What have you learned about your own culture? by Jim

I realized the Taiwanese culture are more care about ourselves and emphasize on self-defense than American culture. Therefore, it makes us colder and less respectful to other people in Taiwan. Actually, there is one of culture shocks for me. When I have lived in the U.S. I have noticed how people treat the homeless in different ways than my home country. The citizens are friendlier on treating the homeless people in the U.S. For example, they are not afraid of talking with homeless, or they are more generous to serve the food or give money to the homeless people. Moreover, they have the food bank organization and shelters to support the homeless, so the homeless could get Basic food and equipment to live. I think because the respect is one of the crucial value of American culture, and they respect the equal rights for everyone although the society roles or positions are different. However, the homeless would face an opposite situation in my country. Most Taiwanese people have gotten used to keeping away homeless. Furthermore, the homeless was hard to ask for food or financial support. In my opinion, the reason is sometimes the homeless people are dangerous in my country. For example, they probably stole or destroyed the public facilities. Therefore, we have become careless and cold to treat homeless people, because we want to protect ourselves, and we don't want to elicit troubles on ourselves. In conclusion, I can say the Taiwanese culture are more care about ourselves and emphasize on self-defense due to the environment that we faced is different than the U.S.