It was interesting to hear different people in class to talk about “culture” today. Personally, I always use the word “culture”, but seldom to think what “culture” means to me. “Culture” looks like a meaningless word, which is too general that can have different meanings base on different content. However, it needs to be exists because it can actually use to explain those unexplainable things assist in the society, especially in the
According to “New Keywords” and Wikipedia, Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. It also called "the way of life for an entire society." For example, regional cultures, national culture, and mass culture always use around in our society. The concept of culture reflects some part of lifestyle that becomes a habit, that human seek to develop or improve themselves. It also refers to forms of difference that operate both within nations and across the relations between them. Such like ethnic cultures and gay culture. As to see, the meaning of "culture" can be so board, and it is hard to have a specify meaning.
Culture to me is just like the meaning of "habit." Sometimes, when people ask about my personal "culture," i really do not know what i should answer. Is that he means my habits? my different between others? or my life development? To me, i usually considerate "culture" same as of "habit". Like, when people talk about Chinese culture, i would think they are actually talking about the "habit" of Chinese people. While they ask about my family culture, I will assume they ask me the habits of my family. Habit needs to be develop, same as “culture” So, culture actually is same kind meanings of habit.
However, the word “culture” needs to be exists as the answer of some unexplainable things in the society. For example, the different habits between different ethnic groups .Since different ethnic group have different habit develop by their generations before. It is hard to make every people understand each other base on their different background. To some people, some of the habit seems never make scene to others. So, normally, the society already accept those difference to explain as different “culture” It did not have specify meaning but actually can solve the arguments, and come out an answer that every different people agree.
All in all, the word "culture" actually is a meaningless word as people overuse it. But, it actually is a word need to be exists as to be the answer of some unexplainable differences or arguments between different people.
3 comments:
Your post is somewhat difficult to read; I think you can make it better by rephrasing some sentences and paying more attention to grammar and spelling. I was also confused by the style of your writing, which has some elements of formality, but at the same time has elements from a quick text message. Taking that aside, I think that you have some interesting ideas, although I disagree with several of them. In the introductory paragraph you mention that the word culture is meaningless, yet in the same sentence you say that it may take on several meanings. I agree with you that the word does have several meanings and that there are many different cultures, which may be the reason why it is overused. As a result, each person may have something different in their mind when talking about culture; this makes the word very difficult to define, but does that mean that it is meaningless?
Also, in the second paragraph you mention that culture may have the same meaning as habit, which I thought interesting, but you never gave your definition of the word “habit.”
I also agree that culture is used to explain some of the differences people have, that is probably why terms like “cultural relativism” arise. On the other hand, we could find many other explanations for these differences and avoid the term culture. Taking that in consideration, does the word “culture” exist only to explain differences among people?
Vicky provides here a model response to a post because she addresses the writing style and also close reads the argument and, even further, explains how the development of the argument needs to be improved. Joanna, I definitely agree with what Vicky writes and do not have much to add. I see your note that you wanted to return and edit this post and yet I assume that must not have happened because the "p.s." is still there? What do would you change, and more importantly, how if you were to edit this post?
First of all,i am so sorry for this article, because i did not have chance to edited it due to my computer problem. I was went home (Sunnyvale)after class on Thur, and my laptop was shut down due to the problem of my charger. Therefore, i was not able to use the computer for this whole weekend (Days really without computer).Now, i am trying my best to edited my essay back in days. Hopefully,i can catch up all my works.
Again, i am so sorry about that, and thanks so much for all comments~
I will update for my article after done my another class mid-term today~it should be today's afternoon. Sorry for all!
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