don’t have a weird dialect or slang like many places in Mexico and Latin America. They claim that although Spain Spanish is the spanish taught to most Americans, it should be their spanish because it is the purest of the spanish spoken by most people in spanish speaking countries.

Lastly, the japanese college-age students seem to be less independent than American college age students. Japanese seem to rely on their parents until well into their twenties for everything…money, meals, etc.

INTERESTING!

By: Natty Dred

Natty Dred — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:34:49 +0000

As an American, I find it very interesting reading your comments. I have had several foreign students living with me from different countries, so I have learned alot about other cultures. When we had our Korean Student, I was surprised at several things: First, they count their age differently. Babies are considered 1 at birth, and everyone’s birthday changes over at Chinese New Year. Birthdays are as big of a deal there, I guess. Also, Korean food is very tasty, but much more spicey and salty than American food. Of course, they eat much more white rice, veggies, and tea than most Americans. Also, in Korean language, there is an addition to their words or their sentences if the person they are speaking to is even one day older than them. It is like another language for respect.

By: alice

alice — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:36:55 +0000

although culture in england & america is very similar, one thing i have noticed is the way strangers interact with each other.
for example, when in a store in america, the person working at the cash register is much more likely to make small talk with you than in england. over here, they usually just ask for the money. also american’s say ‘have a nice day’ a lot more.