We can always add to what we know and embrace new cultures. As we grow up we pick up more crumbs of knowledge and experience and they shape the way our life path goes. It’s okay to be a “creature of our culture,” as long as that’s NOT all that we are. Our cultures don’t limit what we are, they just give suggestions so to speak about what things should be like. If you picked any one culture and looked at all the people, you wouldn’t find that everyone was the same, but rather a mix with the same base.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Creatures of our Culture
I agree with Benedict to an extent. I do think that we are shaped by our culture but I don’t think that we are limited to it. I think that there is no logical reason why we wouldn’t be shaped by our culture. We grow up a certain way and we end up carrying our childhood into adulthood. I think that in order to “break through the limits” we need to just be open to other things.
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I agree with when you said that we can always add to what we know and embrace new cultures, I think that depending on our surroundings we can make anything possible and that in itself will open up our eyes a lot. I liked your point about how if you looked at all people in different cultures, at the end of the day we all have the same base. It can be frustrating when thinking about the similarities of all of us and yet there are so many barriers when it comes to our interactions. It is true that with life throughout our path we do collect more knowledge and gain experience that we will carry on. I like the way you worded everything.
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