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As humans we experience changes during times depends on where do we live, where were we born and how we adjust to a new way of thinking. Cultures have the same power to adjust  people's views and  when we are living in a different culture it is powerful to learn about it, but not changing our own culture. As I read the article  the power of cultural myths made me go back to the past, and how cultures affects you the way of thinking of each person, and how each culture is relative to each other.


Cultures shape the way we think as a myth. The outsiders (people that do not live in U.S) have a way different view about the American dream of course referring about having more opportunities in getting a job and going to school. But they might not think that over here there is a lot more responsibilities than our native country has. They live in a myth, for they do not know how hard it is to live here. When we hear about American dream we think "oh.. it will be easy to live there and get a job". That's what i thought before, but it is not true; there is a lot of involved  to survived in another land. First at all, The language we must learn English in order to get a job; of course there are jobs that you do not need that. For example; picking strawberries on the fields, or having your own business like a family business. Secondly, the culture how do we know if we did offend somebody without knowing, because we have a different way to approach people. For example; Spanish people are loud, and we are family oriented like collectivism.


 Changing our way of thinking by accepting others' views. Sometimes people are afraid to open their mind up to see others' views. I totally agreed with this article by accepting others' cultures we relate to each other, in other words we learn from each other, for example; sharing our customs,values, ideas and beliefs.

In conclusion, we are all part of a culture and it is wonderful  to share our background to others and show our cultural values.