AMERICA DOES HAVE A PECULAR CULTURE ESPECIALLY CONCEPTUALLY. I WATCH AND OBSERVE HOW INFERENCES AND ATTITUDES SPREAD FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT ALMOST LIKE A VIRUS. I WONDER IF AMERICANS ARE ABLE TO SEE THESE THINGS. I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED THIS AS A CHILD AND OFTEN QUESTIONED WHY THEY CONCEPTUALISE THESE WAYS. TWO PROMINENT PARTS OF AMERICAN INFERENCES ARE THE POLARISATIONS OF THOUGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO PICK A SIDE. SECOND, IS THE SUPER PATRIOTS PARANOIA WHICH I FIND FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE TO BE PUZZLING AND A LITTLE DISTURBING. REGARDING EVEN LOCAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA, TEACHER AND PROFESSOR PERSPECTIVES OF ASSIGNED ESSAYS REQUIRE THAT YOU CHOOSE A SIDE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WRITTEN MATERIAL (e.g. the author or a character). IF A PUPIL/STUDENT STAYS UNBIASED, ANALYTICAL, REFLECTIVE, AND OBJECTIVE WITH THEIR ESSAYS, THE PROFESSOR ADVISES THAT THEY INFERENCE YOUR PAPER TO BE SIMPLY REITERATING THE STORY AND NOT WRITING FROM YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVES. HENCE, AMERICANS SEE EUROPEAN TRAITS (reflective, analytical, big picture, objective) AS NOT AN INDIVIDUALISED OPINION. EUROPEANS SEE THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE AS NARROW, BIASED, QUICK TO JUDGE, NOT UTILISING ALL INFORMATION, AND ASSUMING WHICH (ironically) does not assist much to ethnically diverse societies. IN FACT, IT IS A RECIPE FOR INTOLERANCE! FOR A COUNTRY THAT PREACHES TOLERANCE, AMERICA MAINTAINS AN OPPOSITE CONCEPTION. BUT, THE SAY ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER SEEMS TO BE A PART OF AMERICAN CULT AS WELL MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND. THE CONFUSION AND MIXED MESSAGES ARE EVIDENT BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY. EVEN IF SOMEONE EXPLAINED WHY, I WOULD VIEW IT THE SAME-PECULAR. TO ME THERE IS NO REASON WHATSO EVER TO CONCEPTUALISE THIS WAY AND IT IS NOT SMART OR WISE! IT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY AMERICAN GOSSIP IS OUT OF CONTROL, LIFE-DAMAGING, AND EVEN STRANGELY RESPECTED. I FOUND A SITE (refreshingly) WHICH CONFIRMS MY PUZZLEMENT WITH AMERICA. THE SITE IS EVEN AMERICAN AND NOT EUROPEAN. I HAVE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES THESE ISSUES WITH OTHER EUROPEANS (to our continued facination and puzzlement) BUT ONLY HAVE RECENTLY FOUND AMERICAN RESEARCH REGARDING PUZZLING AMERICAN CONCEPTS: splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/fall/patriot-paranoia
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:19:32 +0000
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