SomethingIAdmireabouttheWesternCulture
DespitetheculturalconflictsbetweentheOrientandtheOccident,theredoexistsomeadmirableingredientsintheWesternculture.
Firstandforemost,theequalitybetweenparentsandchildren.Theparentsarenotalwayssuperiortotheirchildren,andthechildrendonotalwaysneedtoobeytheirparentsorder,thatis,theyaremorelikeclosefriends.
Second,theindependentpersonality.Westernpeoplehaveastrongsenseofsupportingthemselvesandbeingindependent.Theybeginearningtheirpocketmoneyearlyintheirlife,evenaskids.
Last,Westernpeopledonotalwaysassessapersonaccordingtohisbackground.Ifonlyhecanachievesuccessthroughpersonalstruggle,hecanwinstatus.It'satalent-orientedsociety,notbackground-oriented.
AlltheabovementionedarewhatIadmireinthewesterncultureandwhatIthinkweChineseshouldlearn.