Culture is defined as the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education (Merriam Webster). The way one lives their everyday life is consistently being affected by culture. An individual’s perspective on the world is based off of their culture. Culture affects peoples’ beliefs, actions, and expectations, therefore, culture can play a major factor in changing your perspective on the world, and it can alter one’s view on education, and changes a person’s opinion. Culture affects how people experience new surroundings. For example, in the short story, “By Any Other Name”, Santha was playing games with the younger children at school and was, “puzzled when the other children did not return the courtesy,” (Rau 46) of letting the youngest children
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In “An Indian Father’s Plea”, the father of Wind-Wolf is writing on how the school system is not fulfilling his culture’s belief on a strong education. He states that, “My Indian child has a constitutional right to learn, retain, and maintain his heritage and culture,” (Lake 99). Wind-Wolf’s father feels as though his child is not receiving the education he deserves because the school system is not accommodating for his specific culture. The two cultures in the school cause conflict because they are both very different from one another and they are not compromising towards one another. Also, in “By Any Other Name”, the narrator is in the new British school where the lessons were, “things that my mother had already taught me,” (Rau 45). Santha’s claim states that the Indian culture values the education of their children. The way an individual learns creates their culture because that shows their values. One’s perspectives on education are based off of their cultures ideas of education and its importance. A person’s values on education can change their perspective on how the world around them
In “An Indian Father’s Plea”, the father of Wind-Wolf is writing on how the school system is not fulfilling his culture’s belief on a strong education. He states that, “My Indian child has a constitutional right to learn, retain, and maintain his heritage and culture,” (Lake 99). Wind-Wolf’s father feels as though his child is not receiving the education he deserves because the school system is not accommodating for his specific culture. The two cultures in the school cause conflict because they are both very different from one another and they are not compromising towards one another. Also, in “By Any Other Name”, the narrator is in the new British school where the lessons were, “things that my mother had already taught me,” (Rau 45). Santha’s claim states that the Indian culture values the education of their children. The way an individual learns creates their culture because that shows their values. One’s perspectives on education are based off of their cultures ideas of education and its importance. A person’s values on education can change their perspective on how the world around them